newbies first trip

[richd]

Well my son Matt and I finally went on our long awaited first ever tube fishing trip.We used Bill a guide who runs Acme Dam Guided Fishing located in the laurel highlands of SW Pa.He only does tube trips. I have no vested interest in him or his service ,but I must say he provides a hell of a trip at reasonable cost.He give you all the equipment and transportation for 90 bucks adult and 45 for kids like my son[age 14] You pay for a 4 hour trip but it turns into an 8 hour day with at least 4to 6 hours of fishing. Its a great way to try tubing w/o spending a lot of money. He is also patient, knowledgeable, experienced and entertaining. On this trip we fished at a small mountain lake for Pike.Matt and I had our own tubes. He had a Nevada Gold and I had FG's old fat cat that I bought from her a few weeks ago. Boy that tube is in great shape She sure takes good care of her equipment.Matt used neoprene waders and I used breatheables with layering. We were both pretty comfortable the whole day. My son caught on to tubing immediately and was whipping around in no time.I on the other hand was quickly whipping around in circles. The guide actually had to tow me every so often. I later tried a round tube of his and actually didnt mind it other than gettin in and out. I actuallly felt I had more purchase deeper in the water and finned stronger and straghter.Wonder why that was. He also showed me how to anchor and crab walk on my fin tips in the shallow weed beds we fished .Unfortunately we didny catch anything but a few nibbles when it started to rain and we headed in.I was kind of tired,but we learned a lot and plan to go out on our own and with the guide again. We really enjoyed the peace and serenity. I think the whole trip was summed up in the last picture showing my son's contented . Rich
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