jeremymcon
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I've been reading books by John Gierach a lot recently. He's a fly fisher and writer currently living in Colorado, and in his book "At the Grave of an Unknown Fisherman" he had a chapter on a trip he took to central PA! I felt like he really got a pretty accurate understanding of PA during his trip.
He fished Spring Creek, Fishing Creek, the Little Juniata, and Spruce Creek. The parts that I really found amusing were his description of central Pennsylvanians as "so tough they can eat anything" - commenting on how the diner food was "almost always bad" in central PA.
Also he made sure to stock up on "inch worm" patterns, a.k.a. green weenies! He fished a green weenie as a dry fly on Spring creek and caught a trout that he had just seen rise to a piece of grass. Lol.
Just thought I'd share. I really enjoy John Gierach's books. If you haven't read at least one you ought to.
He fished Spring Creek, Fishing Creek, the Little Juniata, and Spruce Creek. The parts that I really found amusing were his description of central Pennsylvanians as "so tough they can eat anything" - commenting on how the diner food was "almost always bad" in central PA.
Also he made sure to stock up on "inch worm" patterns, a.k.a. green weenies! He fished a green weenie as a dry fly on Spring creek and caught a trout that he had just seen rise to a piece of grass. Lol.
Just thought I'd share. I really enjoy John Gierach's books. If you haven't read at least one you ought to.