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Anyone have any comments on Abel reels in general and their arm accessory for the reels ?

Not much into all the scientific reasons as to why/why not flies work, particularly color. But, I would have to say that color, particularly bright ones, seems to attract bows the best.
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Aaron--I've been good. My business has been slow but that o.k. it's still in it's infancy. I got some more stuff to do with it this fall & winter which we've talked about. My regular career is crazy...

Wow, my login still works. It's been a long time. Since I saw one of my favorite topics, I had to post something. As far as night fishing goes, when I do get the chance to get out at night, I'm...

I agree w/ both Mantis & Aaron. In Winter, walt's & cress bug works good as well as June. Also small midges-usually tiny & black. They used to call it the sewer fly when the stream was very...

Mantis:
Good luck w/ your next night adventure. partof the reasons why I said work a piece of water over & over and over an extended time period ( hours,days,weeks,season, etc ) lies in the fact how...

A couple but mostly bows. It looked like a lot of recent stocker whic is still o.k. I don't get ther much b/c it's a longer ride for me but that river looks great and holds so much potential. Could...

lost the last post again-anyway I had surgery the 1 st of oct. I wont be able to work or fish until at least Jan. It sucks but I needed it done.
I did end on a good note though. The last week of...

No I have not been out much especially at night. I've been very depressed. I've been killed with work, kids, etc this year and had recent elobow surgery which has kept me out of commission for...

This is the first post in a long time for a multitude of reasons. I hope this helps out Mantis some and anyone else looking to tackle the " Night Game " as Joe says.
Mantis:
Joe's info is all great...

Harvey fished the way he fished through years of trial and error on P.A. waters and figured out what works. Humphreys learned that way too from George plus a great deal of trial and error himself....

sounds like good reports as of late. I spoke to Joe H. last night and he felt the water was just about right for this time of the year. I'm headed down there tomorrow with a friend to fish for a...

I practice catch & release everywhere I fish except for the private club I belong to. Our club has only 100 members and owns 4 miles of stream that has a very high population of rainbows. brookies...

everyone who previously posted all had great reasons and good theory behind them and I agree with all of them to some degree or another. Ultimately, I feel that natural skill of an angler wins this...

I must confess that I love lead too and use it. I know it's not the best thing for the environment. I do try and mix in tin shot too when i'm nymphing. I do so by using smaller lead shots and tin...

oliver Kite wrote at lenght about it in one of his books too. I have it at home and will have to post the title later. I believe it's out of print too.

i haven't fished the main body but have been on the East Branch and like it. It's not fair that P.A. has so many good trout streams. In another life I would relocate to P.A.

I use the same nymphing techniques that Joe has taught me with good success too. I haven't tried the European methods but they do have their merits too. I would say fish the way your comfortable and...

yes it is out and you can get it thrugh a distributor in the State College area. Sorry I don't know how to highlight the link. Search the web using Joe Humphreys and you'll find distributors. He has...

haven't looked at Davy's site about shot yet but I will after this post. Joe H. always spreads his shot out. He has gotten me to use in most cases smaller but more shot spread 2 inches apart. It...

That one does look good but I think spun deer hair too tight and too nicely trimmed doesn't fish as well as one that are a little more rugged looking. Plus tightly packed heads make the fly a lot...

low water or not P.A is still a great place to fish. Like we talked Fishing Creek is largely dependent upon rainfall & Penn State drains the water tables to Spring Creek.

Whenever you can fish...

nope my tying table is just as bad. That's the one area that i'm not organized in at all-never have and probably never will. I don't have any pics to send though. Even if I did I don't know how to...

Alanb_ct,

Good job. The pics are always very clear too. I like it . I'll have to take your advice and look into getting the cameras you suggested. Aaron and I just spoke on the phone--the...

SloNDeep,
Very nice. I'm also jealous too. So many places to fish and not enough time.