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Sobina describes his average fishing
duration as 2 hours. " If the fish are
active, I'll fish dawn to dusk. " So far,
his briefest fishing time (30 minutes)
was in February after he hooked
an 18-inch Rainbow Trout. While
fighting it, his reel fell off. Sobina
waded into icy water, retrieved the
reel, and caught and released the
Rainbow Trout. Having worn kneehigh
rubber boots, he was soaked to
his waist, and he headed home.
Sobina's daily fishing challenge puts
him on local waters such as Oil Creek,
Sugar Creek, Neshannock Creek and
tributaries of the Allegheny River.
Recently, he has been exploring Upper
Pine Creek, Potter County, and Spring
Creek, Centre County. He looks
forward to fishing limestone waters in
Cumberland Valley, where there are
good Trico hatches.
When local streams are frozen,
Tony Sobina caught this Rainbow Trout while fishing Sugar
Creek,Venango County, in October.
Sobina concentrates on fishing
tailwaters and the Pennsylvania Fish
and Boat Commission's Delayed
Harvest Artificial Lures Only areas.
At the ice edge of an eddy, he breaks
the ice, has a hot chocolate and then
returns to fish using tightline nymphs
with stonefly or midge patterns. He
advises cold water anglers to use
barbless hooks and, with a pair of
hemostats, unhook the fish beneath
the water surface, so the trout's gills are not exposed to
freezing air.
There was one day when Sobina wasn't certain he'd go
fishing. " I woke up with an extremely painful kidney stone
issue. My doctor instructed me to go to the Emergency
Room immediately. On the way to the hospital and in
pain, I stopped and fished a stream, where I caught one
wild Brown Trout and missed two. At the hospital, I was
admitted and my physician performed surgery at 3:30 p.m.
that afternoon.
I was home by
7:00 p.m. and
fished the next
morning, " said
Video interview with
Tony and Chris Sobina:
A peak into the fly box Tony Sobina carries with him while
fishing for trout.
on every outing. If he had to pick his top three flies for
catching trout, those would be the Adams, Prince Nymph
and Walt's Worm.
Sobina fishes by himself most of the time. His brother or a
friend may join him occasionally. " My typical fishing partners
are eagles, mergansers, herons and otters, " said Sobina.
Sobina.
" Every day
fishing is an
education. Enjoy
the good fishing
days and laugh at
the not so good
moments, " said
Sobina.
youtube.com/c/PAfishandboat1866
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photo-Darl Black
photo-Marilyn Black
http://youtube.com/c/PAfishandboat1866
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