Garden State Trout

The Ramapo as of 7:45 PM is ripping at 1690 cfs. Will have to wait a few days before it will get down enough to fish and wade. The best is from 250cfs down to 150cfs. Flatbrook is still over 1000 cfs and the best is 200 cfs or lower. If you are going to wade be darn careful. Bill the mailman

Hi Again, I forgot when fishing the Lacky. Pick out a rock that is about 1 to 2 inches above water. Keep an eye on the rock and if that rock goes under water get out of the river now and don’t wait just get out. If you are fishing up by the Flumes you have 45 minutes if you drive down to the Rowland...

Hello, One of the best in Pa. Is the lackawaxen in Pike Cty. The Dyberry just pass Honesdale, Pa. is another. The Dyberry is like Flatbrook in Jersey. I have fished the Lacky a lot when I lived in Pa. and it holds over alot of trout year to year. The best is from the Rowland bridge upstream. If it i...

Hi, Go to NJ trout fly fishing. The people there have been trout fishing and doing well according to there posts., Bill

Rusty, I noticed that you are using a hand auger. Get yourself a power auger they are the best. I had a Jiffy auger and it was great. Just my two cents worth. Bill Vance ( Bill the mailman )

Anybody wants some great ice fishing go to Shohola Falls Lake in Pa. Go to Milford,Pa. and take Rt..6 west about 5 or 6 miles and lake will be on your left. Go across Shohola Brook ( you will be on a bridge) after bridge take first left toward parking lot but stay to your right and go to where the s...

Hello again, I forgot about my spinning reels. I have 5 spinning reels one saltwater the rest freshwater so all together nine or ten reels. I know I gave some to my grandson and my son so I probably had 12 or 13 reels all together. Bill the mailman

Hello everyone, Happy New Year to all. As of now Jan. 2 2022 I have 8 reels Two for saltwater and the rest for trout and bass or I should sa y fresh water. Bill the mailman

Have been wearing waders for years and years. I always wear jeans and have had no trouble with the waders. Probably a clothing store put out the thing about jeans wearing out the waders. Bill the mailman

Good morning, Fished the Ramapo yesterday from 2:00 until about 4:00 or a little after. Fished above Glen Gray bridge and caught three and missed two. All rainbows and I caught one Chubb about four inches long. All were caught on a size 16 soft hackle pheasant tails. I saw a bunch of Grey foxes hatc...

First off what state is it in? It could be the Wanaque above the reservoir. Howbout the Ramapo above Glen Gray bridge about 3/8 of a mile up. Vance

Kapfish, Bring caddis flies with you. This is a good stream for small pheasant tails probably size 16 or 18 also soft hackle flies. Bill the mailman

Hello, Hope to go back this Thursday as long as my wife has nothing for me to do. Keep my fingers crossed. I will fish below where I was on Sunday. All of the fish I caught on Sunday put up a great fight. So I guess by stocking them early in the season got them use to the stream instead of stocking ...

Hi again, Only Fished about 100 feet to catch all of the trout. Every thing was on top with either a gray caddis or a olive/gray caddis both in size 16. The fish were laying in ankle dee water to water below my knees. Bill themailman

Hi, Had. A great gre at day on Flatbrook. Caught 17 and missed just as many in only 2 hours. Talk later, Bill the mailman

Hi, Fished the Musky today at Pt.Mt. by Penwell Rd. Had a great day catching Rainbows then lo and behold caught two Brookies. Both about 5inches long. They were small but with beautiful colors. Question. Did the state stock a bunch of Brook Trout? Are these stream bred? It would be nice to know if t...

Hello Mike, As for fishing at the Branch that over hangs the SB. No, I just started to fish and two guys with spinning rods came down to the stream. I started to talk to one of them and told them I was going down stream to the bend and where to fish by the bridge. I do not know if they caught any th...

Hi, Yes I did give two flies yesterday and he walked down stream. Are you the guy I gave them too? Did you use them and did they catch any thing? The large one was my own creation and I made it just messing around with the vise. Bill Vance. AKA Bill the mailman

Hi, Fished the South Branch today down stream from the Grayrock bridge. Nothing hatching. No Hendrickson’s only afew sm.black caddis flies flying around. Only saw one rise and he or she only rose once. Fished from 12:30 to 4:30 PM. Caught 4 missed two the ones I caught were nice 11 to 12 inches. The...

Hello, I’ll start fishing mid April as I am a old guy and the cold bothers me. You will know me as I wear a camouflage shirt and a floppy hat. If I see you there will give you some flies to try out. Will be going to the B’kill in May and June. If you have the time go to the Ramapo and fish Glen Gray...