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S8, Ep 55: Summer Secrets: George Costa's Central PA Fishing Report · The Articulate Fly

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  Hye,Heyfolks,it'sMarvin Cash, the host of The Articulate Fly.
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  We're back with another Central PA Fishing Report with the man himself, Internet George Costa of TCO Fly Shop in State College.
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  Internet George, how are you?
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  Yeah, stop calling me that.
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  I'm doing great.
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  How are you, Marvin?
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  You don't like that appellation?
• 0:21
  I do not.
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  I do not.
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  But you call yourself that on the 'gram, right?
• 0:25
  No, I don't.
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  I do not.
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  I'm just trying to do whatever.
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  I don't know what's going on anymore.
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  Fair enough.
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  You have.
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  You have acute vacation reentry syndrome, right?
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  Indeed.
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  Indeed.
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  Yep.
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  We were out of town last week, but just got back into town and it's not looking too bad around here, so I kind of like it.
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  Yeah, cool and wet, which is, you know, if you fish for trout, that's kind of the secret sauce here in the summer.
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  Yeah, for sure.
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  Levels are all pretty good.
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  We're a little above seasonal, you know, summertime.
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  So it's still on the low side, on the clear side, but above seasonal averages.
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  We got a good shot of rain last week.
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  The mosquitoes alone will tell you that.
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  Bring a little bug spray.
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  It's getting buggy out there.
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  And temps have been great this week.
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  We're looking like, you know, in the 50s at night, you know, mid to high 70s, low 80s max during the day.
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  So stream temps are pretty good this week.
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  You still want to check midday, you know, on some of the bigger streams, I'm sure they're still going to kind of creep up into the high 60s.
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  So be conscious of the temps and continue to check the temps.
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  But other than that, temps and levels pretty good for this time of year.
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  Tricos have been going really good on spring.
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  If you want to get some dry fly action, get out there in the mornings.
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  Best time is probably between like 8 and noon is when we're seeing some pretty good top water action with the Tricos.
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  Terrestrials are working well everywhere.
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  Beetles, ants, you know, hoppers are starting to show up.
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  So some of those more meadowy kind of stretches on the local streams, there's some hoppers starting to come around.
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  Plenty of fish are coming up and eating like chubbies and little hoppers.
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  Dry dropper techniques working well.
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  Streamer fishing, low light conditions, early late would definitely probably move some fish with the water temps being a little cooler.
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  So overall for, you know, end of July in summer in central Pennsylvania, we've got a pretty good solid week of fishing here.
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  Yeah, there you go.
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  Anything cool going on in the shop.
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  Oh, we've got the outdoor festival coming up down in boiling springs down the 8th and 9th August, so that'll be fun.
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  If anybody's down in the Boiling Springs area, that should be another great event.
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  It's right at the TCO location on children's Lake in Boiling Springs.
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  So check that out if anybod has that weekend open.
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  It's going to be a great festival this year.
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  A lot of cool things going on, so definitely worth the day trip for that.
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  Yeah, and I heard the report from lots of different folks that they really had a good time at Bass Thumb this year.
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  Yeah, that was a great turnout.
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  They had some high, dirty water, but I mean, a lot of bigger fish were caught.
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  So that was a really great event.
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  Everyone that did that event had a good time.
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  I didn't get to do it, but maybe next year.
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  So check that tournament out next year when it happens if you want to get on some really cool tournament.
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  Bass fish and stuff.
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  That was.
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  That was a great turnout this year for that.
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  Yeah, absolutely.
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  And folks, you know, remember, send us your questions because we want to keep George happy.
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  And George, before I let you hop and get back to summertime retail bliss and State College, you want to let folks know shop hours, location, and all that kind of good stuff.
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  Absolutely.
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  Here in State College, we're open 9 to 6 Monday through Saturday, 9 to 3 on Sundays.
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  All brother shops are open similar hours.
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  And get us on the worldwide web at tcoflyfishing.com.
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  Well, there you go.
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  Well, listen, folks, show it to yourself to get out there and catch a few tight lines, everybody.
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  Tight lines.
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  George.
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  Take it easy, Marvin.