I know I said that my next pair of wading boots were going to be LL Beans. But there I was, with my old pair of Hodgemans wearing out and one week away from heading up to Maine, on the LL Bean website. The boots I wanted to get? Available January 3rd!?!?! Well, "F---". I said, and the next day...

Remember the parable of Grandfather's axe - Ol' Granddad had an axe, it was the best ever. Grandfather dies, and the axe is handed down. While splitting firewood one day, his grandson breaks the handle, so it gets replaced. Some years later, the great-grandson is driving in a fence post, and the...

Thanks to Gov. Corzine shutting down the state, all NJ state parks are closing until further notice. I went to Round Valley this evening to get in a little night fishing - closed. I talked with the water authority guy there, and he said Spruce Run was closing too. So I drove over to Spruce...

I was in Borders today, 'cause the wife had a coupon for the new James Rollins book, and thought I'd browse through the fishing books (I think they were in the "water sports & hunting" section). There were a couple of salt water fishing books, about 2-3 books on black bass (one of which I ended...

Well I'm not about to give up on trips to Maine, but this is pretty cool. NJDEP-News Release 06/38 - Landlocked Salmon Arrive in New Jersey. Now we'll need a "trout & salmon" stamp instead of just a trout stamp!

Some of you asked me to post the recipie for my Inverted Hendrickson Dun. After some thought I realized a recipie would not be much good, because a materials list alone would probably just frustrate the hell out of a bunch of people. So I thought I'd put together an instruction manual, of...

I'm selling the Fishpond wasit/Chest pack I bought last fall on Ebay right now if any one is interested. I paid about $95 for it from Ramsey Outdoors, tax included: Fishpond Waterdance Guide Pack I've got a bunch of other stuff on there now too, spring cleaning & all... :)

Anybody see this pic of the NJ DF&W staff stocking trout in the Pequest river? Sort of makes me feel foolish, putting all that time & effort into carefully reviving & releasing trout. Apparently all I really need to do is use my net to whip them across the river. :rolleyes:

Hey guys just a reminder for those of you who don't know - it's buck (and bear) week here in NJ so if you're out fishing this week - especially in a state park or WMA - I suggest you put some fluorescent orange on. And leave the bearskin coat at home! :rolleyes: Story Time! The story (as I...

So, I'm heading out bird hunting tomorrow. Got the truck loaded, the dog's ready (he was mad at me for not taking him out last week, but hey I was away on business and it couldn't be helped) and I'm ready too. I love bird hunting because - provided I am successful - I not only get a yummy...

Too much to get done today, but I plan on fishing tomorrow. There's always lots of folks talking about not fishing because of high or dirty water. Don't forget about streamers! I just wanted to remind everyone not to get discouraged, if it's not unsafe to wade you can still have a good time...

Howdy folks, I'm just back from a lovely although short week in Maine, fishing for fall spawner landlockeds on the Kennebago River. Regretably, my camera was left in the center console of my other truck, and thus I have only the pictures that I took with the camera of my mind. Things were...

I've got a couple of the Teton Tioga reels, and frankly I don't think you can get a better reel for the money. I want to get another one for the 5wt I just built. Interestingly enough their website has been down for weeks (http://www.tetonflyreels.net/teton/home.html) and when I've called the...

I just wanted to post a friendly reminder to everyone - with the heat this summer and dry weather, the ticks have been pretty much dormant. With cooler temperatures and (hopefully) rain the ticks will be coming out of dormancy, and looking to eat. Lyme disease is not something to be taken...

Hit the P after work today, spent way too much time in traffic thanks to several accidents on Rt 78. So I took back roads and what should have been a 45 minute drive ended up being just under two hours. Oh well... Hit the water, well let's just say I was below Rt 31. The water temp was 63...

The Hook & Hackle Company In my post about the 5wt I wanted to build, I mentioned that I bought a St. Croix Legend Elite blank from The Hook & Hackle Company (http://www.hookhack.com/). My blank arrived today - it shipped Tuesday via UPS. It was packaged in bubble wrap and shipped inside a...

I've always used a vest - Mine is loaded with everything I could possibly need on stream, and many things I usually don't need. So I'm thinking of getting a chest or waist pack for an alternative to my vest. (For those days when you only have an hour or so to fish, and you just know there's...

Fished this afternoon until 3-ish, water temp was 66 degrees, and very clean & clear. Believe it or not there are a few trout that survived the summer still swimming around in the Musky. Lots of suckers too, some of them monsters. Anyone have a good sucker pattern? :rolleyes: Zero insect...

I've been looking for a good quality LED light for some time, and have been shying away from them because most of the better quality ones use Lithium batteries, and tend to be pricey. The other day at Lowe's I saw a LED light that seemed to fit my requirements: a Coast LED Lenser Tactical V2...

Fished the Pequest this evening from about 5:30 - 7:00ish. I checked water temp at the Pequest Rd bridge upstream of the hatchery - 71 degrees. The water temp well below the TCA was a cool & comfortable 64 degrees. There was a decent hatch of BWO's - size #20-22. Also a couple of tan caddis...