1 00:00:04,160 --> 00:00:07,070 Marvin Cash: Hey, folks, it's Marvin Cash, the host of the articulate fly. And we're 2 00:00:07,102 --> 00:00:10,006 back with another central PA fishing report with George Costa from 3 00:00:10,030 --> 00:00:12,874 TcO fly shop in state college. How are you, George? 4 00:00:13,414 --> 00:00:16,094 George Costa: I am amazing as always, Marvin. How are you? 5 00:00:16,120 --> 00:00:18,694 Marvin Cash: Uh, you sound super excited. Did you get a lot of cool stuff in your Easter 6 00:00:18,734 --> 00:00:19,474 basket? 7 00:00:20,054 --> 00:00:23,014 George Costa: I did. I got some Cadbury eggs 8 00:00:23,054 --> 00:00:25,822 and I got some peep and all sorts of 9 00:00:25,838 --> 00:00:26,670 teeth rotting stuff. 10 00:00:26,702 --> 00:00:29,274 Marvin Cash: It was delicious. Awesome. What color peeps? 11 00:00:30,344 --> 00:00:31,064 George Costa: The yellow. 12 00:00:31,144 --> 00:00:32,248 Marvin Cash: That's the only true color. 13 00:00:32,296 --> 00:00:33,360 George Costa: Everyone knows that. 14 00:00:33,512 --> 00:00:35,124 Marvin Cash: You didn't do pink or lavender? 15 00:00:36,144 --> 00:00:38,896 George Costa: No, no, just the yellow ones. I like the standard yellow 16 00:00:38,920 --> 00:00:39,344 people. 17 00:00:39,464 --> 00:00:41,840 Marvin Cash: And you strike me as an artisanal jellybean. 18 00:00:41,872 --> 00:00:44,800 George Costa: Dude, that's too much for me. That's too much 19 00:00:44,832 --> 00:00:45,444 stress. 20 00:00:49,824 --> 00:00:51,312 Marvin Cash: Well, uh, you know, it may deal. 21 00:00:51,328 --> 00:00:54,216 George Costa: With those popcorn flavored jelly beans. That's too much for my mind to 22 00:00:54,240 --> 00:00:54,780 handle. 23 00:00:54,780 --> 00:00:57,288 Marvin Cash: Uh, where you have to literally, it's like harder than, like, 24 00:00:57,336 --> 00:01:00,320 identifying dry flies and spinners that have to lay the chart 25 00:01:00,352 --> 00:01:03,040 out and, like, color match them crew exactly. 26 00:01:03,072 --> 00:01:04,240 George Costa: I don't have that kind of time. 27 00:01:04,352 --> 00:01:07,004 Marvin Cash: Yeah, so although you do have some time, 28 00:01:07,584 --> 00:01:10,448 I, uh, looked at your weather and I mean, you know, east coast, we've gotten 29 00:01:10,496 --> 00:01:12,324 ripped with a ton of rain lately. 30 00:01:12,944 --> 00:01:15,736 George Costa: It is a h o t m m e 31 00:01:15,800 --> 00:01:18,752 s s right now. We just about most of our 32 00:01:18,768 --> 00:01:21,576 streams are at flood stage or above flood stage in the 33 00:01:21,600 --> 00:01:24,336 past 24, 48 hours. Um, so 34 00:01:24,400 --> 00:01:27,170 we have trash conditions right now. 35 00:01:27,170 --> 00:01:30,148 Um, I just look, this morning took a little bit of a 36 00:01:30,156 --> 00:01:32,740 little drive by the stream. Spring Creek is mess right 37 00:01:32,772 --> 00:01:35,764 now. Little J is back below flood stage. 38 00:01:35,844 --> 00:01:38,724 So it's, um, just gross, disgusting 39 00:01:38,764 --> 00:01:41,532 water. Um, so for the foreseeable future, 40 00:01:41,628 --> 00:01:44,404 I think that spring creek might be back into shape 41 00:01:44,444 --> 00:01:47,268 by late this weekend. And by late, I'm talking 42 00:01:47,316 --> 00:01:49,452 late Saturday, Sunday at the 43 00:01:49,508 --> 00:01:51,940 earliest. Um, little juniata 44 00:01:52,012 --> 00:01:54,940 pens. Um, is definitely going to be a little 45 00:01:54,972 --> 00:01:57,372 later than now. We're looking maybe early next week, Monday, 46 00:01:57,428 --> 00:02:00,344 Tuesday. Barring any more precipitation and 47 00:02:00,384 --> 00:02:03,192 the trees doing their job and soaking up some of this water, 48 00:02:03,328 --> 00:02:06,272 um, um, definitely going to be a few days till we can get back on the water. 49 00:02:06,408 --> 00:02:09,288 Um, um, we. Before all this rain, we were really starting to 50 00:02:09,296 --> 00:02:11,568 see some good bugs. Olives have been strong, 51 00:02:11,736 --> 00:02:14,632 granums have been good on spring. And, uh, um, who knows what 52 00:02:14,648 --> 00:02:17,080 this high water is going to do for the granums on the j and 53 00:02:17,112 --> 00:02:19,848 pens. Uh, um, but I think that hopefully by 54 00:02:19,896 --> 00:02:22,616 mid next week we should really start seeing these bugs 55 00:02:22,760 --> 00:02:25,600 just blow up. We are supposed to get cold the next couple days. 56 00:02:25,632 --> 00:02:28,272 But then we got a nice warm up spell coming, so 57 00:02:28,408 --> 00:02:31,392 catch me next week, if I can, an accurate idea 58 00:02:31,408 --> 00:02:34,296 of what's going on. But spring is here. We just got to get through this 59 00:02:34,320 --> 00:02:37,232 high water and cold event and, um, um, just to get us over the 60 00:02:37,248 --> 00:02:37,632 hump. 61 00:02:37,728 --> 00:02:40,272 Marvin Cash: Yeah, sounds like streamer fishing. Sunday, 62 00:02:40,368 --> 00:02:43,280 Monday, and then, you know, fingers crossed for dry 63 00:02:43,312 --> 00:02:46,004 fly activity on maybe Wednesday, Thursday, next week. 64 00:02:46,344 --> 00:02:49,320 George Costa: Yeah, we just got to see how everything comes back into shape. I don't 65 00:02:49,352 --> 00:02:52,352 see much precipitation, uh, uh, in the next couple of days, we 66 00:02:52,368 --> 00:02:55,304 got maybe some rain here and there. But, you know, barring 67 00:02:55,344 --> 00:02:58,138 anymore, you know, three, four inches of rain like we just 68 00:02:58,186 --> 00:03:00,906 got, um, um, you know, the rivers are going to take a couple days to get back into 69 00:03:00,930 --> 00:03:01,534 shape. 70 00:03:01,994 --> 00:03:02,586 Marvin Cash: God. Did. 71 00:03:02,610 --> 00:03:04,986 Anything, uh, cool going on in the shop you want to share with 72 00:03:05,010 --> 00:03:05,614 folks? 73 00:03:06,034 --> 00:03:07,762 George Costa: Um, uh, not particularly. 74 00:03:07,818 --> 00:03:08,530 Marvin Cash: We're loaded up. 75 00:03:08,562 --> 00:03:11,562 George Costa: We definitely got a lot of inventory here ready for spring. We've 76 00:03:11,578 --> 00:03:14,080 got a bunch of new fly patterns in, which are great. Um, um, 77 00:03:14,578 --> 00:03:17,354 good week to really get caught up and get ready. You know, get those flies 78 00:03:17,394 --> 00:03:20,266 tied for the, for the season here. You know, you can't fish. You might as well 79 00:03:20,290 --> 00:03:23,234 tie some bugs and come in and check out the shop. Um, um, there's a 80 00:03:23,234 --> 00:03:26,026 bunch of new, really cool new gear this year. Some really good new 81 00:03:26,050 --> 00:03:28,730 rods to check out. The new Scott rods are awesome. Session 82 00:03:28,762 --> 00:03:31,610 rods worth coming in and casting if you, if you haven't gotten a chance 83 00:03:31,642 --> 00:03:34,470 to check those out yet. Those have been casting well for us. Um, 84 00:03:34,470 --> 00:03:37,418 um, so, yeah, just, you know, loaded up, ready to go for the season. 85 00:03:37,546 --> 00:03:40,466 Marvin Cash: Yeah. And I know you were, uh, one of the few retailers actually got 86 00:03:40,490 --> 00:03:42,614 the hook up on the new Grundins too, right? 87 00:03:43,154 --> 00:03:43,554 Yep. 88 00:03:43,594 --> 00:03:46,314 George Costa: We got the new Grundins waiters in here. So we got all three 89 00:03:46,354 --> 00:03:49,186 models. You've got a low, um, medium and 90 00:03:49,210 --> 00:03:52,042 high end grundants. They're worth checking out too. Another great 91 00:03:52,098 --> 00:03:54,682 option in the, the waiter arena. We're excited to have that brand on 92 00:03:54,698 --> 00:03:55,114 board. 93 00:03:55,234 --> 00:03:58,202 Marvin Cash: Yeah. And I imagine to you, I think last time we spoke you 94 00:03:58,218 --> 00:04:01,174 were signing people up for learning to fly fish classes, right? 95 00:04:01,794 --> 00:04:04,698 George Costa: This is true as well. We've definitely got some good classes this spring. 96 00:04:04,746 --> 00:04:07,682 All of our tco shops have a lot of good beginners classes, 97 00:04:07,738 --> 00:04:10,738 more advanced classes with dry flies. We do a euro class 98 00:04:10,786 --> 00:04:13,650 up here in state college. Um, if you're new to the 99 00:04:13,682 --> 00:04:16,682 sport, you just listening to ol Marvin here on the podcast and 100 00:04:16,698 --> 00:04:19,466 you're like, maybe I'll try fly fishing. We got some really good 101 00:04:19,490 --> 00:04:22,290 beginners classes, um, throughout the spring and all of our locations. 102 00:04:22,362 --> 00:04:24,970 So check out the website under the education tab, 103 00:04:25,002 --> 00:04:27,610 and you can sign up for one of those classes to expand, uh, 104 00:04:28,076 --> 00:04:30,084 your horizon. We'll say yes. 105 00:04:30,124 --> 00:04:31,984 Marvin Cash: We call that being fly curious. 106 00:04:32,564 --> 00:04:34,424 George Costa: Oh, I like that very much. 107 00:04:34,964 --> 00:04:37,812 Marvin Cash: Well, you know, folks, we love questions on the articulate fly. 108 00:04:37,868 --> 00:04:40,676 You can email them to us, dm us on social media, whatever is 109 00:04:40,700 --> 00:04:43,612 easiest for you. And if we use your question, I will send 110 00:04:43,628 --> 00:04:46,556 you some articulate fly swag. And George will enter in a drawing 111 00:04:46,580 --> 00:04:48,572 for some cool stuff from the shop. Then the season. 112 00:04:48,628 --> 00:04:51,596 And, George, before I, uh, let you get back to it, 113 00:04:51,620 --> 00:04:54,228 you want to let folks know hours and all that kind of good stuff. 114 00:04:54,396 --> 00:04:57,100 George Costa: Absolutely. Absolutely. So we are here in State college. 115 00:04:57,172 --> 00:05:00,084 Tuesday, I'm sorry, Monday through Saturday, nine to 116 00:05:00,124 --> 00:05:03,060 six, and Sunday's nine to three. All of our other 117 00:05:03,092 --> 00:05:05,500 locations about the same hours. Uh, on the web 118 00:05:05,532 --> 00:05:07,196 tcoflyfishing.com. 119 00:05:07,230 --> 00:05:09,972 Marvin Cash: Uh, well, there you go. Well, listen, folks, when the water drops, 120 00:05:10,068 --> 00:05:13,044 get out there and catch a few tight lines, everybody. Tight 121 00:05:13,084 --> 00:05:15,124 lines. George, take it easy, Mark.