Garden State Trout

Fly fishing is about much more than catching fish, and bragging about the size of them. "What Joe said. Every fly angler knows he/she can catch more using spin gear. Every one of us. [/u] That depends on the conditions..if there is a hatch going on and fish are on the bugs, not even power bait will...

Trout eat flies, no matter what the size...

That looks like the WTS I fish mostly. It also has had a huge drop off in numbers over the past few years. I haven't seen any real rebound at all yet, but I don't fish there as much as there are few trout. One guy who lives upstream told me they are rebounding a bit , but we will see. Is the "guy w...

I doubt it because of it's size...it did have full fins and fought well...but I know a bunch of these were stocked by Shannon's last year..I was in the KLG. The fish was approx 17 inches...maybe 16. You can see the net markings and he was bent a bit.

Nice fish...my first tiger trout, been fishing 40 plus years...
Took a scud in dead still water, sucked it off the bottom.

That looks like the WTS I fish mostly. It also has had a huge drop off in numbers over the past few years. I haven't seen any real rebound at all yet, but I don't fish there as much as there are few trout. One guy who lives upstream told me they are rebounding a bit, but we will see.

I use net on big rivers. This reminds me does anyone have a recommendation for a small wts net. Easy to carry. I had a small Brodin net, I bought it at Shannon's a while back, it was a great small net, but got broken iin my luggage on a Montana trip...it was too small for some of the Montana fish, ...

barkeater wrote: ↑

Mon Jan 06, 2020 2:52 pm

I use a net fly fishing all the time unless I catch a wild trout which is to small for the net. I catch and release 100% of my trout and the net allows me to keep the fish in the water with as little trauma as possible.

exactly the same for me.

Twism86 wrote: ↑

Fri Jan 03, 2020 7:45 pm

Most likely! If you are on Instagram look up Riversongnets. He builds his own custom nets so perhaps he could do just your netting. He does the clear “ghost” style rubber. So as long as a size exists he can install it.

Ha, I was going to suggest the same person..

Fishybig wrote: ↑

Sat Dec 21, 2019 12:41 pm

I could pass fer 30 but unfortunately not close...
If retirement bores you , you could moonlite at the fair!!
Step rite up folks!!! Guess ur age,weight,wader size...
Haha jk

This guys wader size was XL short...

Fishybig wrote: ↑

Sun Dec 15, 2019 3:49 pm

No sir...IF I fish klg its ONLY in the dead of winter....cant stand the crowds....how can you guess my age?

you have been fishing andf tying for about 35 years. the guy I met was older than 35, and younger than 70, so I'd guess you are in that range..

time to tie some leopard frog streamers maybe...nice looking fish!

Ran into a guy fishing marabou jigs in the KLG about a month and a half ago, wasn't you was it? Age seemed right...

I've caught small pickerel in Batsto creek years ago, but I bet there are bigger ones near the reservoir, or in deeper pools on the creek. I fished there in 1981.

Is this upstream or down stream from Fiddler's Elbow? I have an invite to fish there this weekend and wonder of it will be all silty. Yes, I am going with a blueblood;)

I was on the middle Musky yesterday, saw plenty of fish stuck to the bottom and not moving, it was early afternoon. There were a few tan caddis flying around, but nothing hatching, except leaves, and nothing rising, water is extremely low...I won;t be returning until there is some rain.

coaltrout wrote: ↑

Fri Oct 04, 2019 7:05 am

BUMP, Let the games begin.

looks good, but we need more of that wet stuff that's coming on Monday.

Won't be 95° F where I'll be next week ....🥶 Montana? If there's a blizzard approaching it must be that someone from NJ is going to Montana Yes, memories of the last time I was there in September...we had to leave the rainbow valley early as 20 inches were coming and they don't plow the road we wer...

The weather is gross , the streams are probably at theyer lowest point of the year , but all in all I think the NJ trout streams made it through the summer ok , not as good as last year but ok . Now we are expecting 95 degee weather next week..Thanks Jay!! :lol: ;) Won't be 95° F where I'll be next...

Jaybird wrote: ↑

Thu Sep 12, 2019 10:05 am

The weather is gross , the streams are probably at theyer lowest point of the year , but all in all I think the NJ trout streams made it through the summer ok , not as good as last year but ok .

Now we are expecting 95 degee weather next week..Thanks Jay!!