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Marvin: Hey folks, it's Marvin Cash, the host of the Articulate Flower,

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Marvin: back with another Central PA Fishing Report with George Kost of TCO Fly Shop

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Marvin: and State College. George, how are you?

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George: I'm amazing as always, Marvin. How are you?

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Marvin: And as always, I'm just trying to stay out of trouble, and you have a new job

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Marvin: title. You're the Cupcake Man.

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George: I am the Cupcake Man. Today was Cupcake Day for a staff employee's birthday.

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George: So we have cupcakes. It's going to be delightful.

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Marvin: Yeah, I thought maybe you had put like, you know, we're doing Kool-Aid and cookies

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Marvin: and like nap time mats in the back of the shop.

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George: That's every day that we don't need a birthday for that.

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Marvin: So, you know, I was out fishing. We didn't kind of speak on our kind of regular schedule.

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Marvin: So it's probably been a month since we chatted and you were telling me that

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Marvin: conditions have improved significantly in central PA.

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George: No, for sure. In the past couple of weeks, we had some high water a couple of

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George: weeks ago, which has since dropped and temperatures are much more reasonable

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George: than they were a few weeks back.

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George: So conditions are really, really good everywhere. All the levels are above seasonal.

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George: So Little J, Spring and Fishing Creek are all really prime right now.

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George: Pens has dropped really nicely and that's prime

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George: right now so we've got really good flows and the

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George: colors great got a little bit of green everywhere so conditions

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George: are good nighttime temps have been in the 40s and 50s the past few days so temps

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George: right now are not an issue so good flows good temps and the fishing has been

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George: really good the past couple days and by you know nymphs have been really working

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George: very well during the day with your standard things you know You know,

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George: greenie weenies and small mayfly patterns are working well on the nymph front.

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George: And dry fly action, terrestrials, beetles, ants, crickets, things like that.

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George: Those late summer patterns are working really well for us right now.

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George: Mayfly hatches, we're starting to see a handful of white flies here and there.

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George: And caddis have been around. There's some olives sporadically here and there.

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George: Tricos are still good in the morning.

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George: So plenty of action in the morning and throughout midday with the cooler temps

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George: has been great. So conditions are prime right now in central PA.

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George: Some really good late summer fishing.

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George: So I would not avoid fishing for the next week or so. Temperatures look like

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George: they're gonna be good for the rest of the week and into the weekend.

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George: So get out there if you can. Conditions have been great.

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Marvin: Yeah, and it's interesting, right? I mean, everyone's excited because of this little chill in the air.

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Marvin: Everyone's hopeful that this brutally hot summer we've had is gonna go into the books.

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Marvin: But do you guys get like an October caddis hatch up there? Is that something

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Marvin: people ought to start looking for?

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George: Um, I wouldn't start looking for them for a few more weeks. Um,

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George: they're definitely, you know, October caddis, we're going to see them in October.

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George: Um, so we should start seeing some ISOs maybe in the next week or two.

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George: I heard of a isolated hatch about a week ago of ISOs. So they're popping up

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George: sporadically this time of year.

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George: Um, and we'll start seeing them as it gets a little cooler, the leaves start

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George: turning a little more. I think we're a couple of weeks away from seeing them more consistently.

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George: Um, and you know, tank caddis have been around sporadically here and there.

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George: And the Octobras, you know, we're not going to see until mid to late September.

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George: But they're right around the corner. And I think the cooler water is,

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George: you know, and the higher water has definitely put the streamer bite on for sure.

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George: So low light conditions with the streamers should definitely move some fish.

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Marvin: Yeah, so October caddis is slightly ironic, right?

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George: It's very much ironic.

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Marvin: So, you know, folks, we love questions at the Articulate Fly.

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Marvin: You can email them to us or DM us on social media. And if we use your question,

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Marvin: I will send you some articulate fly swag.

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Marvin: And we are drawing for some cool stuff from the shop at the end of the season.

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Marvin: And, you know, a couple things happen, right? Fall, people start to get excited

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Marvin: again about, like, really getting after it.

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Marvin: But then it also means people are preparing for instruction and classes and

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Marvin: there might even be some sales. What have you got going on in the shop?

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George: Well, we got all sorts of classes going on this fall. We got a bunch of tying classes.

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George: We're going to have some more broom bugs on the schedule. We just had one last

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George: week that we had a great turnout for. So if you're looking to brush up on any

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George: of your skills, games, tying on the water, nymphing classes,

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George: streamer classes coming up, check out the website, pcoflyfishing.com.

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George: Under the Education tab, there's all sorts of stuff from all five of our stores

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George: now. So check that out and, you know, get yourself ready for fall.

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Marvin: Yeah, how about nunchuck skills?

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George: That's a private lesson, and I charge a pretty penny for that.

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Marvin: Well, there you go. Well, before I let you go, George, I just thought I had

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Marvin: to sneak that in there. My kids hate that movie.

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Marvin: But I couldn't resist. And before I let you go, and, you know,

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Marvin: I don't want to steal your thunder and tell people store location and hours

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Marvin: and all that kind of good stuff. So you want to let the folks know?

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George: Absolutely. So if you're in State College, we're here 9 to 6,

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George: Monday through Saturday, 9 to 3 on Sundays. days.

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George: We're right up here on State College Avenue and all our other stores have similar

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George: hours. So check us out online at tcoflyfish.com.

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Marvin: There you go. Well, listen, folks, as I always say, you owe it to yourself to

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Marvin: get out there and catch a few. Tight lines, everybody. Tight lines, George.

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George: Take it easy, Mark.