Spego
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- Dec 2, 2019
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Just got added and wanted to say hello to everyone still out here using the forum. In the age of everything Facebook I know a lot of people turned to groups on there and my experience has been rather poor with them.....a lot of keyboard warriors that know everything on there yelling and making fun of each other. Gets sickening after a while. Looked like a good bunch here so I asked to join.
I'm from the Drums area. I fish the Lehigh around White Haven mostly but will hit the Nescopeck some days but have a love/hate relationship with that creek. There's holdovers throughout (just hiked it last week and counted 8 I saw) but tough with the long still runs and mud bottom....and super clear right now.
My uncle got me into fly fishing when I was a kid. I used to go with him to Bowman's Creek near Tunkhannock frequently. When he passed away I put the fly rod down.....kept fishing but focused on running a bass tournament club in my 30's which I later handed off. A recent cancer diagnoses in my 40's got me thinking about my uncle and the days we had tying and fishing the creeks......so I dug out his old vice and started from scratch filling boxes. It gave me something to do during my chemo down time honestly. My health has spun around and I'm getting out there as much as I can these days trying to catch (and release) whatever I can with my box of flies.
Anyway I was just on Hickory Run today I walked down to the river and fished some of the pockets back up until I ran out of time (damn 2nd shift job). I didn't get anything but got exercise and some nice scenery with the fresh snow.
Some of my accomplished catches I'll try and attach pics of here. Recently got out to Erie and landed my first steelhead on a fly rod with a egg imitation I tied. The other a rainbow I caught on the Lehigh in Sept. Got it on a pheasant tail nymph with only a 2lb tippet. I had to fight it a while but took my time getting it back in and swimming again. Would have broke my heart seeing it die.
Anyway that's probably more than you wanted to read.....but just thought I'd do a little intro. If anyone likes having a buddy to fish this area let me know I'm always looking for someone to go fishing with. I really don't know too many fly fishermen.
I'm from the Drums area. I fish the Lehigh around White Haven mostly but will hit the Nescopeck some days but have a love/hate relationship with that creek. There's holdovers throughout (just hiked it last week and counted 8 I saw) but tough with the long still runs and mud bottom....and super clear right now.
My uncle got me into fly fishing when I was a kid. I used to go with him to Bowman's Creek near Tunkhannock frequently. When he passed away I put the fly rod down.....kept fishing but focused on running a bass tournament club in my 30's which I later handed off. A recent cancer diagnoses in my 40's got me thinking about my uncle and the days we had tying and fishing the creeks......so I dug out his old vice and started from scratch filling boxes. It gave me something to do during my chemo down time honestly. My health has spun around and I'm getting out there as much as I can these days trying to catch (and release) whatever I can with my box of flies.
Anyway I was just on Hickory Run today I walked down to the river and fished some of the pockets back up until I ran out of time (damn 2nd shift job). I didn't get anything but got exercise and some nice scenery with the fresh snow.
Some of my accomplished catches I'll try and attach pics of here. Recently got out to Erie and landed my first steelhead on a fly rod with a egg imitation I tied. The other a rainbow I caught on the Lehigh in Sept. Got it on a pheasant tail nymph with only a 2lb tippet. I had to fight it a while but took my time getting it back in and swimming again. Would have broke my heart seeing it die.
Anyway that's probably more than you wanted to read.....but just thought I'd do a little intro. If anyone likes having a buddy to fish this area let me know I'm always looking for someone to go fishing with. I really don't know too many fly fishermen.
