Garden State Trout

If you stop by the Fisheries office in Lebanon, there is a huge eel hanging on the wall that hung in Effingers for well over 50 years. It was caught in an old Quarry in Martinsville which has no feed except springs. This means that it had to come from the Raritan, up Middle Brook (Toms Brook), aroun...

That brown was not from the upper Wanaque. If it's the picture I'm thinking of, it came from the section we fished on the NJTrout "Bou" day outing.

If you send an IM, I'll give you a name of a tyer that I've used over the years. I would just go to Shannons and buy a few and ask their advise. When you are ready, you can use my tyer and order by the doz. at $10 , when you know what works for you. Jack

I was waiting for Rusty to reply, but since he didn't, here is my take. The people that work in that shop are not the least bit pretentious. If they were, I would have only gone there once!! I have had a fly rod in my hand as long or longer than anyone in there and just don't deal with attitude. I o...

Or, go out on your lawn and practice like everyone did in the old days !!