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9-24-2015 Slate Run Tackle Shop Newsletter
Great Fall Fishing Is Here!!
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Dear (Contact First Name),
     We are honored that you are with us again!  Water temperatures have cooled and the trout have redistributed throughout the pools and riffs.  Fly hatches have been surprisingly strong and trout are taking them from the surface or just below.  The 1st video below is of Tom discussing water, Pine, and our trout. The 2nd video is of the huge amount of trout in one spot (there are many other trout locations in The Stretch) that not only made it through the summer, but flourished.  The 3rd video is of the evening feeding after the trout moved back out from being congregated on a hot day - an almost daily occurrence.   The 4th shows Art Kempf and Jere Willey in the middle of feeding fish.  The 5th video is a conversation about fishing this week with the Ball brothers and their friends that were staying at the Tombstead Lodge.  The 6th is a video of John Wonderlich fighting a rainbow he caught on a Slate Drake.  The 7th and last video is of Ed Beakley catching a very nice trout on a Pine Creek Special! There is a lot more planned for fall fishing newsletters as well as more on fall stockings.  Stop in at the shop and say hello on your way to this great fishery!

Tom Talks About Trout, The Water, & The Stretch
Trout Schooled At The Mouth Of Little Slate 
They Have Now All Redistributed Throughout The Pool
Early September - Surface Feeding Trout
John Wonderlich Lands A Nice Rainbow On A Slate Drake
Ed Beakley Uses A Pine Creek Special To Tempt This Trout

What's working...
     
     Slate Drakes, October Caddis, Black Flying Ants, Sulphurs, BWOs, Yellow Cahills, Cream Cahills, Dark Caddis, Yellow Stones, and White Midges. Try a Rusty Spinner (female BWO spinner)! Also hang a dropper under a Slate Drake or Pine Creek Special - try a Yellow Emerger, a Pheasant Tail, Copper John, Golden Micro Stone, Zug Bug, Slate Drake Emerger, or Prince Nymph or Soft Hackle!  Also try stripping in the emerger or nymph under the surface - hang on when you do, the trout seem to be looking for the nymph moving! 
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  Just a few more casts...
  (Or the 1st cast of Fall)...
     Trout on The Stretch never disappoint if you are looking for a lesson or to extend your knowledge of their behavior.  A few years ago Pine taught me that a bright sun in January or February can increase the water temperature a degree or two and trigger flies to hatch and trout to feed.  Actually, the water temperature may not have been as much a catalyst as the direct sun on the clear water!  This August clarified this lesson for me:  I was uncomfortably warm sitting in the car in the direct sun (while my wife Marge was cool in the same air but in the shadow on the other side of the seat - the same reaction to the direct sun also holds true with fish.  Trout were congregated in the open pool at the mouth of a tributary I was watching while 100 feet below that location other trout fed freely on the surface in the shadow of a large over-hanging tree.  Along with this I remember fishing the shadow line 45 years ago at Clark Farm Access (Kuni's Flats) - although I thought the shadow offered mostly protection, I had not made the connection with the reaction of direct sun on living creatures!  
     Also, one very hot day when I saw the trout congregated at several spots on The Stretch, I thought these were most of the trout in that section of water - not true!  Upstream further but within the same pool a riffle enters the top of the stretch of water.  I figured it might be more oxygenated but certainly no cooler - what a surprise I got.  My first thought was to try to get a temperature reading close to the one the gauge below Waterville provided.  I walked into the water one step and put the thermometer in at a 5 inch depth of non-moving shore water - 68 degrees!  Why was this - I thought I might get a temperature approaching 80, but it was just the opposite.  I started looking around and quickly saw many, many trout out in the current (but fairly close to my position), they were feeding on insects washed down in the feeding lane.  I couldn't believe what I was seeing while those other hundreds of trout were congregated at the mouth of a tributary a few hundred feet below.  I took the water temperature at several distances from shore and was able to find 70 degrees well away from shore.  These trout never did congregate  - and possibly the broken surface water gave them some respite from the direct sun rays compared to the glassy surface above the huge school of trout further down the pool.
     I asked Tom, back at the shop, why I found the water temperature was coldest near shore - he said the cabins all along that stretch of water were built on what had been springs and marshy land.  The cold water moves down from high above, under the properties, and seeps through the gravel and enters Pine.  That, together with Slate, Little Slate, and Naval Runs all entering from the same western side of Pine, gives The Stretch a very special environment even in the hottest summer months.  And, this same stretch is warmest in winter and provides great conditions for stones to hatch and a perfect feeding trench for the trout in winter.
     There is so much more - this only scratches the surface of what we have to learn.  Possibly in the next newsletter we'll be able to describe a few more tidbits the trout have taught us, and maybe we'll be able to shed a little light on some seemingly new flies that a few anglers have been seeing.  Until then, cloudy days and tight lines...
   
Dave Wonderlich
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     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! 
     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. 

Time To Retire!

It has been 40 years since we started at the shop.  So much has happened on Pine since then - Babb Creek is a trout stream, Pine's fly hatches have prospered
 and multiplied, The Stretch (Catch-And-Release) where everyone can catch exceptional trout year round has expanded to 2.8 miles, and the culture of conservation, appreciation, and joy of this very special stretch of Pine Creek is prospering.  If you've entertained the thought of owning Wolfes General Store/Slate Run Tackle Shop, this is your opportunity.  Give Lisa Lynn
 a call at 
570-660-0626, a
Davis Real Estate realtor. 
           
         Tom & Deb



Lost And Found!!
A fly rod and reel was found at Tomb Flats!
Call The Shop 
with description  
to claim!
 
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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