Garden State Trout

I used to fish for walleye on the Sacandaga reservoir in upstate New York. They are indeed very tasty. We used old record players, windup victrolas, with the turntable removed. A spool would hold leaded line. We would troll a Rapala with the leaded line used as a hand line. The object was to keep th...

Caddis as well on the South Branch. They've been hitting caddis #16 especially in green but most of the fish I've been taking hit a #20 last chance cripple in a bwo pattern.

According to the Shore News a law has passed out of the state senate committee 5-0 to ban bird feeders in the state because of the risk of avian flu. As previously noted, they are shutting a park for months because dead geese who tested positive were found there. This is the new state of political c...

i stand corrected. CDC announced first death due to bird flu in Luisiana last month (January 2025) secondary to exposure to sick and dead birds in a backyard flock. Same article notes that risk to general population remains low. I still feel that the shutdown of public spaces for months because dead...

According to the Center for Disease Control, who fearlessly led us through covid, there have been 4 cases of bird flu in humans in the United States which were mild to moderate in degree. Also, according to the CDC bird flu is widespread in the wild bird population. There have been no deaths or seve...

Wow! Are we going back to restrictions. Maybe they are trying to contain it not realizing that birds fly. We could always stay six feet away from the geese, but I don't think the geese will do the same.

I have fished just once this fall. I was just itching to get back on the water after the summer lay off. The water was so low (and it is lower now) that they were all ganged up in the deeper holes. I caught and released over a limit without moving my feet. Like shooting fish in a barrel. It was nice...

Your idea of increased stocking in the winter does have merit. The state stocks some waters in the spring which in one or two months after the trucks roll through will not permit trout survival due to summertime temperatures. A good argument therefore can be made for increased fall stocking at the e...

Rather ironic that this thread on the lack of posts is actually on fire with posts.

Just checked out he Manasquan to see how the stringer brigade was doing. Only one car in the parking lot where usually on opening day the parking lot would be overflowing.

Fished the South Branch yesterday. LBS's were flying all over the place but no egg laying activity which I was hoping for as the trout sometimes will feed topwater on the egg layers. Cfs was 335 which may have hindered egg laying activity. Planning on going out tomorrow and hopefully getting some dr...

I got out last week and they were taking lbs nymphs. There were a few lbs in the air but not laying eggs. Did not see a rise.

I'm a fan of Chota's. They last and are comfortable but more important to me are the bungee laces they sell. The last pair I bought did not come with them :cry: but for about $10 I ordered bungees from them and swapped them out for the string laces. Nothing better than using the bungee laces to quic...

Why not try a cripple like Last Chance Cripple. Why nymph when you've got rising fish?

I rarely fish a single dry fly set up these days. I usually pair a caddis or mayfly 18-12 with a #20 dry fly emerger. So in answer to your question, seldom if you were inquiring about dry fly and all the time if you meant a nymph as the dropper.

The green sign outside will remain according to the new owner Abraham Beates. I don't know all the particulars but from what I do know it seemed easier to go with a new name and entity.

Made it out Monday. They were on midges and a #20 Slim Pickins worked well.

"Asdal" My bad.






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Army beat Navy today to retain the trophy in the second annual Army/Navy tournament. Army was led by Kelly Kruger who had a monster day totaling 167 inches of fish combining the mornings three 50-minute rounds and the afternoon championship round of 4 30-minute sessions. Every Cadet and Midshipman s...

I think a proper tribute to Jim would be renaming the one fly contest to the "Jim Holland Cup". Jim was the master of ceremonies at the contest and without him there would have been no contest. I would be happy to donate money for a trophy or plaque. This is up to the state council of TU but I reall...