Well, I didn't quite get on the Middle Yough stretch of water like I hoped. Takeout access issues prevented me from floating the Confluence to Ohiopyle section. So Joel and I decided to at least get the drift boat on the water at Connellsville. There is not a lot of good trout water here - the only good sections were at the beginning of the float in the riffles / chop water. There was a lot of slow 'pond' water that we just paddled through. Joel caught a few nice rainbows and I managed a couple little smallies downstream. The water temps were still a little cold for the smallie bite to be on, but this section might pick back up in a month or so. I was casting a huge articulated streamer on the bow of the boat a little later in the float and I saw a 30" musky take a charge at the fly. He never hit it, but just seeing that flash by the boat was a huge rush. I think I may have to try my hand at some musky fishing at some point in the near future.
Great first trip with Joel and looking forward to the next float and hopefully getting my takeout permit in Ohiopyle. None of the pictures that I took on my phone saved correctly, so no pictures on this trip.
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