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

Marvin: and we're back with another Central PA Fishing Report with George Costa from

Marvin: TCO Fly Shop and State College. How you doing, George?

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

Marvin: Ah, see, I hear that little skip in your voice, and I know you're back from fishing in the Bahamas.

George: I am. I am. Back to reality. Back from beautiful blue water to,

George: you know, green Pennsylvania water, but both are beautiful in their own right

George: so you know take what you can get yeah.

Marvin: Tell us a little bit about your uh your week away goofing off down in the bahama.

George: No it was it was fantastic we had a

George: fantastic trip the group was great we had uh excellent bone fishing a little

George: cloudy but everybody got some fish and it was nice to be back down in the tropics

George: and see something different and fish for some you know amazing awesome bone

George: fish down in andrews at swings k resort yeah.

Marvin: And the cool thing too right as you got to miss kind of the tail end of the

Marvin: ugly winter crud in central PA.

Marvin: And, you know, the cannon is loaded for some pretty killer dry fly action, right?

George: This is true. Actually, the week I was away, it got pretty warm here,

George: and the dry fly action was fantastic. So olives were really good.

George: But now we got a little bit of a cold spell. So overall, on the PA front,

George: we got a little bit of a cold snap this week.

George: So the hatches are kind of slowed down a little bit, but we've still got really

George: good blue-winged olives. We're starting to see a handful of caddis.

George: We are starting to see, you know, the olives pick up.

George: And there's definitely been some granum action that's kind of been spotted here and there.

George: So I think as soon as we get a good snap of the warm weather,

George: then I think that the hatches are really going to start in earnest.

George: And it should be pretty good moving forward into the beginning of April.

Marvin: Got it. And, of course, I know, you know, you guys can fish year-round up there,

Marvin: but there's, I guess, at least some significance to what folks call opening day in PA, right?

George: Oh, for sure. So, all of our stocked trout water is going to be closed until

George: the opener, which is, I believe, the second week of April this year.

George: I'm thinking the 6th or the 7th, not 100%, because we usually do just fish those

George: non-stocked waters. But if you want to get out there for some,

George: um, some fish on the local streams that are stocked and, you know,

George: fill up the frying pan, that's going to not happen for a couple more weeks.

Marvin: Yeah. But, uh, you guys are running a special on power bait in the shop, right?

George: That's all I use anymore is power bait. Just power bait and wax worms. Why not?

Marvin: Yeah, dude. I think the bubblegum pink corn is awesome.

George: Yeah. Why not?

Marvin: Yeah. So, yeah. So, you know, I would imagine, you know, your time classes and

Marvin: things are kind of tapering down maybe tail end of sales, but I would imagine

Marvin: you probably got like newbie fly fishing classes getting teed up, right?

George: For sure. Yep. We've got on all our beginners classes are kicking off.

George: I started my first beginners class of the year last week. So I've got a bunch of those lined up.

George: So if you're new to the sport and want a really good opportunity to learn a

George: lot in a class setting, um, I would definitely sign up for that.

George: Um, Our head guide, Sam, has some Euro nymphing classes lined up throughout the spring.

George: And all of our other locations got a bunch of classes, a bunch of beginner's classes.

George: If you're thinking about getting into fly fishing and you're not really sure

George: where to go, all of our beginner's classes at all of our locations are a great way to learn.

George: So check out our website for all the information on them.

Marvin: Got it. Any kind of new products in the shop you want to share, folks?

George: Nothing crazy. We just got all of our spring shipment of everything in.

George: So there's some really cool new clothing, new styles, new hat on the new rod front.

George: If you haven't gotten the chance to cast the new Orvis Helios rods, those are amazing.

George: If you're thinking about a new stick, definitely check those out. They're amazing rods.

George: And, you know, just load it up for springtime. Get in here and,

George: you know, shop a little and see what you need for the season and we'll get you geared up.

Marvin: Yeah, I've been calling you yesterday if you want to book a guide trip, right?

George: Yeah. Yeah, we still have a couple of spaces available up here at State College.

George: We can probably squeeze you in. If you ask for Penns Creek on Memorial Day,

George: I'm going to give you a different answer.

George: But if you're thinking about doing a guide trip, we can probably squeeze you

George: in up here at some point throughout the spring.

George: And all of our other locations, I'm sure, can fit you in as well.

Marvin: Well, there you go. Well, listen, you know, George, if he hadn't come back from

Marvin: the Bahamas, we'd be totally bummed out that no one sent in a question this time.

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

Marvin: You can email them to us, DM us on social media.

Marvin: If we use your question, I will send you some articulate fly goodies.

Marvin: And we're going to draw for some cool stuff from the shop.

Marvin: And, George, before I let you go, you want to share a shop hours,

Marvin: location, and all that kind of cool stuff?

George: Absolutely. So we here in State College are open 9 to 6 Monday through Saturday, 9 to 3 on Sundays.

George: At 2030 East College Avenue, all of our other locations are open similar hours.

George: So check out tcoflyfishing.com.

George: And we hope to see you up here soon.

Marvin: Well, there you go. Well, listen, folks, get out there and catch a few tight

Marvin: lines, everybody. Tight lines, George.

George: Take it easy, Mark.