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My wife and I are having our first kid this summer, so when up in Pittsburgh for a baby shower, I went fishing with my dad. He's been talking about this trip for at least two months, and even bought a new rod just for the occasion. We hit up the Neshannock, a big creek about an hour north of the city. It's well traveled, especially in the two-mile long fly rod only section. We tried to stay to the quieter parts, but started the morning in the special reg. BIG DISCLAIMER: very few fish pics and they all suck.
Fished up about a mile of creek, starting where it split around a small island. I worked the lower half and saw little.
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Thought there might be something lurking under this tree, but, alas, nothing.
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Came up to this wide stretch. Kinda skinny, and nothing but two chubs.
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Meanwhile, dad hooked up with a couple on the other arm (which I discovered later was much more promising) and landed one bow.
Dad in the woods
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We worked upstream until we ran into two guys in the hole we were hoping for. Watched one guy land a big brown. Oh well. We headed back down the upper arm and fished the runs dad had already covered. Fishing was good, got into a hatch and were surrounded by jumping trout all around.
Here's the old man hooked up
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And again
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Must be nice to be the folks living in that house.
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Too many guys started rolling in, so we made for the diner. After lunch, we headed down into the gorge. Nobody there, and just some amazing deep, fast water.
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I switched to streamers and on the third cast got broken off by a huge brown. Next cast, got broken off again. Maybe that Orvis leader was on sale for a reason?
Long range hero shot with a not long range lens.
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Pretty great place to spend the afternoon. I landed another two rainbows after getting busted by the big brown, by dad couldn't figure out how to work the camera. To my surprise, there's smallmouth in this water:
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All in all, an awesome day spent with dad. Can't ask for more.
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