MOLTER WINS!!!!

Our own Dennis Molter brought home the gold in the Greater Stilesville Freefall Invitational today. It was a stunning upset over pre-event co- favorites, A-119 and Associate Editor Ed Smith. Smith, well known for his consistency has won numerous times on his home river, the Willow, and last year won the Red Barn Open in front of a packed house. A-119 is an experienced freefaller who has competed all over the country and in Canada. Most recently A-119 took gold in the Tar Hollow Classic with his freefall on the rocks.

Molter, (also an Associate Editor), is an accomplished athlete who has competed in swimming, basketball, golf, and to a lesser degree fly-fishing. He has had no known prior experience as a freefaller, (that is being investigated).

The freefall - With no cameras running,  it's hard to describe the fall in it's entirety, but after talking with those present, here's what we were able to put together: It started with a backwards one leg hop, leading quickly to a back first emersion with a 180 roll, followed by two forward arm flailing lunges. The judges marked him down a point because the splash on entry wasn't high enough, he lost another tenth of a point for holding onto his rod but still easily won the event.

The fishing - Fished four places and caught at least one fish in each. Unless this was just a bad Dorothea hatch day, I would recommend staying up river of Barking Dog to max out the Dorothea hatch fishing. The fish continue to be large. I don't care what the DEC  shocking indicates, there are very, very few two, (11/12 inch), and three, (13/14 inch), year old brown trout in the river. Enjoy the incredible big trout fishing now because a gap is being created, (by among others, the big browns), in the population.         

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