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Clarks Creek, Stony Creek (Dauphin County) – Trout were rising to midges in early November. Anglers were advised to use Tan Caddis (14 -18), midges (18-26), Copper Johns (14-20), Green Weenies (12-14) and Pheasant Tails

PGC investments sour: Cuts coming

Washington, Pa. – If you’ve seen the value of your 401K drop in recent weeks thanks to some wild swings in the stock market, you’re not alone. The Pennsylvania Game Commission feels your pain. The

Crossbows get 1st OK for bow season

Washington, Pa. – Pennsylvania’s archery season is one step closer to having an all-new look. Game Commissioners gave preliminary approval to a proposal that would allow hunters to use crossbows in virtually every big-game hunting

Agency: Cougar attack was hoax

Lancaster, Pa. – The Pennsylvania Game Commission says a Lancaster County man lied when he reported shooting one cougar and being attacked by another near his farm Oct. 9. In a news release issued Oct.

Trout troubles

PF&BC will be short fish in ’09 Harrisburg – Fish & Boat Commissioners knew the agency was going to be short some trout next year, thanks to construction-induced cutbacks in production at their Reynoldsdale hatchery.

PF&BC: Gas drillers should pay for water

Harrisburg – If no other government officials will step up to protect the quantity of the state’s precious water resources from deep-well natural-gas drilling, Pennsylvania Fish & Boat commissioners declared at their quarterly meeting here

Mysterious Lancaster attack yields no mountain lion yet

Christiana, Pa. – An Amish farmer said he shot one cougar and was attacked by another near his southern Lancaster County home Oct. 9. Pennsylvania Game Commission officials and state police used tracking dogs and

Banquets/Fundraisers.

Nov. 2:_Perkiomen Valley DU Banquet, 12-4 p.m., Friendship Fire Co. For more info call Linda Buler, 610-495-5592. Nov. 7:_Thunderbird Chapter RGS Banquet, 6 p.m., The Calvin House. For more info call Sam Marino, 814-946-4349. Nov.

More mussel – French Creek clearly has it all

Venango Township, Pa. – “Noodling” for mussels with Darran Crabtree on French Creek means never seeing a stream bed the same way again. Though the state’s most ecologically diverse waterway offers some of the best

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