tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-61012945232929238942024-03-13T04:22:08.811-04:00The AvocationsThis is a blog, like the name says, about my hobbies. Fly fishing, making beer, fly tying, music, beer tasting, and anything else that pops up. csoulthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04622158553112219924noreply@blogger.comBlogger41125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6101294523292923894.post-5430363051629647182014-06-12T16:23:00.000-04:002014-06-12T16:24:20.792-04:00Fishing & Drinking, Nothing NewFished one of my favorite streams on Monday, and had a great day. For whatever reason the dry fly fishing has been poor this year but the nymphing has been amazing. The average size of the fish on this stream never ceases to amaze me.<br />
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My family and I went to a pirate game Sunday, after that we stopped at Fat Heads on Carson St. I had a couple of Head Hunters, man that's a world class IPA. I would recommend any of Fat Heads beers as a matter of fact. Every one that I've had so far has been excellent. I also got a growler of their Lambic Sour, which was a first for me. I enjoyed it, but it's not a style I would go for every time. I'll try another though.....<br />
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<br />csoulthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04622158553112219924noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6101294523292923894.post-54452143000022812632014-06-04T23:09:00.001-04:002014-06-04T23:09:57.744-04:00Live Your LifeAm I the only happy person on the planet? Sometimes it seems that way..... Some people spend all their time bitching and being unhappy. Well, I've got news for you people. THIS MAY BE YOUR ONLY SHOT AT THIS. Not saying it is, not saying it isn't, but if there's a chance that it is, do you really want to spend it being miserable? Well, I sure as hell don't.<br />
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Am I saying things are perfect?<br />
NO<br />
But I'm really too busy living and enjoying it to complain.<br />
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Now that I'm done with my ironic rant, let's get to it. What's going on in my world?<br />
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Fishing all over the place<br />
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Making good (and some bad) beer<br />
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Tasting as many beers as I can<br />
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Tying flies (some good, some bad)<br />
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Hanging with my peeps (yes, I just typed that)<br />
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Adventure..... As many and often as I can<br />
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LIVING! And I don't just mean being alive, I mean living<br />
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So, haven't been posting. Some of you don't care, some of you do, but I'll be posting a lot more in the future, I just let it get away. Sorry.<br />
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<br />csoulthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04622158553112219924noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6101294523292923894.post-76205730470086637372013-10-04T11:20:00.001-04:002013-10-04T11:20:51.470-04:00No TimeThe past couple months could be the busiest of my life. Heck, I've barely had time to fish. I said barely, this means I've gotten out, just not as much as I'm used to or want to. It's ok though, because I've been doing some fun things.<br />
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My family and I went to an indoor water park in the Poconos and I fished while I was there, but... it didn't turn out so well. That's ok though because I had a good time, fishing, and with the family at the park.<br />
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I got to fish one of my favorite streams on my birthday, and although the water was low and clear I connected on a few nice fish. One was around the 18" mark, and all were taken on top. It started to rain and usually during a good rain the fishing really turns on, but I just don't think I was there long enough for that to happen. There were other obligations so I had to take off before it got good.<br />
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This week I got to do something that I've been waiting to do all my life, and I wasn't sure if it was going to happen or not... Go to a Pittsburgh Pirates playoff game!!!!! I've told my wife for years that if it happened (they make the playoffs) I wouldn't miss it, and I'd do whatever it took. Well they made it! After all those years of following one of the worst teams in baseball I was finally rewarded for my loyalty. There were years that I thought I may be the only person in the country (other than the players) wearing a Pirates hat. I was rewarded beyond what I could have ever imagined. The energy at the stadium was so amazing, it was truly unbelievable. It's something that I'll never forget as long as I live.<br />
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<br />csoulthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04622158553112219924noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6101294523292923894.post-71379388969602685382013-08-22T17:14:00.000-04:002013-08-22T17:14:12.363-04:00How About Some Video's <br />
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<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="600" mozallowfullscreen="" src="//player.vimeo.com/video/66124898" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="800"></iframe> <a href="http://vimeo.com/66124898">The Way It Began</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/user14415308">TwoFisted Heart Productions</a> on <a href="https://vimeo.com/">Vimeo</a>.<br />
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This last one is local, which is good to see.<br />
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I bought a Simms Gortex PacLite wading jacket about a year and a half ago from a guy "used" (I put used in quotation marks because it hardly looked used when I bought it) for $100. When I bought this jacket, my thinking was that I would never buy a jacket for $300 (new price) but at 1/3 the cost it might be worth it. I know they have changed the style of the PacLite since this version. This version is more like the new G4 ($479-way too much) than PacLite (now $229).<br />
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I thought that it would be a nice jacket for when it rains, and in the fall and spring, if needed. I was completely wrong on a lot of things about this jacket!!!! I wore this jacket all year round. By layering underneath this jacket, it worked great for any condition. In the fall and spring it works well over a long sleve shirt. In the winter as many layers as you need. In the summer just over a t-shirt. It keeps out the wind, rain, and snow. What more can you ask?<br />
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Some of the good aspects of this jacket:<br />
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<li>Two large front waterproof pockets</li>
<li>One large waterproof rear pocket that can also be used to self-stuff the jacket</li>
<li>Two Simms style zingers </li>
<li>Velcro sleeves</li>
<li>Large hood</li>
<li>Velcro fly dock</li>
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<li>Sometimes the water can get in on the casting arm, but unless you have gasket sleeves that's going to happen.</li>
<li>The short style of the jacket. I know this is for wading but if it wasn't so short, I would wear this even when not fishing.</li>
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This jacket turned out to be one of the best investments that I've made. After owning this for a year, I don't know what I did without it. I even think I would pay the original price if forced to.csoulthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04622158553112219924noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6101294523292923894.post-76857054756727088982013-08-13T08:09:00.001-04:002013-08-13T08:09:24.373-04:00Some Days Are Just GoodI met up with a friend the other day to fish Spring Creek. The plan was to hit the Trico's, but when we got over there it was sprinkling on and off, so we figured it probably wouldn't happen. I had a feeling it would be a good day fishing due to the overcast skies and the slight milky color Spring gets when a little bit of water is add to it.<br />
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We started the day nymphing, and it took about twenty minutes to figure out which flies to use but once I did the fish were on. The fly combo of the day was a tan San Juan Worm and a Green Weenie. Now, I know a lot of you guy cringe at fishing these types of flies, but they produce results, and results are what I got. It wasn't long before I had picked up a few fish, but nothing over 13"-14".<br />
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Then, I started to notice Trico's hanging out over the water. I kept a close eye on them, because if I can I would rather fish a dry fly any day. Soon I began to notice risers. They would turn on and then turn off, so I threw on a Trico spinner. I missed one right away, and the excitement began to percolate, but something just wasn't right.... I was laying out some perfectly drag free drifts with no takes. You know what I mean, the ones where you know if a fish is there it's going to take, you've just seen it so many times you can tell when it's the right drift. Well, it wasn't happening, I tried every Trico pattern I had with the same results, so I figured they must be taking something else that I just couldn't see. Maybe it was a BWO, maybe it was a midge. I never did find out.<br />
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My family and I went on vacation this week. All I can say is wow, what a great time!! <br />
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We stopped in Baltimore and went to a game at Camden Yards. What a nice ballpark, next to PNC so far it's the nicest I've been to.<br />
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Then it was on to Ocean City with the family and great friends. I had a great time, but it's the beach how couldn't I? <br />
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I hooked into one fish (above picture) that would have been 2' I think, I worked it for a while but never quite got it in. As disappointing as that is, I can't complain. It was a good day.<br />
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<br />csoulthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04622158553112219924noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6101294523292923894.post-50495496815312289672013-07-15T10:26:00.003-04:002013-07-15T10:26:43.283-04:00Spring To SummerI get sooooo busy during the Spring and Summer, that I never have time to post. But you know what..... I love it. I've fished more new streams this year than I have any year so far. I've also had AMAZING, and I do mean AMAZING, days on Penns, Pine, Spring, and Big Fishing Creek since I last posted. Not to mention all the great fishing on some smaller streams. I've caught great hatches of Sulphurs, March Browns, Light Cahill, Caddis, Green Drakes, as well as others. The warm water fishing hasn't been as good this year due to high water but, I'm not complaining.<br />
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When I got there on Thursday there was snow on the ground from the night before, and that should have given us an indication on how the fishing would be that morning. It was slow, but we fished a few beautiful streams, streams that I have wanted to fish for a while now. Fish were caught by all of us, and there can be no complaints about that, just not in the numbers that we had hoped.</div>
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When we first got to the stream we found the water level to be at a perfect level, with a slight green tint. The first hour and a half neither of us moved a fish. So we decided to move down the stream slightly. Another half hour had gone by and no fish. I was begining to worry. Then, it was like someone turned on a switch, well I actually think it was the Caddis coming through the water column, and the fact that I switched to wetfly following Dave's lead. Within an hour I had landed more fish than I could keep track of. </div>
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Last year, when we put this trip together, the thinking was that we would be able to fish the elusive Quill Gordon hatch. This fly seems to be disappearing from all but the northern streams. Look, I'm not an entemologist and most times I just match size and color. But this is different, it's what we named the trip after. So when this fly started to show itself on a day that was already amazing without it, it was almost to good to be true. It was as though it were meant to be.</div>
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This hatch was not as strong as the Hendrickson hatch, and that proved to be a good thing, making the rising fish easier to target. Giving my fly less competition for fish that were still hungry, or maybe just too greedy to pass up a tender morsel of a meal made for a great finish to the day. </div>
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I don't count fish. I tend to lose track too easily. I think because I become so engaged in the moment that it all just blends together, but I know on this day I caught over 30 fish. Dave out fished me, so I'm assuming that together we caught over 80 fish. That is a good day, no, a great day. One that I will remember for quite some time.</div>
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That night, we drove back to the cabin where we were all staying. We ate well, drank beer, and told stories of the day, and more of other days. This, moreso than the fishing, is why I enjoy these get togethers. It's the camaraderie of our hobby that causes us to gather, but the quality of the people that makes us do it again and again.</div>
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The next day we went back to Pine expecting a good day, and we recieved the exact opposite. There were plenty of bugs but the fishing was tough. I only managed two, and both of those came from nymphing the same riffle. I only saw one rising fish throughout the day, and it wasn't until almost dark that I saw others. I did get to see some good sights, and got a good sunburn. </div>
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Although I live in an area that has, arguably, some of the best streams in the state, and even the country. But it's the ones that no one fishes that hold the most intrigue, for me. I always have people ask me how I find these streams that hold such big and beautiful brookies. Well, I think a lot of it has to do with the area I live in. Browns just do not thrive in this immediate area, and I believe that because of the lack of browns this leaves the bookies uncontested, and allows them to grow to a larger size. The other thing is these streams that I'm fishing are small, but they aren't really what most would consider brookie streams. The size of the stream that I fished yesterday is similar to spruce creek. It has no where near the ecosystem that spruce creek has but with a stream that size you are going to get some decent sized fish. You are also going to get some small ones in the process.<br />
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Something that I noticed about the fish in this stream, is that the yellow spots seem to be more pronounced than the fish from other streams in my area. <br />
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The water was extremely cold yesterday and I still did pretty well, but I can't wait to get back to this stream in the summer, when the fish are more active, and I can take some on top. I tried to do that yesterday but after no hits, and my feet going numb, I knew this was the wrong approach. There are some real large fish in this stream, I know because I spooked one. I'll be itching to get back to this one, and the great thing is that I know when I go back I'll be alone unless I take someone with me.csoulthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04622158553112219924noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6101294523292923894.post-38804035946775792652013-03-18T12:37:00.001-04:002013-03-18T12:37:26.174-04:00It's Still ColdI got out to fish again on Friday.... It was supposed to warm up, the key word was supposed. 35 degrees not 44, and windy. 35, I can handle but when you throw in a consistent wind, it just kicked my ass for about three hours. That is until Olives started to hatch, then I didn't feel a thing.<br />
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The risers were more consistent today than they were the other day, and that always makes for a good day. Not to mention that they were all nice fish, nothing too small. It's the beginning dryfly season and I love it. Now all we need are warm temps, and I don't look for that for at least a few more weeks. I'll survive as long the bugs keep hatching.<br />
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Enough about that... I went in search of dries for the first time this year. I figured, it's just a matter of time before Olives come off, and on this particular stream, next to Suphurs, these fish love nothing more than Olives. <br />
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When I got to the the stream it was as warm as it has been in a long time, and sunny. Just a beautiful day to be on the water. There were midges everywhere, but not a single fish rising. So, I decided to nymph for a while. It was fairly productive. I picked up quite a few fish, so it was already a good day.<br />
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As I'm working my way up the stream I started to notice mayflies floating around like little baby angels. Man do I love fishing dries, but I gave it a few minutes to see if the fish would react. It didn't take long before I saw a rise. The hatch was sporadic, but that didn't matter to me, as I immediatly switch to a dry followed by an emerger. Unbelievably, on the first cast I hooked up, and for the next hour or so it was on.<br />
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As I told you before, I started tying flies. Well, as it turns out, I have all the dry flies and nymphs I need for now. Okay, that's not true, you can never have enough flies, but there are some flies that I need more than others. This summer I was buying a fly from my local fly shop that was just killing the smallmouths. There's only one problem... they're not getting that fly in anymore.<br />
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My friends and I finished the IPA that I brewed this weekend. It was good, the whole way down to the last glass. And I say last glass, because when we got to the last glass in the keg, it was obvious that some of the ingredients had fallen out of the beer to the bottom, as you can tell from the pic. This is even after I had it through a secondary fermentor. I tried it, and it tasted the same just a little grittier, my friends however wouldn't touch it. Having finished the last of the IPA, we tapped the Pilsner that it seemed like we've been working on for ever. More on that later.....<br />
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I've been following the blogs listed on this page for a little while now, and I just want to say that those guys are doing an excellent job. I thoroughly enjoy checking these sites out everyday. If any of you guys are paying attention.... Thanks, it's good stuff, and entertaining. And if you're not following thes guys, you should, it's worth it.csoulthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04622158553112219924noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6101294523292923894.post-86514826298352196362013-01-13T22:03:00.000-05:002013-01-13T22:28:23.762-05:00Snow MeltSome friends contacted me about fishing. I have a really hard time passing up any chance to fish. I also thought it would be a good chance for my brother to meet some new guys to fish with. He just started fishing and I'm not really the best teacher. We had a great time, but the fishing really slowed down once it started to warmed up, and the snow started to melt. <br />
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I got a quick fix of fishing today in the rain. I'm fishing The Little J tomorrow, but things worked out that I could get out for a couple of hours today. I'm glad I did. The stream I fished has always produced above average sized brookies for a freestone stream.Well, it didn't dissapoint today either. I only caught a few fish, but the ones I did catch were nice.<br />
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No, it's the Internet, and cool stuff like this site <a href="http://www.reelgrea.se/">http://www.reelgrea.se/</a> that has some great music.<br />
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And this, these guys make great fly fishing videos. Make sure you maximize the window.<br />
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<span style="color: black;">Saturday my wife, daughter, and I all hopped in my truck with our cameras to take some scenic pictures from around the area. My wife has a Cannon DSLR, my daughter has a Nikon Coolpix and I now have an Olympus TG-1, as stated in an earlier thread. What a fun family activity to do. We even turned it into a little family competition, to see who could get the best picture. The plan was to have my mother and father in law judge the pictures without knowing who took them. Well that didn't work out well because they just said that they were all nice pictures and that they couldn't choose. That's o.k, we enjoyed ourselves anyway.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"> I got to mess with the settings a little bit, and take some really cool pictures. I unfortunately didn't get to take any underwater pictures this weekend like I wanted. The plan was to go fishing this weekend but something more important came up and it just didn't pan out. It'll happen though, probably this weekend. That's why I called this Part I, because I don't think I could give this camera a fair assessment without really doing what I bought it for and that's submerging under water to take some fish pics. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">Let start with the interface, or how to select the settings. I found this extremely easy to deal with. The buttons are large enough that you can navigate through the setting even with gloves on. Instead of going into menu's within menu's everything is right there on the display depending on which mode you select with the selection wheel. This made it very easy to manipulate the settings. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">Well this is really the meat and potatoes of the review. First, I'd like to say that I'm new at this whole photography thing, so what I say here might not really be worth anything at all, but here it is. This camera takes excellent images within it zoom range as you can see by the pictures below. And really that is the only thing that I can think of that you would want from this camera, that it doesn't have, to be able to zoom in further. Well unlike other cameras in it class, it achievable. You can actually add a lens to this camera, I haven't but you can, and I may someday. </span></div>
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This gives this camera a true advantage above the rest. That, and the fact that this camera has the <span class="st"> f/2.0 wide-angle lens that allow it to take excellent shots in low light levels. I guess that's really important for taking underwater photo's ( I will get to that in Part II of my review). I haven't taken any real close up images yet but, I can't see where this is going to be a real issue, and I'll try to do that for the second part of the review also.</span><br />
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<span class="st">The extras this camera has are really cool, and I haven't even scratched the surface of this yet but I'll list a few. The camera has GPS, so you know where your photo's are taken. My I-phone has this and at first I thought it was a stupid idea, but you would be amazed at how quickly you forget where you took pictures at. It also has a feature that allows you to take a picture by just tapping the camera itself. I'm sure that will come in handy when taking group photos.</span></div>
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Beer Update:<br />
I've been lagering a Prima Pils clone for well over a month now and I'm thinking that it should be ready sometime within the next week or so. So be prepared for a post on one of my favorite beers!!!!csoulthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04622158553112219924noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6101294523292923894.post-66154348679472846392013-01-05T13:18:00.001-05:002013-01-05T13:18:31.646-05:00Fly tying<div style="margin: 0 0 10px 0; padding: 0; font-size: 0.8em; line-height: 1.6em;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/72713653@N07/8350679070/" title=" "><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8495/8350679070_5fc6dd3477.jpg" alt=" by coty_soult" /></a><br/><span style="margin: 0;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/72713653@N07/8350679070/"> </a>, a photo by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/72713653@N07/">coty_soult</a> on Flickr.</span></div><p>Since I've started fishing, I've always said that I didn't think I'd ever tie flies. Well, I've been kicking it around for some time now. Not because I think it's cheaper, but because I don't think the flies I buy are heavy enough, or they don't have the ones I want.<br /><br />So someone got me a kit for Christmas, and I have to say, it's much more fun than I thought it would be. I decided to do a wolly bugger for my first fly..... It's not perfect but here it is.</p>csoulthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04622158553112219924noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6101294523292923894.post-30742286436034975432013-01-04T12:47:00.002-05:002013-01-04T12:51:30.359-05:00Water<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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It rushes and it moves, always knowing where to go. It can
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All the activities in
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It will always be there, and I will always go back to it. </div>
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csoulthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04622158553112219924noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6101294523292923894.post-77693508250575244932012-12-31T11:30:00.005-05:002012-12-31T11:30:54.115-05:00New CameraI got a new waterproof camera for Christmas (Olympus TG-1) so I'll be doing a small review on this within the next week or so. Stay tuned.<br />
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<br />csoulthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04622158553112219924noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6101294523292923894.post-84810840392526034012012-12-29T00:03:00.001-05:002012-12-31T11:18:47.132-05:00Snow Fishing<div style="font-size: 0.8em; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0 0 10px 0; padding: 0;">
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A friend and I fished Spring Creek Wednesday. The fishing was slow, and the snow was fast. It was still a good time, but Turkey is a good dude, so I always seem to have a good time when we fish together. Those are our tracks. By the time I got home there was 8 inches of snow. It was interesting.csoulthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04622158553112219924noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6101294523292923894.post-51848859687923312952012-12-28T23:51:00.001-05:002012-12-31T11:25:09.928-05:00First IPA<div style="font-size: 0.8em; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0 0 10px 0; padding: 0;">
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I brewed my first IPA. Here it is...... Still green. Posting from the iPad sucks as far as sharing images. So I have to break this into a few different posts.<br />
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Update: After letting it sit an extra week, I tried it again last night and it was much better. I still have half a keg of it on tap so I'll know better after new years eve.csoulthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04622158553112219924noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6101294523292923894.post-21861028118894859562012-12-07T11:15:00.002-05:002012-12-18T11:19:15.201-05:00Too LongWell it has been too long since my last post. I'm not sure if it's because I've been too lazy or just haven't had time, or a little of both but I'm going to try to get back into this.<br />
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Done <u><b>lots</b></u> of fishing both warm and cold water</div>
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Went to Montana and Wyoming where I fished, hiked, and camped. That trip was amazing, and deserves a few words.</div>
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We drove nonstop (never do that again) to get to The Bighorn River. There is nothing like this in the East, maybe the world. I had the most amazing fishing of my life there. I only took a dryfly off of my line twice and that was just to try something different. Caught the biggest fish of my life here within half an hour of being there. Then, it was, that a game of top that. Truly amazing....</div>
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We left The Big Horn and headed to meet a friend in Yellowstone. On the way we stopped at a small brewery in Red Lodge. Good beer. I even brought some home.</div>
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Last stop was Slough Creek. All I can say is wow. Just Wow!<br />
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We hiked into the third meadow (which is a pretty good hike), and on the way saw a grizzly mom and cub in this field.<br />
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After that we headed home. What a great trip.<br />
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csoulthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04622158553112219924noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6101294523292923894.post-77897609845034700302012-07-02T12:11:00.001-04:002012-07-05T07:56:39.177-04:00The Backup PlanWhen exploring new streams it's always good to have a backup plan. This can come in handy for numerous reasons; access, stream size, water conditions.....ect. It's rare that I use the backup plan but when it happens that you need it, it's invaluable. It can mean the difference between a good, bad, and amazing day. Especially when you're running low on time.<br />
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I left my house with a limited time to fish on this excursion, but I used some resources to come up with a good plan on where I wanted to fish. When I reached my destination I couldn't find access to the stream. I could see it, and it looked incredibly inviting, but all of the access points were posted. This was extremely disappointing because I had high hopes for this fishery. I know that there's access to this stream in certain places, but in order to get there you have to drive the whole way around the mountain. Luckily I had come prepared with a backup plan. So I decided that that was what I was going to try.<br />
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The stream that I went to is a stocked and wild/native stream within a couple of miles of the first stream I tried. I've never fished this stream before, and there isn't much written on it, but it turned out to be a real gem. I am sure, without a doubt, and I know I said this before but, this stream would be a class A stream if it were not stocked. It had good holding water, cold temperatures, and plenty of aquatic insect life.<br />
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When I arrived I saw another fisherman (spin fisherman) above me, so I had to work down stream, which I typically don't like do but in some case it works out well. Like in this case, where the sun was upstream from me and low on the horizon, making it almost impossible to see upstream, even with good sunglasses. So it worked out for the best. Something I noticed right away way the immense amount of spider webs crossing the stream, I took this as a good indication of bug activity.<br />
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Working my way down stream I picked up my first fish, and I couldn't believe it, it was a small brown, about 4 or 5 inches. I know to most of you this isn't a big deal, but in the immediate area that I live in, there doesn't seem to be that many wild browns, a lot of native streams, but very few brown trout streams. It just seems that there is a line between my house and State College that is drawn for wild browns. Once you get out of that limestone influence, and into the higher acidity water of my area, it seems to turn to all brookies. Now this stream may have a limestone influence, and I'll have to do some additional research in order to prove it.<br />
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The next fish I picked up was also a wild brown but had a strange genetic anomaly, it's whole face was missing. I wast starting to think that this was purely a brown trout stream, and whatever is being stocked in it when a small brookie attacked my offering. It was starting to get dark and I was pretty happy with the couple hours of fishing that I put in. I hopped back in my truck when there was a small amount of daylight left and decided to drive up to where I had seen a bridge, and see if I could pick up any more just below the bridge.<br />
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When I got close to the water below the bridge I notice a few risers. I decided to target the one closest to me. I put a good cast out and got a drag free drift and just as I suspected the fish jumped out of the water to take the fly, but either he missed or I set to quickly. Now, usually when this happens I don't get a second chance, but I always have to try. So I laid the fly in the same spot and wham, the fish hit and I got the set right this time. To my surprise it was a rainbow and I had hit the trifecta for the second time this year, only this time two out of three were wild, where last time all three were stocked. I know this is just a matter of luck but it made me happy and keeps things interesting. I caught one more brown (the best of the day) and called it a night, because the bats were starting to swoop at my head. What a good night of fishing.<br />
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