Garden State Trout

Are they for wet wading in your wading boots? like neoprene socks?

Gorgeous! Not only does it have the blue dot but a whole blue cheek. I have never seen that before!

That was quick!

garden hackle wrote: ↑

Thu May 07, 2020 11:03 am

No dead trees suddenly falling into the river a dozen or two feet from you?

Not this time! I was a bit upstream from that stretch yesterday.

how is that button clip for the net? I use a telephone-cord-style spiral lanyard. I might put together a delrin clip since i find those are really tight and still easy to take off. That lanyard had leather loops to go around the net, and the other side of of the quick disconnect (which doesnt disco...

Tippet help up fine yesterday! I dont use anything smaller than 5x so I still have confidence in it.

After work yesterday I decided to hit a stretch of the SBR that I havent fished in a long time. With the cold drizzle I figured I could get some water to myself and I was right. I dont think I have broken out my 10' nymph rod in a long time but man it was nice to get back it! This used to be a "home...

One of the big hatches that trout key in on!

Some brands, mainly Orvis, have "expiration dates on their tippet spools. Does anyone follow these? Having done less fly fishing over the past few years I have a collection of a few older spools. I recently tied up some leaders and strength tested some knots and sections, it all held up fine. I know...

Would be awesome for the black to be a better holdover river!

Hacklebarney is great water to fish for sure but I havent been there myself in a long while! This afternoon looks like good "have it to yourself" weather with it being chilly and a chance for rain.

Why? Many people do not like Tenkara fishing although that fishing method is older than having a reel to hold your line. It is more restrictive, you cannot just cast anywhere, any distance, but since all you have is a leader and tippet, the fly sinks faster than having a floating line. For fishing ...

I look at stocking streams with a decent wild population as a double edged sword. It gives the "stringer crew" some easy hatchery fish to catch and take home and hopefully leave the wilds alone. You also run the risk of them catching and keeping gorgeous wild fish like that. If you stop stocking the...

Dry fly fishing on the Upper Delaware system compered to small WTS are worlds apart IMO. On a small WTS those fish will hit anything that lands above them. With the choppy, broken up water and small pools they have less time to decide is something is a meal or not. On the long flat pools of the UD t...

garden hackle wrote: ↑

Tue May 05, 2020 7:41 am

Bass fishing with a Mepps spinner is like cheating.

Hard to argue that

Fishybig wrote: ↑

Mon May 04, 2020 8:08 pm

Way to make the weekend worth the ride!!!

Yup, easy to practice distancing at my own trailer in in my own boat!

Thankfully PA has allowed campground to re-open so I was able to get to my seasonal trailer in the Poconos over the weekend! Gorgeous weather and got my boat back out on the lake. Only the Mepps spinner was catching fish, mostly pickerel and perch but later on Sunday a few bass started hitting. Noth...

I gotta fish this river. Ive been working next to it for and driving by it for over 8 years and still haven't thrown a line in.

Now thats a fish!!! I love the big double blue dots too.

I spent the weekend in PA so I didnt get to see any parks in NJ. Ill keep going to my trailer in the woods until this is over.