Reminder that the Greater Philadelphia Outdoor Sports Show starts tomorrow just in time for more snow.

Spent the day at the Fly Fishing Show. The show was about the same as last year in term of vendors. I was excited to finally get some hackle from Collins Hackle Farm today. He does not have a website but I have the info about his stuff here. I highly recommend his hackle.

I also stopped by to see a friend of mine from Maine, Kevin McKay. He was working the Scott Fly Rod booth. He’s a master Maine Guide and He runs http://maineflyfish.com/ and http://mainefishingadventures.com/.

We all the rain and relatively cool summer, I almost forgot that Fall stocking is taking place shortly (Thanks Paflyfish.com for the reminder). There’s still plenty of fish around, although they seem picky now. However, stocking will occur starting Oct 1st. Check the PA Trout Stocking Schedule.

Also, the biologists released their report for smallmouth bass fishing in the Schuylkill River. From what I gather, there were smaller numbers of young bass due to high waters during spawning season but given recent higher #s in recent years they still predict that SMB fishing will still be good for the future. I have not fished much for SMB this year, so hopefully they are correct.