FIRST WADE OF 2017

A FEW DAYS LATE ADDING THIS POST BUT I HAD MY FIRST DAY OF FISHING IN THE OLD HOMETOWN AND WHAT A DAY IT WAS.  IN MY 50 YEARS OF FISHING BUFFALO CREEK I DON'T THINK I EVER CAUGHT MORE THAN 2 TROUT IN ANY GIVEN DAY.  MONDAY WAS OUR USUAL DAY OFF AFTER EASTER AND I HEADED TO THE CREEK.  I CAUGHT 6 TROUT AND THREE WERE REAL BEAUTYS.  THE LARGEST WAS IN THAT 16 - 17  INCH RANGE.  LOTS OF WILDLIFE TOO WITH A FOX SQUIRREL....PILEATED WOODPECKER....WOOD DUCKS....MALLARDS......MERGANZERS AND THE CANADIAN GEESE THAT YOU WILL SEE IN THE PICTURES.  AS SOON AS I JUMPED IN THE CREEK I SAW ONE OF THE EAGLES.  ONLY NEGATIVE TO THE DAY WAS I FELL IN THE WATER AS I SLIPPED ON A ROCK AND THE CURRENT JUST TOOK ME OVER AS I WAS STANDING ON ONE FOOT.  BUT PEOPLE HAVE SAID I AM ALL WET FOR AS LONG AS I CAN REMEMBER.     :  )

RALPH MACK

RAPLH HENRY  " PETE " MACK , LONGTIME RESIDENT OF THE MAZEPPA AREA , PASSED AWAY , APRIL 15, 2017.  HE LIVED ON SPRUCE RUN ROAD FOR 59 YEARS.  BORN  AUGUST 4 , 1926 AND THE SON OF RALPH AND DAISY MACK.  ON NOVEMBER 15, 1947 HE MARRIED LIONA REEDY.  HE SERVED IN THE ARMY DURING WW2 AND WAS EMPLOYED AT THE SHIPPERS CAR LINE IN MILTON.  HE IS SURVIVED BY A SON RALPH  MACK JR AND A DAUGHTER NANCY KEEFER.  HIS BURIAL WILL BE IN THE MAZEPPA CEMETERY.  ANY DONATIONS CAN BE MADE TO THE SPECIAL OLYMPICS OF UNION COUNTY  -  C/ O DEBBIE TRIMBLE - 2737 SMOKETOWN ROAD , LEWISBURG PA 17837