Fall is Here

It is just about the time we have all been waiting for: Fall! This is the time of the year when the temperatures start to drop, and the fish really come out to play. Big bad Leroy Brown is back from his summer vacation and looking to munch on a tasty streamer; Señor Musky is back in the shallows after hanging out in the thermocline; and all the yahoo seasonal fisherman are off the water! What more could you ask for? We've been taking advantage of these conditions, and it has already started to produce fish. These past two weeks Mooser and I have been going after Musky whenever we've had a chance, and boy has it paid off! Mooser stuck his first Musky on the fly after two years of absolute grinding, then three days later proceeded to stick another gorgeous blonde purebred on a fly he tied the night before! Congrats buddy, well deserved fish. I also managed to get myself a low 30s purebred on the big cheesa (pictured below), missed two fish, and had a half dozen follows. Such a nice change of pace. The fish are really starting to get aggressive too. I had a 30"er come clear out of the water to hit my fly only a rod's length away from me! Blew it on a mid air hookset...unreal. Pretty pumped on this last fish but I'm still looking for that 45+er.

Big Cheesa

Clark has been chasing browns lately (pun intended). This past weekend he was out in the rain streamer fishing and it produced very well for him. He was fishing a prototype sculpin he spun up and the browns were loving it...he calls it "I can't believe it's not sculpin." (available in Low Fat). Check out his success below.

Overall, we're all more than excited about what the fall holds. I've got a trip to the Upper Delaware planned with Evan from Sidling Hill Hackle to do some streamer fishing for big browns with Joe Demalderis of Cross Current Guide Service, so that's exciting. Also planning a salmon trip, a couple Musky floats out West and hope to get some bowhunting in between. There's just not enough time in the week! Stay tuned folks. There's going to be some exciting stuff coming up!

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Sunday Meat

New bucktail means new flies. Maybe one day I'll learn how to use this dSLR.

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Tiger Musky

I'm going to keep this one short because there's not much that needs to be said...the picture speaks for itself. Moose and I met up the night of a new moon and chased some muskies. We fished a new spot and boy did it pay off. In short, I cast my fly right off the shore over, and two strips into my cast this monster 43" tiger blew my shit up! Easily the sickest take I've had so far. He just ripped out of under a log jam and engulfed my entire fly just like that. It's 4 days later and I'm still jones'ing off of this fish. Gotta love it!

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Sipping Trout and Ending the Drought

Sorry for the lack of posting folks. Between finals and moving across the state, Moose and I have both been swamped the last few weeks. Although I haven't been fishing as much, some great things have been happening! The hatches on all of the streams in Central PA have been popping off. Sulphurs were just starting to get heavy when I left, so keep those boxes full! I got out a few times before I moved out and it was extremely successful. Nothing is better than throwing on some 5x, a dry fly, and not having to worry about the hassle of nymphing. Here are a few pictures of what we've been getting into.

 

Now, what I am REALLY pumped about. One year and 5 days ago my Dad and I went out on our first musky trip of the year, and I caught my first two Musky ever...on conventional tackle. Now, fast forward to this year, with similar conditions, on a Tuesday again, at the same spot, at the same time, BAM, I hooked and landed my first ever Musky on the fly. I cast the fly pictured below close to the shore and after two strips, I stripset on what I thought was a bass. About 10 seconds later, this 28" Tiger Musky jumped a few feet out of the air right in front of us and my Dad yells "It's a Musky!" I fought it through a few more jumps and runs, and we landed this mini-beast. We howled in excitement and shared one of the greatest father-son moments I have ever had, next to the double we had last May. Needless to say, I will never forget this, and hopefully there will be many more to come. 

"The Ludwig" This is the fly the Musky took

First ever Musky on the Fly! 28"

My version of "The Ludwig"

Ty

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Ready to rock some esox

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