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S6, Ep 30: Central Pennsylvania Fishing Report with TCO Fly Shop · The Articulate Fly

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  Marvin: Hey folks, it's Marvin Cash, the host of the Articulate Fly,
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  Marvin: and we're back with another Central PA Fishing Report with George Costa from
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  Marvin: TCO Fly Shop and State College. How you doing, George?
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  George: I'm amazing as always, Marvin. How are you?
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  Marvin: Ah, see, I hear that little skip in your voice, and I know you're back from fishing in the Bahamas.
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  George: I am. I am. Back to reality. Back from beautiful blue water to,
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  George: you know, green Pennsylvania water, but both are beautiful in their own right
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  George: so you know take what you can get yeah.
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  Marvin: Tell us a little bit about your uh your week away goofing off down in the bahama.
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  George: No it was it was fantastic we had a
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  George: fantastic trip the group was great we had uh excellent bone fishing a little
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  George: cloudy but everybody got some fish and it was nice to be back down in the tropics
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  George: and see something different and fish for some you know amazing awesome bone
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  George: fish down in andrews at swings k resort yeah.
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  Marvin: And the cool thing too right as you got to miss kind of the tail end of the
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  Marvin: ugly winter crud in central PA.
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  Marvin: And, you know, the cannon is loaded for some pretty killer dry fly action, right?
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  George: This is true. Actually, the week I was away, it got pretty warm here,
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  George: and the dry fly action was fantastic. So olives were really good.
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  George: But now we got a little bit of a cold spell. So overall, on the PA front,
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  George: we got a little bit of a cold snap this week.
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  George: So the hatches are kind of slowed down a little bit, but we've still got really
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  George: good blue-winged olives. We're starting to see a handful of caddis.
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  George: We are starting to see, you know, the olives pick up.
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  George: And there's definitely been some granum action that's kind of been spotted here and there.
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  George: So I think as soon as we get a good snap of the warm weather,
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  George: then I think that the hatches are really going to start in earnest.
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  George: And it should be pretty good moving forward into the beginning of April.
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  Marvin: Got it. And, of course, I know, you know, you guys can fish year-round up there,
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  Marvin: but there's, I guess, at least some significance to what folks call opening day in PA, right?
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  George: Oh, for sure. So, all of our stocked trout water is going to be closed until
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  George: the opener, which is, I believe, the second week of April this year.
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  George: I'm thinking the 6th or the 7th, not 100%, because we usually do just fish those
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  George: non-stocked waters. But if you want to get out there for some,
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  George: um, some fish on the local streams that are stocked and, you know,
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  George: fill up the frying pan, that's going to not happen for a couple more weeks.
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  Marvin: Yeah. But, uh, you guys are running a special on power bait in the shop, right?
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  George: That's all I use anymore is power bait. Just power bait and wax worms. Why not?
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  Marvin: Yeah, dude. I think the bubblegum pink corn is awesome.
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  George: Yeah. Why not?
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  Marvin: Yeah. So, yeah. So, you know, I would imagine, you know, your time classes and
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  Marvin: things are kind of tapering down maybe tail end of sales, but I would imagine
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  Marvin: you probably got like newbie fly fishing classes getting teed up, right?
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  George: For sure. Yep. We've got on all our beginners classes are kicking off.
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  George: I started my first beginners class of the year last week. So I've got a bunch of those lined up.
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  George: So if you're new to the sport and want a really good opportunity to learn a
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  George: lot in a class setting, um, I would definitely sign up for that.
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  George: Um, Our head guide, Sam, has some Euro nymphing classes lined up throughout the spring.
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  George: And all of our other locations got a bunch of classes, a bunch of beginner's classes.
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  George: If you're thinking about getting into fly fishing and you're not really sure
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  George: where to go, all of our beginner's classes at all of our locations are a great way to learn.
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  George: So check out our website for all the information on them.
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  Marvin: Got it. Any kind of new products in the shop you want to share, folks?
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  George: Nothing crazy. We just got all of our spring shipment of everything in.
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  George: So there's some really cool new clothing, new styles, new hat on the new rod front.
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  George: If you haven't gotten the chance to cast the new Orvis Helios rods, those are amazing.
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  George: If you're thinking about a new stick, definitely check those out. They're amazing rods.
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  George: And, you know, just load it up for springtime. Get in here and,
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  George: you know, shop a little and see what you need for the season and we'll get you geared up.
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  Marvin: Yeah, I've been calling you yesterday if you want to book a guide trip, right?
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  George: Yeah. Yeah, we still have a couple of spaces available up here at State College.
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  George: We can probably squeeze you in. If you ask for Penns Creek on Memorial Day,
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  George: I'm going to give you a different answer.
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  George: But if you're thinking about doing a guide trip, we can probably squeeze you
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  George: in up here at some point throughout the spring.
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  George: And all of our other locations, I'm sure, can fit you in as well.
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  Marvin: Well, there you go. Well, listen, you know, George, if he hadn't come back from
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  Marvin: the Bahamas, we'd be totally bummed out that no one sent in a question this time.
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  Marvin: So, you know, folks, remember, we love questions on the Articulate Fly.
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  Marvin: You can email them to us, DM us on social media.
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  Marvin: If we use your question, I will send you some articulate fly goodies.
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  Marvin: And we're going to draw for some cool stuff from the shop.
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  Marvin: And, George, before I let you go, you want to share a shop hours,
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  Marvin: location, and all that kind of cool stuff?
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  George: Absolutely. So we here in State College are open 9 to 6 Monday through Saturday, 9 to 3 on Sundays.
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  George: At 2030 East College Avenue, all of our other locations are open similar hours.
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  George: So check out tcoflyfishing.com.
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  George: And we hope to see you up here soon.
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  Marvin: Well, there you go. Well, listen, folks, get out there and catch a few tight
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  Marvin: lines, everybody. Tight lines, George.
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  George: Take it easy, Mark.