Penn's is in transition

Penn's is in transion at this time, Olives, ISO's and var. Cahill's will be on the menue this weekend and beyond. Fishing was tought yesterday but took a few on emergers and Olive spinners BUT it would be wise to carry some VERY Large Dry Stoneflies along just in case you see those vicious rises that occured Wed. afternoon. The othere week I used my 9'6" #6 Winston BII2X pared with a S.A. Sharkskin line and did not remember just how much it just does not work well, I use it once every year and end up just discused with the combo. The set up just seems to have a mid of it's own and can not extend a cast greater than about 30', that does not work very well for an old guy that can not wade that well any more. I'm sure we all have these combos that just do not work well and if your like me you forget and have to go thru the same frustration. I am going to take it along and try another line on it maybe a S.A. Mastery. I used a 8'6" Winston BII2X yesterday with a WF3f S.A. Mastery line and the result was pure pleasure! I have noticed that the older I get the less time I have, years ago I would be able to do 10 things in a day but now it seems that i run out of daylight in no time? Have you also noticed how small some streams have gotten since you struggled to cast far years ago. I guess it must be the lines or our depth perception. I tell you we all had atime casting under the tree roots midpool at the Hepner hole. We were using Scott G904's or G1004's, hard to believe that our fly lines have gotten that much better. The only thing I wish the fly line companies would do is to bring back the gray color of a few years ago, it helped. Attached is my box for the Drunella Spinners.