Marvin: Hey, folks, it's Marvin Cash, the host of the Articulate Fly.
Speaker:Marvin: We're back with another Central PA Fishery Report with George Costa of TCO Fly
Speaker:Marvin: Shop and State College. George, how are you?
Speaker:George: Amazing as always, Marvin. How are you?
Speaker:Marvin: I'm living the dream, and I know you are suffering from a little bit of vacation reentry.
Speaker:George: Indeed. Always need a vacation for my vacation.
Speaker:Marvin: There you go. And so you were out on the Cape. What do they call them up there?
Speaker:Marvin: They call them stripas? Is that what they call them?
Speaker:George: I believe so. I believe so, yes.
Speaker:Marvin: And so did you catch any?
Speaker:George: Yeah, I got a couple. Water was pretty warm up there, so, you know,
Speaker:George: a couple fish, a couple bluefish, wasn't a bad time.
Speaker:Marvin: Yeah, so did you just basically leave the family every morning and go fishing on your own?
Speaker:George: That's pretty much it. I got a couple hours in the morning to myself.
Speaker:Marvin: And then favorite vacation cocktail before we get down to business?
Speaker:George: Rum in a glass.
Speaker:Marvin: A short glass or a tall glass?
Speaker:George: A tall glass maybe a little bit of lime on top.
Speaker:Marvin: There you go um it's kind of uh it's like a martini
Speaker:Marvin: version of a mojito right exactly and
Speaker:Marvin: so you come back and it's interesting right you know it's been so hot on the
Speaker:Marvin: eastern seaboard and it looks like you know at least temporarily temperatures
Speaker:Marvin: are broken i know we were comparing notes before we started recording that you
Speaker:Marvin: know down here it's cooler and it's been pretty wet and you've had kind of the
Speaker:Marvin: same thing up in central pa PA.
Speaker:George: Pretty much, yeah. I mean, we got a good shot of rain over the weekend,
Speaker:George: and a bump flows up a good amount on just about everything.
Speaker:George: So the creek's got a little high and a little off color, but everything has
Speaker:George: pretty much dropped back down to reasonable levels now.
Speaker:George: So the levels are, you know, typical summer flows, slightly above average on
Speaker:George: some of the streams, and just a little bit of color left from the weekend's rain.
Speaker:George: But the temps have been pretty good. We've had night temps down in the 50s and 60s.
Speaker:George: So that's been pretty good. Um, and the day times have really not really got
Speaker:George: much more than mid eighties this week.
Speaker:George: So that's really helping to keep the fishing a little more active.
Speaker:George: So temperatures still want to check midday, especially on the J,
Speaker:George: especially on pens, because they definitely get hotter, but our spring's been
Speaker:George: fishing well in the mornings, um, fishing Creek as well in the mornings have been good.
Speaker:George: We've had trichos, um, early morning, you'll see them spinning and falling.
Speaker:George: So the tricho hatch has been pretty solid so far this year.
Speaker:George: um and then typical summertime you know stuff terrestrials ants beetles greenie
Speaker:George: weenies crickets things like that have been working pretty well for everybody
Speaker:George: fishing around here um and you know it's been good fishing but you know definitely
Speaker:George: a morning game this time of year yeah.
Speaker:Marvin: And i would imagine too with the stained water probably small streamers don't kill you either.
Speaker:George: Yeah not too bad i haven't had too many people fishing with streamers uh during
Speaker:George: the day but i mean the water is still kind of low and you know definitely avoid
Speaker:George: those bright sunny days for streamer fishing this time of year the low light
Speaker:George: conditions are going to be better even if the water is cloudy i.
Speaker:Marvin: Got it and i guess too right you probably are hearing good things from your smallmouth fishermen.
Speaker:George: Yeah for sure the smallie bite has been great top water has been excellent on
Speaker:George: all the smallie streams so if you can get out and fish for some bass i would
Speaker:George: definitely recommend that yeah.
Speaker:Marvin: Well there you go well you know folks we love questions on the articulate fly
Speaker:Marvin: you can email them to us or dm us on social media whatever is easiest for you
Speaker:Marvin: and if we use your question I will send you some articulate fly swag.
Speaker:Marvin: And we're going to be drawing for some cool stuff from the shop at the end of the season.
Speaker:Marvin: And, George, before I let you go, you know, we're getting ready to cruise into
Speaker:Marvin: that probably fall education, right?
Speaker:Marvin: And stuff like that. You got stuff you want to kind of share with folks,
Speaker:Marvin: either upcoming classes, might have some, you know.
Speaker:George: Yeah, for sure.
Speaker:Marvin: Yeah, end of season sales, all that kind of good stuff.
Speaker:George: Absolutely. And we've got another Brew and Bugs schedule that Axe has been brewing
Speaker:George: on August 18th up here in State College. I'm sorry, actually August 15th in State College.
Speaker:George: So that's on the schedule coming up. We've got a lot of fall classes.
Speaker:George: Just check our website for all of them.
Speaker:George: And we're here in the shop all the time. So swing by if you're in town and we'll see you soon.
Speaker:Marvin: Yes, it's what is it's nine to six Monday through Saturday, nine to three on Sundays, right?
Speaker:George: You got it. You could work here now. You can mop the floor at Marvin. You know the schedule.
Speaker:Marvin: It's always good to have something to fall back on, George.
Speaker:George: Right on.
Speaker:Marvin: Well listen folks as I always say yo it to yourself to get out there and catch
Speaker:Marvin: a few tight lines everybody tight lines George.
Speaker:George: Take it easy man.