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March 1, 2011, 4:57am
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fishdog54:
luckie88,
Those are some mighty nice fish you guys caught - the brown in the last pic is a real chunk!!
I forgot my wading shoes on one of my trips to Penns Creek here in Pa. No way I was going to drive all the way back home (55+ miles) and get em. I decided to wade in my stocking foot waders - NEVER AGAIN. Penns will punish your feet with the best of boots on. No way would/could I wear sandals. After having run cross-country/track in high school and an untold amount of miles while in the military, plus X-country skiing, you would think my ankles would be pretty tough - NOPE! I’ve had more sprained ankles than you can shake a stick at! My last one was the worst - a fellow B-baller fell across the back of my leg. That one took a long time to heal - I had to hunt with a mukluk over my cast! LOL!!! Anyway, as you approach Penns Creek and look at the surrounding ridges you will see a few massive areas on the slopes where there are nothing but fields of jumbled rock that was left by the glaciers when they receded. You will find many stretches of Penns where the bottom of the creek has the same haphazard placement of sharp rocks. I have talked to numerous folks that have commented about Penns being the worst stream that they have ever tried to wade. You have got to wear a good pair of boots that give your toes and ankles a break from all the jamming and slamming as your feet constantly jostle for a foot hold. It’s treacherous folks! I also feel a " little" safer being in some well known rattlesnake/copperhead country. One thing I do have is very good balance, and it has saved me a time or two or three! The catch and release area is the most beautiful section of stream (IMHO), but also the most challenging to wade. I believe there are a number of folks on this site who can verify (or not! LOL!). When it comes to wading, over-kill has got to be safer. Yes? No? Maybe? Depends?
Best regards, Dave who likes to stay dry - unless I’m intentionally swimming!
You are dead on about Penns Creek and will add that applies to most of the streams in our state. All of that rubble has to go somewhere. A lot of it is underfoot and forms the stram/creek/river beds in the east.
JohnScott
March 1, 2011, 5:09am
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Jake -
Had a good laugh over your last post. Thanks for that.
John