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| Jmd123 | October 20th, 2021, 8:11 pm | |
 Posts: 2611 | Well, our fishing hasn't been very exciting lately, now in SE Michigan. The house I grew up in! & the hometown lake is a meager 3 miles...but the fishies have been OFF. Too warm & too much rain! Lotta algae & weeds too...a good hard effort on this beautiful day brought me up a few, taking a #8 Joe's Hopper or yellow/gold KBF. Hard fighters & running big 4 this lake! Found something to bend the dang rod anyway, right here in the suburbs... Tight lines to all Troutnuts! JONATHON LIVES & even scores on the dry fly yet still! | |
| No matter how big the one you just caught is, there's always a bigger one out there somewhere... | ||
| Martinlf | October 21st, 2021, 7:36 am | |
 Moderator Palmyra PAPosts: 3233 | Nice Jonathon. Fall fishing has been slow in Pennsylvania generally. I nymphed up a few yesterday, then my buddy Bill and I found a handful that would eat beetles, ants, and tiny olives later in the day. It was good to be out, but we had to work hard for our fish. | |
| "He spread them a yard and a half. 'And every one that got away is this big.'" --Fred Chappell | ||
| Jmd123 | October 21st, 2021, 8:20 am | |
Posts: 2611 | Pics posted! Yes they are eating size; NO, I'm not gonna, right next to a GOLF COURSE | |
| No matter how big the one you just caught is, there's always a bigger one out there somewhere... | ||
| Partsman | October 21st, 2021, 10:07 am | |
 Posts: 420 | Nice Jonathon,glad to here your settled in for a while. That’s a big change from the Oscoda area to Troy. I have to admit I’m country, having grown up in Flint, I can’t stand cities! Mike. | |
| Jmd123 | October 21st, 2021, 10:41 am | |
Posts: 2611 | I'm with you on that, Mike, but at least I have this little sanctuary to go throw flies at. LOTS of other fishermen & women to socialize with, some have fly rods! All are friendly & it's fun to tell them that I've been fishing this lake for...47 YEARS! Yep, since 1974,& with a fly rod since '86. Plenty of friends in the area too, plus some other nice natural areas including right behind this 50-year-old house! I get the deer parade on a regular basis, from a nursing fawn in spots to a mock fight between 6 & 7 point brothers... But yes, my ideal living situation is probably a college town in good fishing territory! Aiming for such in my job search... Slow on your end too Louis? We've had unseasonably warm weather with a LOT OF RAIN...I'm thinking it's still too summer-like to get the fall bite going. No panic about the inevitable coming of Old Man Winter yet! My best guess...I do know I needed 40% DEET to get the mosquitoes out of my face...In OCTOBER? | |
| No matter how big the one you just caught is, there's always a bigger one out there somewhere... | ||
| Martinlf | October 22nd, 2021, 9:52 am | |
Moderator Palmyra PAPosts: 3233 | Yes, the skeeters have been thick in PA, and they've held on much longer than they should have. | |
| "He spread them a yard and a half. 'And every one that got away is this big.'" --Fred Chappell | ||
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