A cool cast of fishing pros will headline Cabin Fever, the 12th annual fly fishing expo sponsored by Penn's Woods West Trout Unlimited Sunday at the Four Points Sheraton hotel in Cranberry.

Among them is captain Gary Dubiel, who grew up in Heidelberg and now lives and guides on the Neuse River, part of North Carolina's Pamlico Sound estuary system.

Dubiel moved to Oriental, N.C., on the western side of the sound in 1988 and guides with light spinning and fly tackle for tarpon, sea trout, flounder, red drum and a variety of other species.

		Cabin Fever Where: Four Points Sheraton Hotel, Cranberry, near I-19 and Pennsylvania Turnpike. When: 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Sunday Tickets: $7, children 11 and under are free. Call 412-741-5150 or 412-761-9762. Seminars: 9:30 a.m. Scott Loughner, "Fly Fishing for Bass"; 10:30 a.m. Dave Rothrick, "More than Just Fishing"; 12:00 p.m. Tom Cooper, fly casting; 12:30 p.m. Tom Brtalik, fly casting; 1:30 p.m. Gary Dubiel, "Fly Fishing North Carolina's Hidden Coast"

"There are distinct differences between freshwater and saltwater fishing. Your tackle is considerably heavier and you need to cast more distance than in trout streams," said Dubiel, who holds an International Game Fish Association world line class record for the 21-pound Coho salmon he landed on 12-pound tippet on the Karluk River in Kodiak, Alaska, in 1988. "We don't see a lot of the fish we target. We do mostly subsurface fishing."

Dubiel said he typically fishes minnow patterns on the Carolina coast, including the Clouser Deep Minnow, which was created by Susquehanna River guide Bob Clouser.

The Clouser Deep Minnow is also one of Scott Loughner's favorites for the Youghiogheny River. At Cabin Fever, Loughner will present a slide show about how to fish for bass on the lower Yough from Perryopolis to the confluence with the Monongahela River, where he has caught smallmouths up to 23 inches.

Loughner will cover surface and subsurface presentations for boaters and waders, including how to target different kinds of structure and how to match the hatch. Although bass can be fished all year, Loughner said the best time on the Youghiogheny is about two weeks after the spawn, in late June or early July, when water has warmed above 70 degrees and smallmouths are becoming more active.

"Things start getting good around 75, 76, 78 degrees," he said. "That's when the baitfish start to congregate and the Trico and Blue Quill hatches come off. They're too small for the smallies to feed on, but you get surface activity with little bass, chubs, shiners and river minnows feeding. The bigger bass you're targeting will be underneath them. They're looking up for the steak, not the appetizer."

Loughner has fished the Youghiogheny for most of his 44 years and has seen big improvements in water quality, as evidenced by better bug life and thriving forage.

"Hellgrammites and crayfish are storied smallmouth baits, we have great populations of those on the Yough," he said. "Juvenile suckers are a great smallmouth bait for guys who like to fish shallow water with streamers, because they get up in there to feed. Madtoms are another classic smallmouth bait on the Yough and have been for years."

Insects, too, have become more varied and now include mayflies, which are one of the more pollution intolerant species, Loughner said. "We see hexagenia [mayfly] hatches -- not in real fishable quantities, but they do present some surface fishing opportunities. We see whiteflies, though not like the Susquehanna's legendary whitefly hatch. And we see some sulphurs. We get caddis flies in large numbers."

Healthier water has brought other wildlife to the Youghiogheny River, where Loughner has spotted nesting ospreys, herons and even a bald eagle.

"I'm a student of nature," said Loughner, whose slide show will include points of interest on the river and how anglers can tie wildflowers and other flora to their fishing. "When I see the cardinal flower come out in July and August, that's a signal to me the bass will be chasing baitfish on a regular basis. There's more to fishing than catching fish. The key is to be observant."

Trout anglers wanting to transition to bass will find it requires more equipment.

"I always carry three different lines with me," said Loughner, who fishes a seven- or eight-weight rod. "My workhorse is floating line, but sometimes sinking line is the way to go, especially in late fall when the water cools and fish are holding deeper. I always have an intermediate line with me, too. And nothing less than eight-pound tippet. Bass are not leader shy."

Loughner's presentation will also touch on fly fishing for carp and other species, such as muskie, pike and walleye.

"If bass fishing is my passion, carp are my addiction," he said. "They're one of the few freshwater fish that everybody has access to, and they're a lot of fun. You're guaranteed to see your backing every time you hook one."

Following his presentation, Loughner will demonstrate fly tying in his booth next to Youghiogheny Canoe Outfitters.

Cabin Fever tiers will include Greensburg's Kieran Frye of Frye's Flies in Greensburg, specializing in trout, salmon and steelhead flies, and Dave Schmezer of Latrobe, who is noted for his innovative and often whimsical patterns.

Free casting demos will be given by Tom Cooper of North Fork Flies in Gibsonia and Tom Brtalik of Tom's Fly Fishing Service in New Cumberland.