Transcript: Central PA Fishing Report with TCO Fly Shop State College
Transcript
Marvin:
[0:04] Hey folks, it's Marvin Cash, the host of the Articulate Fly, and we're back with another TCO Fishing Report with George Costa.
How are you doing, George?
George:
[0:12] I'm amazing, as always, Marvin. I'm doing great. We're getting towards the end of our busy season, and I'm hanging in.
Marvin:
[0:18] You got a song in your heart? I do, always.
That we were talking before we started recording and you're really, you're warm for the next few days, but probably more concerning is you don't have a lot of water.
George:
[0:36] So the prospects are looking up. We got some heat for today.
Tomorrow is supposed to be up in the 90s, low 90s, but thankfully the nights have been relatively cool and it's supposed to cool off tomorrow.
I had some water yesterday and temperature still is 60s, mid to not even approaching mid yet, but might get a little hot today on some of the streams.
But the streams are incredibly low right now.
We've really, really, really, really low water. We've got a little hope in the forecast next week.
It looks like we've got some rain and cooler temps. So if we bump up a little bit, we should be in good shape moving into June, which we're already there.
So hopefully the flows are going to improve it next week or so.
Other than the flow is manifesting has been off the charts this spring.
We've had great Drake hatches winding down. There's still going to be some remnants on pens, a handful here and there. There might be some coffin flies up through the weekend. So if you want to get the tail end of the Drake's I would fish, you know, upper Penn's Colburn area.
We've got some good March Brown spinners lately. I've seen some in the air.
Cahill's sulfurs are still strong. So we got still a couple more weeks of really good fishing dry fly action here.
[1:47] So it's good. Streamer bites have been kind of schmant with a little clear water.
It's almost time to start getting out there, you know, super early night if you want to get out there and try the streamer bite.
That's been good. And nymphing has been solid with all the hatches.
So really very good spring, shaping up to end well too. So no complaints on the fishing report, that's for sure.
Marvin:
[2:08] And maybe time to go mousing at night.
George:
[2:12] Yeah, about there. Just about there. The mice are still like, you know, they're still a little chilly at night. We're predicting a little warm and then those mices will start running around at night, but we're about there.
Marvin:
[2:21] Yeah, there you go. Well, I've got a question for you from Brenner, and he wanted to get your thoughts on the best way to skate a caddis.
And I think he was wondering, from an action perspective, if you need to have like a heavy dropper on it as a counterweight. So, that's Brenner's question.
I'll let you tear into it. Yeah.
George:
[2:37] I mean, I wouldn't, I wouldn't put much of a weight on that at all.
If you're going to skate it, anything that's off the back of that cat is really going to kind of mess up how you're skating it.
Generally when I'm doing that, I just cast down and across much like you're doing much like you're just doing a lift on a rising pupa.
But that's going to work best if you just kind of cast. And I like skating caddis a longer, thinner tends to work better with that.
So I just kind of lift my rod tip, bounce the rod tip and you know, just kind of give it a little bit of action. You don't want to drag it.
You just want to make it look like it's bouncing along. So use the tip of a lifter rod and just bounce it along as it's moving downstream.
Marvin:
[3:15] Yeah. Or, you know, I guess too, right? Like I like to do it and basically put the dry fly on a tag, right. And fish a fish, a soft tackle or people below it, and then you can just lift it up off the water and put it back down. Right. Yup.
George:
[3:28] A bunch of different ways to do it for sure. For sure.
Marvin:
[3:31] Got it. Well, listen, folks, you know, we love questions at the articulate fly.
You can email them to us. You can DM us on social media, whatever works best for you.
And if we use your question, I will send you some articulate fly swag.
When you're in drawn for something cool from the shop at the end of the season and George, I know you are still promoting among other things, your fishing derby. You want to let folks know about that and where to find you in hours and all that kind of good stuff.
George:
[3:53] For sure. So we've got our fourth annual all things in fly fishing Grand Prix coming up next weekend, June 10th and 11th, check out TCO fly fishing.com our website for details on that. We've got lots available still.
Stop hours, as always, are 9 to 6 Monday through Saturday, 9 to 3 on Sundays.
Get us on the web at tcoflyerfishing.com and hope to see you guys soon.
Marvin:
[4:18] There you go. Are you taking a collection for cocktail fixings for your upcoming vacation?
George:
[4:25] I'm not taking anything. I'm just going as is.
Marvin:
[4:29] You're not fishing for any like blackberry brandy or any of the stuff that you normally hunt for during the holiday season?
George:
[4:34] No, no man. I'm just gonna be like Nick Cage and leaving Las Vegas.
I'm renting a hotel room for three days and I'm gonna drink myself to a stupor.
Whatever I can get my hands on.
Marvin:
[4:42] Well there you go. It'll be great. Well listen folks, yo it to yourself to get out there and Catch you. Tight lines, everybody. Tight lines, George.
George:
[4:52] Take it easy, Mark.