this is from last tuesday when the weather was less winter-like. caught some nice wild browns the wild tiger trout was the highlight. based upon my own numbers(i've kept track since 1981), the odds of catching one are about 2500 to 1. rare indeed... the fly of choice was a Orvis Beadhead...

Some pics from today: I caught all of them in a NJ public stream. I used a size #14 gold beadhead HEN. I fished for about 75-80 minutes and caught quite a few with the largest about 12". Missed quite a few too. Most of my casts were less than 10' as all I had to do was plop the nymph in...

Yes I was out there stalking wild trout on this rather cold January day. Water temp was 36F and air was 25F. Water was low and clear but I still managed a few wild fish for picture taking. Used my winter goto fly which is a gold beadhead HEN size 10. Ice on guides was an issue but other than...

Fished a stocked trout production stream today. Caught 29 brook trout, 7 browns and 1 stocked rainbow. Beadheads were once again deadly on the wild trout. Stream was fairly small and cyrstal clear which made for tough angling, but I never went more than 3-4 minutes w/o hooking or seeing a trout...

Caught these two beauties Sunday in two different NJ wild trout streams. Who needs fall stocking when fish like these are out there ;) Mark