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    John


    Quote:
    “Many men go fishing all their lives without knowing that it is not fish they are after.”
    Location:
    York PA
    About Me I am a husband and father of three, a fly fisherman, and a professional photographer, though sometimes not always in that order. You can see a good bit of my photography at: www.photoshelter.com/user/pavoncello
    Music Anything but country and rap.
    Movies A River Runs Through It (who would'a guessed) Tears of the Sun, The Last Samurai
    TV The Unit, 24
    Books Anything fly fishing, especially the classics.
    Likes bamboo and caddis, native brookies
    Dislikes try not to dwell on the dislikes
    Hobbies hiking, camping, shooting (guns and cameras), waterfowl hunting

    Great Smoky Mountains National Park

    Sunday, April 20, 2008, 04:20 PM EST [General]

    My cousin Rich and I just got back from a week fishing and hiking in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

    We experienced winter and summer in just a few days, fishing the West Prong of Little River in the snow on Monday and Abrams Creek in Cades Cove in 80 degree temps Friday.

    We caught about 100 wild rainbows between the two of us during the week. No browns or brookies were taken. Almost everything was taken on dry flies.

    Check out my gallery for photos from the trip.

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    hit the Codorus again today.. off to a great start

    Tuesday, March 4, 2008, 11:51 PM EST [General]

    Went back to the Codorus Creek this morning. The first two hours were a bust, didn't have a bite.

    Decided to head downstream to a hole that is a favorite of mine and my fishing partner John.  Connected with four wild browns in about 15 minutes from the same spot using a 14 scud.

    Moved up stream, switching to a little black stonefly dry after a live one landed on my vest. Picked up two more browns on the dry and another on the scud. Seven fish for three hours of fishing, not bad at all in my book.

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    Thanks for the re-building input. I was thinking about sanding, but I will give scraping a try. I hope to spend some "quality time" with it later in January, I will let you know what happens.
    Tony

    Tony
    Dec 27, 2007
    08:27 PM EST