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Tom Finkbiner at Slate Run Tackle Shop talks about Extending Pine's Delayed Harvest
Tom Finkbiner at Slate Run Tackle Shop talks...
 Extending Pine's Delayed Harvest

Please click on the picture of Tom Finkbiner above to hear Tom discuss the latest breaking news about possible future plans for our favorite stretch of Pine Creek, and some additional Pine Creek water. WE NEED YOUR SUPPORT! This is an opportunity to be counted and make a real difference for our incredible Slate Run Fishery. Please write letters in support of increasing the length of the Delayed Harvest stretch on Pine at Slate Run and adding further protection 
for the trout we love. Instructions are below at right...


February 5, 2014 Tackle Shop BREAKING NEWS!
Dear (Contact First Name),
     The three videos below attempt to show how amazing the Slate Run Delayed Harvest stretch is all year 'round. As you see in the videos and have probably experienced, "The Stretch" supports exceptional trout and can provide absolutely great trout fishing in every month of the year. It is a priceless treasure!
Winter fishing on Pine Creek
Winter Fishing on Pine Creek
Fishing Pine Creek in Spring and Summer
Fishing Pine Creek in Spring and Summer
Fishing Pine Creek in Summer and Fall
Fishing Pine Creek in Summer and Fall

Catch and Release...
     While we're doing it, let's do it right ! Not only the videos above but the pictures below show the uniqueness of "The Stretch." The pictures were taken at the end of last summer, after a  brutally hot July and August when one might think Pine's trout might not survive. They did survive, and, in large numbers. The first picture below has approximately 250 trout in Pine at the mouth of Little Slate Run, and the second picture is a closer shot of the beauty and vitality of the "survivors." Trout were also in the strong springs in the deeper water along the bike trail, at the mouth of Slate, in the springs along the base of the Old Campground's mountainside, and at the mouth of Naval Run. There were a lot of trout! The next morning the trout had dispersed - it had been a cold night and Pine's temperature had dropped enough so the trout were back in their normal haunts. The last three pictures show trout caught after they dispersed and before fall stocking - beautiful, healthy, and strong specimens.
     Let's change our existing Delayed Harvest to Catch and Release and allow those great browns to continue to grow and provide a fishery that may be unparalleled in the East and  rival those in the West. With more trout surviving because of no-kill, the Brown Trout Club would be free to stock more of the big browns in the Delayed Harvest (new extension) as well as above Slate in open water. Everyone would benefit. And along the way, we would have done something special for a resource that has proven itself to be very special indeed. Please write and give your support.

Survivors-one last heat wave
Trout in Pine at the mouth of Little Slate after a brutally hot summer, not only surviving but prospering!

A closer shot of the Pine's trout - beautiful,
 healthy, and strong!

A holdover brown caught and released 
after the hot summer!

Look at the color and size of this Pine Creek survivor!
Dave's Early Sept. Brown
One more of the many great trout caught and released after the particularly brutal heat of last summer. Let's protect them!
          
     Thanks for opening this letter. Once again, please email us a response, or send us a letter so we can get our beloved water protected and increase the fishery by extending the Delayed Harvest. Your response is of the utmost value! Be a part of making "The Stretch" a Catch and Release and the additional water Delayed Harvest. Not only will we enjoy it, but it will be a special gift for generations to come.
    
     Thanks again for being with us!

 

Sincerely,

 

The Tackle Shop Team
Tom & Deb Finkbiner - Proprietors, etc.
Jed Grove - Sales Manager, etc.
Dave Wonderlich - Website, Newsletter, etc. 
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Please
write a letter or email supporting  
this expansion of the Delayed Harvest stretch at Slate Run. We'd like to receive as many as possible by  Wed. Feb 12th so we can include 
them with 
our
official proposal to the PA Fish and Boat Commission.
Letters and emails arriving after that date will be sent in later packets. They are all very important!
 
Send emails to: 
 
wolfes@ptd.net

 

Send 
mail to:

Slate Run Tackle Shop
P.O. Box 1
Slate Run, PA 17769

 
If you know other people who enjoy our Delayed Harvest section and believe this action to be extremely important,  please enlist their help!
This is our opportunity to enhance a larger area of a priceless stretch of Pine; let's all work together to get this done!



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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   PO Box 1, Route 414,                                    Slate Run, PA 17769

 

Phone: 570.753.8551                   Fax: 570.753.8920                      info@slaterun.com