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TCO STATE COLLEGE

Opened in 2007

2030 East College Avenue State College, PA 16801

Located in the center of the state and the heart of trout country, TCO State College is totally stocked for any trout fishing situation! This shop has been in its current location since 2007. At TCO State College you will find a full service shop with the most knowledgeable team in the region.

Meet the TCO State College Staff:

George Costa

TCO State College Store Manager

Having grown up on the south shore of Long Island I have been fishing since before I can remember. I saved up enough money selling newspapers around 13-14 years old to buy my first fly rod and start my flyfishing journey. I can remember my first fish on the fly, a 10” stripped bass in the Carmens river under Montauk Highway as vividly as the Little Juniata brown trout I caught yesterday. In my early adulthood while slinging drinks in Philly, I knew that I would someday be immersed in the fly-fishing world. I was lucky enough around 12-13 years ago to land my dream job of working for TCO in Bryn Mawr. That led to the opportunity to move to State College, work full time at the TCO location here, guide and teach others the sport of fly-fishing on Pennsylvania’s premiere trout waters.

Favorite Places to Fish

Someplace in the salt water…As much as I love a wild brown trout, nothing can compare to the thrill and fight of a fish heading from 3 feet of water back to the deep. From the reef system in Belize to the Bahamas, the Caribbean basin and its variety of fish you can target on the fly is hard to beat, but my heart still lies in the Northeast, and a Striper or Albie off the beach will always call me home.

Favorite Species to Target:

The harder to catch the better, musky, permit, albies off the beach….but it’s hard to beat casting a size 20 BWO to an educated 18” central PA wild brown rising in the middle of March.

Owen Seibel

TCO State College Retail Associate

Growing up in central PA I was lucky enough to have the best brook trout stream right in my backyard. However, fly fishing for them didn't start until I tagged along with my dad on his annual “Trout Fest” , a camping trip in the Bald Eagle state forest on Penns Creek just in time for the green drakes. My mind was blown after seeing clouds of drakes and fish boiling up everywhere, all for them to not eat my fly. After that I was hooked, I began fishing every chance I could get. I realized soon I need to do something with this sport. After highschool I made the trip out west to work for Big Sky Anglers. Now I spend the summer/fall in southwest montana and winter/spring in central pa. My future fishing goals are to continue learning every time I get out to fish and to teach more people about this sport.

Favorite Places to Fish

Fishing Creek has to be my favorite. This is one of the most rewarding creeks I've ever fished. You'll have days where it seems there's not a fish in the river and then all of a sudden it flips a switch and it's the best day of fishing you've had. The Madison River is also hard to beat. The diversity of this river is what keeps me coming back, and of course the huge fish that reside in it.

Favorite Species to Target:

  • Wild Brown trout
  • Spring Creek Suckers