Garden State Trout

Troutman wrote: ↑

Mon May 01, 2023 5:10 pm

let them walk
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Hell yeah

SBRR over 1500 CFS in High Bridge-how much rain did y'all get?? Alot. were talking up to 6 inches in certain parts of the state. Most local rivers are blown out rite now. You got that right, even the feeder streams are hammering flow. This weeks stockies will be moved all over the place boding well...

Troutman wrote: ↑

Thu Apr 13, 2023 2:46 pm

cappy wrote: ↑

Thu Apr 13, 2023 2:00 pm

Nice jacket. If you don't me asking what did that set you back?

Grundens had a sale on them for $299.99

Ouch....

Saturday rain is a lock, I planned outdoor activities with the wife. I may also have to wash the cars to ensure the monsoon arrives. On a serious note, streams are at mid-May levels, we badly need some good storms to come through. A nice stalled low pressure event would be most welcome. Otherwise th...

Damned yellow abominations.

a Mitchell 308 and 4lb test. Still gots my 308 & the ole High-Vis gold stren line ;) . Had this MItchell 308 since I was about 12 year old. Still ticking away like a well oiled Timex ;) https://i.imgur.com/HRHlSYV.jpg https://i.imgur.com/P5hDaR9.jpg How many times have you changed the bail spring o...

can't help you on equipment, all my spinning gear is 30-40 years old. I do prefer ultra-light rods though and 4lb test (lower breaking point for the inevitable snags). For trout lures I prefer that panther martin shown above in the smaller size. As well as Mepps spinners size 0 or 1 and small Phoebe...

Keystone select section of McMichael's?

WTF is that abomination? Does it actually catch trout or only the stupid stockies?

Next time I'm out on the Broadhead I'll put a proper fly on that board.

Like you I have WAY too many flies and boxes but when you don't have it is when you need it! :) I'm old school and still use a vest....I have my dries in their own boxes by pattern and size, except the caddis dries, they have their own box. Wet flies have their own boxes, with some nymphs mixed in. ...

Always cool when you go chasing stockies and get an unexpected wild brown. No clue how he got here but fish do swim

Congratulations, that's awesome

Nice. McMichael's a nice little stream. How were the flows?

Troutman wrote: ↑

Tue Feb 14, 2023 5:59 pm

A true fly fisherman .............

He must be holding the photographer's rod.

Nice mess of pellet pigs he's got there, might be a "club sport".

Blasphemous abomination!

And the dude is wearing a WORM CONTAINER to boot!!!

FWIW the rod looks like it was wrapped with spinning guides (at least the 2 visible). I bet the thing is effective, hell I might have gave it a go back in the day just to p!ss off the old-timers I ran with.

After this cold snap and a warmer than average few weeks, the long range forecast is calling for colder/snowier weather from late Feb/March as La Nina dissipates and more arctic air can break through to the Northeast/mid-Atlantic region. I believe this tracks with what Puxatawny Phil said, so it mu...

Catch a few for me. I'll be participating in a Kaizen event all next week. That damn work thing really gets in the way of my fishing time!

I'll be stealthily invading Edison on Saturday.

The Dover-Booton sections are like 35 minutes away from me. Parts of the river is very scenic. close your eyes & it will remind you of the Musky ;) . Its a hot spot during stocking season for sure. Yeah especially if you like shopping carts, tires, sea containers, plastic bags, bums, bears, meth co...

Troutman wrote: ↑

Mon Jan 16, 2023 9:29 pm

Rusty Spinner wrote: ↑

Mon Jan 16, 2023 11:42 am

i sometimes fish rods from the 1970s and my bamboo is from much earlier than that.

bamboo definitely has a unique feel ......

It certainly does, like the feel of a good women. There's fishing with bamboo and there's fishing with everything else.