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    fcarp replied to the thread Contacting your Guide pre-Trip.
    Yup contact the guide (and recommend if they don’t answer text them instead of Vm, it may be easier or simply more possible for them to...
  • rancid waders
    Yes call them or email as it's their busy season working probably long days. Just my 2 cents
  • TimMurphy
    TimMurphy reacted to Broodstock's post in the thread Contacting your Guide pre-Trip with Like Like.
    Yes, for sure contact the guide ahead of time. I try to be as efficient as possible with the back<>forth communications, since guides...
  • BrookieBrothers
    Been taking a look at these threads for a while and decided to finally join the forum
  • Broodstock
    Yes, for sure contact the guide ahead of time. I try to be as efficient as possible with the back<>forth communications, since guides...
  • Kms
    A couple things come to mind in regards to your question: 1) Actual (usable) navigability on an individual basis for most of the waters...
  • caddisflyer
    caddisflyer reacted to JG63's post in the thread Just slightly weird with Like Like.
    A crazy idea …. I was going to name them “Flipperz” and they DO spin very well. A hollow core fitted with a Q-tip shank through the...
  • greywolf
    greywolf replied to the thread Contacting your Guide pre-Trip.
    I highly recommend doing this. I have done a lot hunting and fishing trips over the years and arrangements get messed up more often...
  • greywolf
    greywolf reacted to wildtrout2's post in the thread Contacting your Guide pre-Trip with Like Like.
    If I were in your shoes, customary or not, I'd want to do exactly as you describe. A pre-trip contact conversation to give you answers...
  • td566
    td566 reacted to TheDuke44's post in the thread Contacting your Guide pre-Trip with Like Like.
    If you've already spent the money to reserve a date/time for your trip, I would feel free to contact the guide. Like you said, just a...
  • td566
    td566 reacted to wildtrout2's post in the thread Contacting your Guide pre-Trip with Like Like.
    If I were in your shoes, customary or not, I'd want to do exactly as you describe. A pre-trip contact conversation to give you answers...
  • R
    A couple things come to mind in regards to your question: 1) Actual (usable) navigability on an individual basis for most of the waters...
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    Lots of fun on the glass rod. I've been seeing more fly anglers on the local lakes, which is cool. I forgot to share the fly, but I tied...
  • BradFromPotter
    Gotta boat? No? Planning to walk back in those big grassy back bays? Yeah? Don't. They're terrible, terrible places that are basically...
  • TheDuke44
    TheDuke44 replied to the thread Contacting your Guide pre-Trip.
    If you've already spent the money to reserve a date/time for your trip, I would feel free to contact the guide. Like you said, just a...
  • jifigz
    jifigz reacted to wgmiller's post in the thread Stocker? with Like Like.
    I had a spell back around 2012 when I found small, what appeared to be wild rainbows in Donegal Creek. It's quite possible they were...
  • CLSports
    CLSports reacted to wildtrout2's post in the thread Contacting your Guide pre-Trip with Like Like.
    If I were in your shoes, customary or not, I'd want to do exactly as you describe. A pre-trip contact conversation to give you answers...
  • wildtrout2
    If I were in your shoes, customary or not, I'd want to do exactly as you describe. A pre-trip contact conversation to give you answers...
  • wildtrout2
    wildtrout2 reacted to Troutmeister's post in the thread Stocker? with Like Like.
    This past spring I was fishing a new creek in Clinton County. I caught several wild browns and native brookies and then a small rainbow...
  • wildtrout2
    wildtrout2 replied to the thread Saltwater flounder..
    I remember back in the day, the real big flounder being called "doormats". I thought that name got lost in time.
  • JG63
    JG63 replied to the thread Just slightly weird.
    A crazy idea …. I was going to name them “Flipperz” and they DO spin very well. A hollow core fitted with a Q-tip shank through the...
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    wildtrout2 reacted to CinnamonJoe's post in the thread Saltwater flounder. with Like Like.
    So, 'back in the day', mid-summer, in a prior life, I would take a dingy with a 25 hp on a rising tide back in the bays (VA, MD, DE...
  • JG63
    JG63 replied to the thread Just slightly weird.
    #14 Sulphur Spinner: This one casted fairly well - but was an absolute PITA to tie correctly - also, the durability of the abdomen...
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  • td566
    td566 reacted to CinnamonJoe's post in the thread Saltwater flounder. with Like Like.
    So, 'back in the day', mid-summer, in a prior life, I would take a dingy with a 25 hp on a rising tide back in the bays (VA, MD, DE...
  • wildtrout2
    wildtrout2 reacted to dc410's post in the thread 2026 Carpin’ thread with Like Like.
    Hooker, Your persistence will eventually get you into carp. Many of the resources that you have listed are legitimate ways to get some...
  • wgmiller
    wgmiller replied to the thread Stocker?.
    I had a spell back around 2012 when I found small, what appeared to be wild rainbows in Donegal Creek. It's quite possible they were...
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    DO_inthewoods reacted to hooker-of-men's post in the thread Down sizing for SMB with Like Like.
    Here is the fly from the top: https://www.paflyfish.com/threads/what-are-you-tying-today-2025.85051/post-991800 Recipe is: -bead...
  • td566
    Hi everyone. Grand Teton and Yellowstone family vacation coming up in September. I have reserved a guide to float fish for half a day...
  • wgmiller
    wgmiller reacted to nd1001's post in the thread Stocker? with Like Like.
    Cool fish. Those larger, faint dark spots/parr marks are usually prominent on wild rainbows I’ve caught in PA. The first fish pictured...
  • wgmiller
    wgmiller reacted to jifigz's post in the thread Stocker? with Like Like.
    Not necessarily. Wild bow populations seem to spring up, be robust for a few years, and then dwindle. This happens in freestoner and...
  • JG63
    JG63 reacted to 6xAdams(Jones)'s post in the thread Just slightly weird with Like Like.
    The son who tied it was still a teenager and going through a form-over-function phase. He also tied a foam-body baby sea turtle that...
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    teedee replied to the thread Saltwater flounder..
    I’ve caught quite few fluke while striper fishing in the bay. Just bounce a chartreuse and white Clouser along the bottom with the current.
  • BradFromPotter
    Has anyone used the Fulling Mill Premium Selected Deer Belly hair? Opinions? Is it worth the cost? Thanks!
  • CinnamonJoe
    CinnamonJoe reacted to dc410's post in the thread Saltwater flounder. with Like Like.
    The only flounder I ever remember catching on a fly rod was years back up in Cape Cod while fishing for Stripers in June if I remember...
  • mszoke1802
    mszoke1802 replied to the thread Saltwater flounder..
    It can be done with right conditions. I've seen it done a few times. Clousers are your friends and a sinking line. Someone mentioned...
  • laurelhighlander
    laurelhighlander replied to the thread 2026 Carpin’ thread.
    If your near southwest pa, I could direct u to a few lakes that are great with kayak
  • Alwaysonthewateer
    one for dries and streamers and one for euro
  • Alwaysonthewateer
    Wow! Good looking fish. Did you have both rods going at once, Lol?
  • sarce
    sarce replied to the thread Stocker?.
    It reminded me of a cutthroat too. That one came from WV but didn't look like most WV bows I've caught. The others are from limestone...
  • sarce
    sarce reacted to nd1001's post in the thread Stocker? with Like Like.
    Cool fish. Those larger, faint dark spots/parr marks are usually prominent on wild rainbows I’ve caught in PA. The first fish pictured...
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    poopdeck replied to the thread Saltwater flounder..
    Boat
  • tomgamber
    tomgamber reacted to 6xAdams(Jones)'s post in the thread Just slightly weird with Like Like.
    The son who tied it was still a teenager and going through a form-over-function phase. He also tied a foam-body baby sea turtle that...
  • rustbeltwilds
    rustbeltwilds replied to the thread Stocker?.
    Yeah that fish is really cool
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    bdhoover77 reacted to hooker-of-men's post in the thread Down sizing for SMB with Haha Haha.
    Here is the fly from the top: https://www.paflyfish.com/threads/what-are-you-tying-today-2025.85051/post-991800 Recipe is: -bead...
  • 6xAdams(Jones)
    6xAdams(Jones) replied to the thread Saltwater flounder..
    Check the regs before you keep any. Minimum size has climbed over recent years. Good luck.
  • nd1001
    nd1001 replied to the thread Stocker?.
    Cool fish. Those larger, faint dark spots/parr marks are usually prominent on wild rainbows I’ve caught in PA. The first fish pictured...
  • jifigz
    jifigz replied to the thread Stocker?.
    Not necessarily. Wild bow populations seem to spring up, be robust for a few years, and then dwindle. This happens in freestoner and...
  • hooker-of-men
    hooker-of-men replied to the thread Down sizing for SMB.
    Here is the fly from the top: https://www.paflyfish.com/threads/what-are-you-tying-today-2025.85051/post-991800 Recipe is: -bead...
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    Troutmeister replied to the thread Stocker?.
    This past spring I was fishing a new creek in Clinton County. I caught several wild browns and native brookies and then a small rainbow...
  • 6xAdams(Jones)
    6xAdams(Jones) replied to the thread Just slightly weird.
    The son who tied it was still a teenager and going through a form-over-function phase. He also tied a foam-body baby sea turtle that...
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