Pennsylvania Angler & Boater Magazine May / June 2012 SUBSCRIBE NOW Angler & Boater home Issue archive Not all articles are available online. Articles provided are in PDF format. Feature articles Kayaking Small Streams in Pennsylvania by Carl Haensel Bushwhack Trout Fishing by John Allen Little Juniata River Float by Vic Attardo Kayaking: Installing Abrasion Resistant Skid Plates by Chris Gorsuch Powerboat Helmsmanship by Alex Zidock Jr. Is a Solo Canoe for You? by Linda Steiner The Smallmouth Bass Run by Mike Bleech Fish Fry Primer by Ben Moyer Your Fishing Holidays: Let’s Fish for Free by Jennifer Bilott Rock Bass Fishing—A Presque Isle Delight by Marilyn Black Commission’s Lake Habitat Section Helps Fish and Anglers by Jeff Knapp Trout Fishing in Ohiopyle State Park by Ben Moyer Color Pymatuning Calico: Get in on the Crappie Bonanza by Darl Black The Walleyes of Pymatuning Reservoir by Deborah Weisberg Rod Holder Installation by Ross Robertson Salamander Blues—The Blue-spotted Salamander by Rob Criswell Special features The Pennsylvania Fish & Boat Commission’s Fishing Tackle Loaner Program by Spring Younkin Funding Highlights from the Annual Report Meadow Run Dam Removal Project by Benjamin Lorson Delaware Shad on the Drift by Michael Hendricks 2011 Deputy Waterways Conservation Officers of the Year Recap of 2011 Pennsylvania Boating Fatalities by Ryan C.Walt Regular features Straight Talk by Executive Director John A. Arway Reflecting on the Water by Ron Kuhn Your Fishing Field Guide by Carl Haensel Tying the Green Weenie Wiggle Nymph by Charles R. Meck Notes from the Stream Angler’s Notebook by Jerry Bush Fishin’ from the Kitchen by Wayne Phillips Currents Cast & Caught On the cover A beginner’s kayak clinic conducted by Wilderness Voyageurs, a private outfitter based in Ohiopyle, plays in mild rapids on the Middle Youghiogheny River in Ohiopyle State Park, Fayette County. For more on Ohiopyle State Park, see Trout Fishing in Ohiopyle State Park by Ben Moyer. Photo by Ben Moyer. The inset photo shows Melanie Buck paddling the North Branch Susquehanna River Water Trail. Photo by Middleton Evans.