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

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

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

George: I look and feel fantastic, Marvin. Thank you so much for asking.

Marvin: Wow, look and feel. That's amazing. So what are you doing? Are you doing like super greens, you know?

George: Everything. I'm on the paleo diet. I'm on the Atkins diet. I'm on the super greens diet. it.

George: I'm biking 60 miles a day. Um, and I'm also a liar.

Marvin: Yeah. And you're chasing the dragon's tail. We know.

George: Exactly. No, I'm not chasing the dragon.

Marvin: Uh, well, you know, it sounds like you've, uh, you got a little,

Marvin: uh, kind of shop, uh, shop nasties today, but, uh, it looks like you're kind

Marvin: of, you're consistently cooling off, getting a little bit of rain.

Marvin: So probably kind of perfect fall conditions in central PA.

George: Yeah i mean the temperatures are great have

George: been great the past week it's not been really above 80 degrees nights

George: have been cool foggy misty for the past

George: couple days and we got a little bit of rain hopefully come

George: in next week early which will be welcome we could use a little water everything's

George: pretty much at seasonal levels pens are still seasonally high which is nice

George: and it's been fishing really well um the jay spring um fishing creek are all

George: low and clear so the typical early Early fall, late summer conditions,

George: you know, tougher technical fishing, but the fishing has been really good.

George: Terrestrials are still really dominating what's been working well with ants,

George: beetles, crickets, hoppers in some spots working really good.

George: Smaller nymphs have been working well. Haven't heard a lot of people really

George: using streamers the past couple of weeks. The water's so low and clear, really.

George: We're not quite into streamer weather yet. I think maybe two or three more weeks

George: when it starts really chilling down, those fish are going to start getting pre-spawn

George: mode. and streamers will start working great.

George: Bugs on top, iso, caddis, olives, some October caddis have been around.

George: So plenty of opportunities.

George: And, you know, with the nice cooler temperatures, fishing has been solid and

George: steady the past few weeks and should continue to be so.

Marvin: Well, there you go. You know, you would think those October caddis would get

Marvin: a calendar at some point, right? Yeah.

George: I really don't know how to read. That's the problem. I blame the Romans.

Marvin: Yeah, we'll work on that. And so, you know, as we always say,

Marvin: as you head into fall, you've got probably end of season sales and probably

Marvin: classes and probably some broom bug stuff you want to let folks know about.

George: Oh, yeah, for sure. We got a lot of good classes coming up this fall.

George: Plenty of tying classes, some on the water instruction.

George: We've got a streamer class, Euro class. last.

George: Broom Bugs is on the 17th. We're doing steelhead patterns with Steelhead Steve.

George: He's also doing a steelhead specific class on the 19th.

George: So if you want to really learn some good steelhead knowledge,

George: he's the guy to get the class from. So that's coming up on October the 19th.

George: And all of our other shops have tons of other classes as well.

George: So check out pcoflyfishing.com. Look at all the classes and see everything we got to offer.

Marvin: Yeah, it's interesting. All the steelhead guides I know are getting excited

Marvin: because the fish are starting to show up, right?

George: Yep, yep. We're pretty close. There's plenty of salmon coming in up on Pulaski in New York.

George: Salmon have started coming in. I think we're, you know, one big rainstorm and

George: a couple weeks away from steelheads showing up, probably mid-October,

George: but they're right around the corner.

Marvin: Yeah, and you know, folks, we love questions on the Articulate Fly.

Marvin: And when we don't have a question, it makes George sad.

Marvin: So we want George to be happy. And so, and if we use your question,

Marvin: I will send you some articulate fly swagging or drawing for some cool stuff

Marvin: from the shop at the end of the season.

Marvin: And George, I don't want to keep you from your retail bliss.

Marvin: You want to let folks know shop hours and all that kind of good stuff?

George: Absolutely. Monday through Saturday, 9 to 6.

George: Sunday, 9 to 3. All of our other shops have similar times. And yeah, come see us. We're here.

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

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

George: Take it easy, Mark.