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Musky are introduced to NJ and there aren't a whole lot of places to get them; Delaware R, Greenwood Lake, Mountain Lake, Furnace Lake, Monksville, and Mercer Lake. Mercer Lake has a decent catch rate - it's the highest catch rate according to info from the 2011 December fisheries meeting. NJ...

I'm so old that I remember when a brown Fenwick glass rod was an expensive rod! I learned on cheap white Shakespeare fly rods and lusted after Fenwicks. When I was 17 I saved my pennies and drove to Dale Clemen's to buy a Fenwick blank - couldn't afford the whole rod. That was the first rod I...

Dan, you forgot level lines - the real cheap way to get started fly fishing. You can't buy one now. They weren't that bad, and even worked well for some short rod, punch through the bushes kind of stuff. Speaking of which, I saw Joe Humphries talk and he was recommending a 7 1/2' 5 wt or 6wt...

Yes the world is changing, some for the good, some not for the good. Plenty of people have a lot of disposable income and merchants respond. The funky little flyshops aren't there as much, but I still found Dai-Riki hooks for $7/100 and some old furnace patches for $5 that will make some great...