The Gray Wolf rod is really SWEET.  I tried it out in Erie but didn't want to beat it up too bad. I hit a few of my "secret spots"  this weekend.  Ohiophyle, Meadow Run and a private lake.  What I would give to trade this weather to last weekend. Roll casting with it is Smooooth.  I'm thinking I will be able to use it in my try out clinics.

Evil, Evil, Evil Conditions February 27th-28th.

I arrived Friday night. Saturday morning at the break of dawn, I went to 20 Mile Creek.  Way to high and speeding like demons, and not very safe. Next I hit up 16 mile, not as fast, but still high and slushed. I cast for 3 hours and got skunked. Upper Walnut was next on my relentless hit list, and she was still slushed up and I only had one hook up. The mouth of Lower Elk was the last stop of the day, the water was slushed.

After talking to a couple of guys that were as much out of their mind as I am, they only observed 3 hook ups all day! Sunday it was back to Lower Elk and hoping for better conditions, only to find it ice jammed, with temps near -7......ouch...Mother Nature was so da** evil everything froze! including my camera :( !! ....On to Girard large ice flows, yet some what fishable for the  more determined, not going to give up type of person, hmmmm, wonder who that could be?

One hookup broke off on the ice.  Ice was constantly  on the move and slicing line like razors. Eyes on the rod froze, and my line froze solid. Wind was howling fiercely, and after 4 hours of snapping line on the ice, wind taking your breath away, frozen extremities, and frozen equipment, I was forced to surrender to the elements. I won't say defeated...only delayed in my mission to Stalk the Steelhead......I will be back.

Thank You Herb & Graywolf!

Justin Lyons Uniontown, Pennsylvania

"Hey Justin on a lighter note, and this is just an observation on my part but maybe, just maybe, you were cold because YOU FORGOT  to bring your jacket, and gloves or insulation??"

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