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The Industrial Fly Fisherman

As I pulled into the lot M.H was all ready on his tailgate pulling on some old pair of rubber boot foot chest waders. The type of gear you’d expect to see a sanitation worker dressed in as they set out to maintain tanks at the local Waste Management Processing Facility. Looking at our surroundings [...]

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Inside a National Fly Fishing Championship Event

Well folks.  Long story short: “heartbreak weekend.”  I knew my odds at placing high enough to make the team were slim at best, but there’s always that little hopeful child deep in your soul that says: “maybe, just maybe! Tuesday: After ferrying my 4 year old off to PreSchool I race home and pack the [...]

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T Minus 1 Week to National Fly Fishing Championship 2009

1 week left until some of the top fly fishing anglers in the United States converge in State College, PA to take a shot at making team USA! Competitors will start to filter into the State College region soon testing their skills and flies against Pennsylvania’s world class Wild Trout fishery. If you have a [...]

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FromTheForum: FlyFisherPA’s “Keystone Gold”

Well I got up early today and decided to fish one of my favorite little brookie streams in hopes of catching some trout in there fall colors before they start to spawn. Mission accomplished I will let the pictures do most of the talking here. The Stream. The Trout! There were a lot of these [...]

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“Searching For Each Step” on The Little Juniata

Recently I was sitting on the banks of the Little Juniata River in Pennsylvania. Quietly sipping some water in the shade of a willow tree when an older gentleman came slowly down river swinging wet flies. Before he entered my stretch he gave the universal open hand query to fish through of which I replied [...]

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State College Recon #2 Redux…

I recently wrapped up the first leg of my mission to prospect the streams surrounding State College Pennsylvania which will possibly hold venues for this year’s National Fly Fishing Championship for Team USA. The first trip was an exciting mix of “easy as pie” Euro Style Nymphing on the Little Juniata and tough “head scratching” [...]

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State College Recon Mission #1

It is my new hypothesis that the 1hour driving bubble surrounding State College, PA is hands down Fly Fishing Heaven! After one trip down there I’m thinking about packing up my little family, finding a nice little flat on Main St., and settling down to a long fruitful life of rising fish and gangbuster hatches. [...]

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