What do you consider the bare minimum to take on the stream with you for a full day on the river. sometimes i feel like i have too much stuff. can you get away with less gear? i'd like to just have Rod/reel 2 fly boxes net foreceps snips backup leaders/tippet bb shot. Would that be enough?

and i've caught some trout first one,one is from Pt. Mountain., the decent sized one is from KLG biggest trout on the fly rod. and, i finally got one on a dry fly, though the fish decided not to give a fight, it was still great, after watching three rises, i put on a Parachute adams, and it...

things were slow, but anglers were hooking up, got this guy in one of the holes Rusty & crew dug out. the spring should be total madness! i may hit it a few more times this fall. hopeful that the rain we've been promised arrives and gets the water moving.

hit the musky yesterday, water was a bit off color, the facelift sections are looking good for when the water comes up and starts moving at a good clip. the first smallies on the fly for me. anyway managed two smallies, the second was a nice fight! hooked a rainbow, but he didn't stick around...

last saturday i went up to Pt. Mt. and the gorge, hooked some trout, but didn't land them. i did get this big sucker landed though, not much of a fight, more like pulling weight around in the water, biggest fish i've landed on the fly so far. it looks sick or injured...

two in the net today, lost a third....water was moving nice, cloudy but seemed to be clearing when i left around 1.

Finally got a trout in my net at the gorge! hooked three others, one shot straight up out of the water and spit the hook. the water was moving ok, but a bit murky, the bite is on though.

hooked four total, landed two, the first was camera shy, this one was not, low and very slow, the overcast day was nice and cool, the water was chilly.

first one on the fly this spring... headed to salmon river this weekend.

thanks to two sunfish at the end of the meat hole.... :finger: ha ha ha, hooked a small trout that got off pretty quick.

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after two years of neoprene waders, i bought a pair of, breathables.... i found the neoprene to be warmer, but the breathables less restricting. what are you using, and how do you like it?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Osz4DpVjomA so that's how they do it....

well, i'm still considering myself new to fly fishing, but i have seen in the past year more and more foam flies as opposed to feathers and fur. what are your view points on foam? is it as effective as the traditional materials? a fad? is it pepsi vs coke, gibson vs fender?? beetle should do a...

got two landed another hit it and let go, had the area mostly to myself until noon, when i left. this one rainbow, some scales seem to be patterned a bit darker. maybe it's changing color? i've never saw this before.

narrowed down to these rods: Redington Classic Trout Redington Voyant Orvis Access Okuma Guide any one own or cast these models? i have a nice Redington Rise Reel to pair it up with, i'm really leaning to one of their rods. there is also the fiber glass butter stick.

this guy.... this is the guy.

this morning at the musky, i got skunked on the fly, but i had brought my ultra lite with me, second cast yields my biggest trout since i started trout fishing 3 years ago, returned to the river, swam away strong.

according to the N.J. Fish and wild life site, they stocked Farrington with Trout. i can't make the trip to the Musky or Gorge this month, wonder if it's worth the quick ride over there to see if the stockers will take a fly over there.

i'm researching Fly rods, hopefully getting one this fall or over the winter, so is the rod flex related to your cast or how the rod flexes when playing a fish? would it serve me better in N.J. to have one over the other?