Kistler Run, Pocono Mnts.

Kistler Run  5x7 oil

My brother Tom and I went to the Pocono's to do some fly fishing for trout. After all the rains we had the streams were running hard and high. The first stream (our primary stream) was to fast for safe wading with all the big rocks you have to traverse.

We went to out backup stream Tobyhanna Creek that was also running quick and high. Tom caught a nice brook trout but you could only wade so far, so we went to a smaller feeder stream that empties into the Tobyhanna.
Tom caught 3 or 4 brook trout from this area that a beaver had dammed up.

We went a little deeper into the forested section of the stream where I had caught 2 trout from one of the deeper pools. It was tight casting in this section of the stream.

I wanted to capture the filtered light that was present in the woods that day.That is what the painting is about.

Tobyhanna Creek

Tobyhanna Creek 8x10 acrylic $118.50

We fished this stream off and on for the last thirty years or so. Actually this is one of the first streams we visited when we started flyfishing. Back in the 80's we saw a guy fighting a monsterous brown trout on saltwater gear,(in the bait section) he was trying to horse him in and he ended up breaking him off. I wanted so bad to tell him to ease up on him but just watched as we heard the loud snap of his line, he reeled in the rest of his line and silently walked off. We looked for that trout each time we went there but never saw him again. Kistler Run empties into the Tobyhanna down stream around the bend, you can usually count on the brook trout to provide a little action before heading back to the car. Alot of good memories there.

Sundays flyfishing trip

My brother Tom and I took a trip up the Poconos to do a little trout fishing. The first stream we fished was the Appenzel Creek. They had some Sulphurs (mayflys) hatchin ,I had a nice one on but the tippet got caught around the reel and the fish dove and SNAP! When we switched to a caddis fly we started picking up fish. We finished under this bridge where the water was deeper and held some fish. After lunch we went to Tobyhanna Creek and caught trout on the same caddis fly imitation.