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- Fri Jan 31, 2020 10:01 am
- Forum: New Jersey Trout Fishing
- Topic: WTS 1/30
- Replies: 65
- Views: 784936
Re: WTS 1/30
Winter is a great time to explore these little gems and get a good look at the streams. I live a tad too far now for as many visits as I used to make but I try when I can. I have a low tolerance for fishing in cold weather but I can hike and keep warm. One of the biggest challenges in NJ is finding ...
- Fri Jan 17, 2020 10:20 am
- Forum: New Jersey Trout Fishing
- Topic: R.I.P. Rick Ege (stonefly)
- Replies: 13
- Views: 17138
Re: R.I.P. Rick Ege (stonefly)
Very sorry to hear about Rick's passing.
- Thu Dec 12, 2019 9:02 am
- Forum: New Jersey Trout Fishing
- Topic: Wild trout 12/10....
- Replies: 12
- Views: 14886
Re: Wild trout 12/10....
Great looking fish!
- Sun Nov 17, 2019 2:17 pm
- Forum: New Jersey Trout Fishing
- Topic: nj brookies... ever again?
- Replies: 28
- Views: 30620
Re: nj brookies... ever again?
I believe that the Pequest hatchery needs to have covers installed over their concrete runways to prevent the disease that infected the browns and brook trout caused by bird droppings. The rainbows seem to have resistance to the disease. At this point my understanding is it is a matter of funding. R...
- Thu Nov 14, 2019 4:34 pm
- Forum: New Jersey Trout Fishing
- Topic: nj brookies... ever again?
- Replies: 28
- Views: 30620
Re: nj brookies... ever again?
I believe we should never stock a brook trout where wild populations of brook trout exist. However, I would like to see brook trout stocked in a stream like the Toms River where they appear to thrive year round but there is no known spawning.
- Wed Oct 30, 2019 12:43 pm
- Forum: New Jersey Trout Fishing
- Topic: Nice wild brown...
- Replies: 10
- Views: 11507
Re: Nice wild brown...
Beautiful wild brown!
- Wed Oct 23, 2019 2:15 pm
- Forum: New Jersey Trout Fishing
- Topic: Big Flatbrook No Kill section
- Replies: 15
- Views: 15561
Re: Big Flatbrook No Kill section
I have been fishing that section of the Big Flatbrook for over 50 years and the wild brookies have been persistent about keeping a presence, even through drought years. The NJDFW has also electro fished portions of the Flatbrook and some wild brown trout were found in the past, a couple in the 18 in...
- Mon Oct 14, 2019 4:31 pm
- Forum: New Jersey Trout Fishing
- Topic: Hit the upper SBR today
- Replies: 1
- Views: 3422
Re: Hit the upper SBR today
Hopefully some good rain coming on Wednesday.
- Tue Aug 13, 2019 12:45 pm
- Forum: New Jersey Trout Fishing
- Topic: Fly storage
- Replies: 10
- Views: 13007
Re: Fly storage
I also store them in my fly boxes of which I have five that are jam packed early Spring.
- Sun May 26, 2019 8:24 am
- Forum: New Jersey Trout Fishing
- Topic: Bugs.
- Replies: 13
- Views: 14759
Re: Bugs.
I fished a couple days on the Flatbrook last week and only saw a few sulphurs.
- Sun May 05, 2019 10:06 am
- Forum: New Jersey Trout Fishing
- Topic: Nice to these guys looking so fat and healthy.
- Replies: 3
- Views: 5688
Re: Nice to these guys looking so fat and healthy.
A beautiful wild brown trout! Let's hope the good water flows continue for the next 10 years.
- Fri Apr 26, 2019 10:23 am
- Forum: New Jersey Trout Fishing
- Topic: Brookies
- Replies: 5
- Views: 7194
Re: Brookies
During the very few times I've been out since the new year I have to agree with you Pat. It seems the return of good water for some time now has definitely had its expected positive impact on the wild pops. BTW, I didn't know you had moved down my way. How far south have you come? I am down in Barn...
- Wed Apr 24, 2019 5:10 pm
- Forum: New Jersey Trout Fishing
- Topic: leaders - buy or diy
- Replies: 7
- Views: 8492
Re: leaders - buy or diy
I tied my own for the first seven or eight years of fly fishing. But afterwords I did cave-in to the ease of buying already tapered readers. If I want a really short leader for a nymphimg I will tie my own still. I still have tons of formulas online somewhere.
- Wed Apr 24, 2019 5:04 pm
- Forum: New Jersey Trout Fishing
- Topic: Brookies
- Replies: 5
- Views: 7194
Brookies
After moving to South Jersey I finally got up to my favorite wild trout streams. Wow, after good flows for over a year, brookies were plentiful and many larger fish compared to recent years. Still plenty of juveniles but I couldn't get over some of the brookies that I was catching. Anyone else notic...
- Thu Apr 11, 2019 10:21 am
- Forum: New Jersey Trout Fishing
- Topic: Who Wears A Vest?
- Replies: 33
- Views: 32701
Re: Who Wears A Vest?
I have a 35+ year old Leonard Shortie vest that I always use. Some of the pockets are held together on the inside with duct tape but when I am fly fishing it is part of my skin. I carry many hundreds of flies but they are light and not bulky at all. I know where everything is, including types of fli...
- Sat Mar 16, 2019 11:07 am
- Forum: New Jersey Trout Fishing
- Topic: SBRR the premier trout stream?
- Replies: 14
- Views: 16331
Re: SBRR the premier trout stream?
I would say that the SBRR is the most productive wild trout mid-sized stream in NJ and hopefully additional land around the watershed will be protected.
- Sun Mar 03, 2019 9:37 am
- Forum: Fly Tying and Entomology
- Topic: Red Ants
- Replies: 7
- Views: 23546
Re: Red Ants
Why not, they may just work. I make mine out of balsa wood and tippet material. Let us know how the trout like them!
- Tue Feb 26, 2019 5:00 pm
- Forum: New Jersey Trout Fishing
- Topic: First Brook trout
- Replies: 10
- Views: 11195
Re: First Brook trout
Congratulations! I caught my first wild brookie over 50 years ago and I now spend the majority of my fishing time chasing them.
- Mon Jan 07, 2019 12:29 pm
- Forum: New Jersey Trout Fishing
- Topic: Old Claremont TCA facelift
- Replies: 12
- Views: 13097
Re: Old Claremont TCA facelift
That is a great stretch of water and I have been fishing there since we (TU) were in talks with Claremont Paint to keep a safe distance from the river when they were ready to build townhouses on the lands adjoining the river - fortunately the project was canceled but they did grant access to the wat...
- Mon Dec 24, 2018 3:07 pm
- Forum: New Jersey Trout Fishing
- Topic: Pretty brook trout...
- Replies: 7
- Views: 9099
Re: Pretty brook trout...
Great looking Brookie! Glad to see you getting out.