In a word: Improving. So after this afternoon's rain, I took a ride to see the conditions along the SBR. See the pics below for the story. "trickle by pool" is the part of the stream entering the large pool with the single boulder in it. "big_pool" is the big pool with the boulder in it...

Quite the holiday weekend if I do say myself! After reading the KLG reports and the "North of" KLG reports, I knew it was my sworn civic duty to give the "South of" the KLG - although not the KLG - South Branch report... Starting Saturday (5/24) afternoon, I hit up the South Branch, south of...

Hey everyone, long time no see! Question for the TU folks here... i was at the Pequest Open House (mar 29) and picked up a copy of Riffles (monthly newsletter of the East Jersey Chapter of TU).... anyway, I had completely forgotten that I had picked it up and read it except for a chance...

One of these days I will update this thread with a pic of a sunfish pattern fly I tied.. A fly that was created in the hopes of catching a huge largemouth.. As it was, I set out Sunday (6/4) to use three different fly rods in an attempt to catch just such a largemouth.. I used a "small" 5wt...

Kansas City Star | 05/30/2006 | Meet Super Trout Check out the link for the entire story, but researchers are feeding trout creatine and the results are very promising if you want a harder fighting trout. Some results show a 5-fold increase in thier stamina! And yes, as the story indicates...

I've always perferred streamers when there was little dry action. Most of the trout I've caught recently have been on bucktail patterns and the black-nose dace has been my goto fly. Always looking to improve, I wanted something with a bit more flash and a little bit of color. So I made a...

I need your help... I lost a strike indicator on the south branch. If you happen to find it, please take a picture to verify and I'll get you my shipping address. Actually, it would be better if you just drop it off shortly after finding it. You may be asking what's so special about this strike...

What used to be the Allentown Outdoor Show and then became the Lehigh Valley Outdoor Expo is no more? There is no mention of it on the website for the Lehigh Valley Expo Center, the website for the expo is a dead link (www. lvoutdoorexpo.com) and in searching, I came across this article...

This seems to affect the lower end of the Delaware... Regardless of how much the water is treated, I can't imagine the treated water is the same as just your "regular, non-treated water"... original link...

:osama: Those officials in NY have done it again! More changes to this fishing season... Tis a sad day for all New Yorkers : http://www.cnn.com/2006/TRAVEL/02/07/nyc.subway.ads.ap/index.html Bahamas ads axed from NYC subways NEW YORK (AP) -- -- Crammed into subway cars with hundreds of other...

Just an reminder that the Pequest has quite a few programs worth checking out for Fly Fisher-person :applaudit Such as these in February: FLY TYING DEMONSTRATIONS - Every Saturday, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. - Expert tiers from the East Jersey Chapter of Trout Unlimited will be tying their favorite...

2005 Skillful Angler Awards http://www.state.nj.us/dep/fgw/skwinn05.htm Was reading through the 2005 NJ Skillful Angler Awards and there were 2 that caught my eye. Kudos to Kenneth Mitzen of Hillsborough for his catch and release of a 20" small mouth caught in the Raritan River on a fly rod...

The links are below for anyone to read, but here's the deal... http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060205/ap_on_bi_ge/fool_a_fish http://www.foolafish.com/ Some guy in Spokane WA creates a spray to apply to your favorite fishing lure. The spray is Titanium Dioxide.. yes, the same stuff in white paint...

OK. The NSFA means "Not Safe for ANYTHING!" The photo in the following story is not safe for work, lunch, dinner, your stomache in general or for children... or some adults for that matter... Granted, I've seen much worse on the 'net, but better safe than sorry :D The photo can be found by...

Hello all! Back from Kitty Hawk, NC and perhaps some of the worse fishing conditions they've seen in years down there (at least pier/shore fishing anyway). The winds were blowing from the SW at 10 - 20 MPH every day. Only during High Tide did the water warm up and schools of baitfish came close...

Sorry this is NJ related, but I know you guys have probably "been there and done that" so I'll ask your opinion :) Well, June is here and in another 30 days so I my vacation... An entire week with the ENTIRE family for 1 full week in the glorious Outerbanks of North Carolina in the lovely...

anybody try these? I ran out of hooks for my pike patterms, and saw these things... half the price of the hooks I was origianlly using: 2x heavy/1x long saltwater circle streamer hook http://www.mustad.no/products/premium/signature/c71s_ss.htm so.. circle hooks... guy told me that you let the...

Some of you may remember the thread I started here about fly fishing for pike: http://njflyfishing.com/vbportal/vbulletin/showthread.php?s=&threadid=577 You'll see pictures of the Red/Yellow Rabbit Fly, the Deer Hair Mouse and soon to come a Red/White Rabbit Fly... well, the more I read, the...

Just got this in the ol' inbox... thought i'd share with y'all (y'ous ):) http://users3.ev1.net/~jtclay/fishin.htm

2 more hours of work... then a meeting at 8pm... then a stop by the house to pick up the "equipment"... then the midnight run to PA... a few hours of sleep then it's OPENING DAY!!! Spent last night getting the spinning outfit together, then spent a few hours getting thy fly outfit together...