Good Bye 2015, Hello 2016

Here is my annual good bye to the past year. It was a great year; I got married, had the privilege of getting a fly excepted by Orvis, caught my first Tarpon, and got offered to work at the new TCO location in Boiling Springs. It was also a great year for fishing. I did not do as much traveling as I have done in the past, but I did manage to fish Michigan, and Belize for the first time. I have to thank Doug our resident Orvis Rep / friend, and Elizabeth my wonderful wife for those opportunities. Here are some of my favorite memories from 2015.

Guide trip with Drew and Linda, one of my favorite smallmouth of the year.

Big Spring Rainbow trout in the snow.

Central PA bass float with good friends!

Tarpon from a golf cart on my Honeymoon.

Elizabeth with her first Bonefish!

Lake Ontario Atlantic Salmon. 

High water smallmouth in July. 

Just over 20" smallmouth from Michigan with Mike Schultz.

Beautiful Brook trout from a Spring Creek.

Spring time smallmouth Float.

Rainbow right before a huge snow storm.

Small stream Rainbow trout.

Spring Creek Weekend

We were at it again this weekend,  two full days on the spring creeks. I took my buddy Kevin down for is first time fishing a spring creek, his all day smile mirrored mine. We had a great time in the snow, and made it home just before the weather got too bad. We had fish eating stoneflies and blue winged olives off the surface and sow bugs below. It is always a challenge for me and huge reward when you can hold a big one. With that being said, I enjoy the little ones just as much. I am a sucker for wild rainbows and finding a place with a healthy population in PA has made me a happy guy over the past few years. Enough about my love for a fish, just check out the photos.

Photo Archives - Trout and More

This isn't going to be a long post. I was flipping through my camera today and realized that I had some photos that never made the blog. The Sculpin Beer goes along with the single little Brown, I spent about three hours on the stream for that little guy. So why not go to the bar and discover they had your favorite beer in the cooler? The rest are all from Big Spring.

Enjoy the photos:

Stay Local - Get Out and Explore

 Many times our thoughts about fishing can be over taken by our memories of a destination trip out west, or a trip to the warm flats of Belize. I am guilty of talking trash on my local waters, when thinking about how great the fishing is other places in the US. Well sometimes we have to take a step back and remember the gems that we have in our backyards. Shane and I have been exploring some local streams on the class A list, that are within an hour of the shop, and he have not been disappointed. So next time you are dreaming about your last destination trip, stop, and think about the beauty in our backyards. PA has some of the best fishing in the USA, get out an explore a new stream next time you have some free time!