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7-31-2015 Slate Run Tackle Shop Newsletter
WHAT A GREAT SUMMER!!
Huge Sockeyes And Kings At The Russian River Falls, Alaska
Marge Wonderlich - Where The Russian Meets The Kenai 
Grizzly! - I Gave Up My Favorite Fishing Spot!!
John McPhillips Lands A Beautifully-Colored Brown
Kids & Fishing - Maddie, 11, Fights A Big Grayling
 Gil Learn With A Big Fall Fish
 
   Thanks for being with us again!   It was a July of Pine Creek trout fishing for the record books!  Much more great fishing to come!  The 1st video above is of the falls on the Russian River near Cooper Landing, Alaska.   The 2nd video is of Marge Wonderlich fighting a sockeye in the Russian where it meets the Kenai River.  The 3rd shows a grizzly bear coming toward Dave - he gave up one of his favorite Russian fishing spots for the blond bear - good choice!  The 4th is of John McPhillips catching a beautifully-colored Pine Creek brown.  The 5th is a video of Maddie Wonderlich, 11, fighting a large grayling on the Delta Clearwater River!  The 6th is a video of Gil Learn catching a large fall fish in Pine - a very important fish that supplies a lot of food, baby minnows, for the big trout!  There is a lot more planned for the future and, once again, I'll be doing the next newsletters from the shores of Pine!

What's working...
    
    
For trout, hit the water earlier in the morning and later in the evening unless it is cloudy - then, fishing can be good all day long. Bass are more opportunistic and may respond to an offering at almost anytime!  Also, for both trout and bass, try splatting the water with the lure - many times this action will have the fish attacking!  Choices for Pine as well as Cedar and Slate include a Slate Drake, Sulphur, Light Cahill, Yellow Sally, Yellow Stone (a Yellow Stimulator works well), BWO, an Adams or Royal Wulff, Rusty Spinner, Caddis, and a White Miller in the evening (early or late).  After a rain in higher water try a bugger or sculpin underneath for the big ones.  A good bet at this time all the way into October is a Psycho Ant (the big one).  Also, drift a Green Weenie when nothing else seems to do the trick!  A White Wulff at and after dark can also be magic!

                                                                                                         
  Just a few more casts...
 
        We had amazing experiences the last two months in Alaska besides finding all the new streams (new to me) around the Arctic Circle, all the kings, rainbows, Dolly Varden, sockeye, Cohos, huge grayling, fished great new stretches of rivers, and met wonderful people in the most spectacular scenery.  But, one of the great joys was my eleven year old granddaughter finding a new dry fly dun we were able to capture to take a closer look.  It was beautiful!  It had deep blue dun upright and over-the-back angled wings, two tails, and an incredible olive body - sounds a lot like a Blue-Winged Olive, right?  It was a Gray Drake!  The size was like our Slate Drake Parachute pattern - a big twelve with a 3x body.  I'll have three or four dozen next year!  And finding the new-to-me Drake with Maddie on such a great river was about as special as it gets!  As it turns out, we may have the Gray Drake on Pine in small numbers as well as on Slate and Cedar - something new to look forward to!
     As August takes hold, if the stream levels drop and temperatures of Pine rise, many of the trout will congregate at the mouths of the runs.  Please take this opportunity to observe them as they enter the tributary's cold-water mouths to wait for cooler water from rain, cloudy days, and cooler nights.  Many other trout are still in the deep spring seeps.  It is a special opportunity to observe hundreds of great trout while developing a better understanding of their day-to-day habits.  The trout may disperse at night if temperatures drop enough, they will feed, and if the water warms again, they will congregate again.  Please tell those you know, it is not in the best interest of the trout to fish these areas where they are congregated (the fish need the cold water to survive, that is why they are there).  The extra stress of fighting as they are pulled into the warmer water could be lethal to the trout. 
     When you see the USGS Stream Gauge for Pine below Waterville, the water temperature will be three to four degrees higher than it is on The Stretch.  Also, remember the trout are in much colder water than the gauge shows the temperature to be because they know where the best holding environment is located - it is automatic! Since water flows, ground water, and springs are dynamic - there is no actual stream temperature other than that temperature taken at a specific spot at an exact time - the rest is a generalization.  One area of the stream throughout the flow will have many different temperatures.  Help the trout, try your hand at bass fishing or fish Slate or Cedar if the trout are congregated in Pine!
     

    Dave Wonderlich
     
     Thanks for being with us again. We'll be back in another few weeks with the latest news about our trout, stocking, hatches, catches, and scenes of our favorite waters along with some more videos of great fishing in Alaska! 
     Don't forget, we have fly fishing guided trips and float trips available - call the shop for more details. Call us or drop us an email to let us know what is on your mind - or call to find up-to-the-minute details on stream conditions and what is happening on the water. Please, stay in touch with Pine, Slate, and Cedar by going to our website slaterun.com - we'll update as often as possible.
     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. 

Lost And Found!!
1.    A fishing pack loaded with 
great 
items! 
Call The Shop 
with description  
to claim!
570-753-8551
 
2.    A 9 ft. 4 wt. 
G. Loomis 
fly rod, call:
  Dean Mertz at 

Many Fly tying items have been added and stock is constantly being updated!

Our Ebay Store
Many great Orvis close-outs in our Ebay Store with more put on-line every few days.  Plus, most of our non-closeout Orvis equipment (rods, reels, boots, & waders) will also be in the store and include free shipping! 

Slate Run Tackle Shop's Brown Trout Club Pins are in!
And, a new Brown Trout License Plate free with a $50 donation to the Brown Trout Club
 

  

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