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F-Troop plans
Trout Opener
Right now the F-Troop Camp
faithful are looking forward to the traditional trout
season opening day coming up on the 14th. Even though we
know you can fish right now for wild trout on un-stocked
streams that are not tributaries of hatchery-supplied
waters, we still anticipate the annual April opening day
because it’s a tradition, the second most important day
on the outdoorsman’s calendar, after the first day of
deer season.
We used to get up early on the first day and join the
crowds jostling for position under bridges over stocked
streams, but we gave up that practice years ago. Next
Saturday we’ll sleep in and lounge around camp, then
head to some remote stream where we’ll wander for miles
under the hemlocks and catch feisty little wild native
brook trout far away from the crowds. Todd and I and
maybe Gary will head up Friday afternoon to open up camp
and stock it with groceries for the later arrivals of
Brad, Billy, and maybe Jason and others. We are counting
the days.
I used to do a lot of magazine work back in the days
before I started my newspaper column, but not so much
anymore. The regular column and the book I’m working on
take up almost all of the writing time I have. But I do
have two articles coming out in the Pennsylvania
Game News soon, probably later this year, a
nostalgia piece about small-game hunting with my father
years ago, and a story about killing a buck on opening
day. I’ll put a notice here when they do appear.
Good luck out there. And have a great week outdoors.
~ Don Feigert, 4-5-07
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