bluecollarbleached
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I know we have a lot of Jersey guys here. But I thought it might be nice to see how the croton system was doing. I fish it a lot, so I thought I might post a couple of reports as I fish it.
Last night I fished Garcia's Pool on the West Branch of the Croton. It is off of croton falls road. got there around 6 oclock and only had an hour to fish. The flows were at about 120CFS and the water temp was hovering around 66. (which i was surprised about and would have thought my thermometer was broken if the fish werent so active)
I tied on a comparadun? and started blind casting. 10 minutes into it the river started to come alive. consistent rises. all said and done took down about 5 fish in an hour. which, for a flailing newbie like me, was stellar. a more experienced fly fisherman probably wouldve have a killer hour as I missed a bunch of takes and undoubtadly put a lot of fish down with a couple bad casts.
I was surprised that the river was so cool. And am still buying a new thermometer. It felt like mid 60's to the touch but who knows.
below is a photo that was not from last night but a week or two before. I am attaching it because it shows the average size fish that I have been hitting on the croton system.
I do a lot of after work\night fishing on the system and probably fish it 3 or 4 times a week. (the obsession has grown exponentially)
One funny story is that I saw a guy watching as I hit my 4th fish of the night. He called over and asked what I was getting him on. I thought about it, and responded honestly, that I had no idea. I waded over to him to show him and he said it was a comparadun. I simply have no idea. he started laughing and said it was funny how i didnt know what fly i was fishing. he had been fishing for a while and he knew a lot of entemology. while i respect the technical aspects of fly fishing and am increasingly trying to treat the river and fish with as much care as possible, i have had zero interest in learning the names of flies so far. i kind of see what i see in the air, look in my fly box and pick something that looks similar. as i explained this to him he was almost in hysterics, which i was somewhat confused about. he said, "so you're one of THOSE guys". but he wasnt being insulting. i laughed and said ignorance is bliss and sometimes I just get lucky, ive had plenty of skunks where more knowledge would have helped. apparently, once I get into tying which i plan on this winter, ill learn more about the bugs.
by the way. in the photo. before i get death grip comments. he was in the water 99% of the time and when i brought him up for the cameo the grip came as he was slipping away. my other photos will be taken with more care so apologies ahead of time.
Last night I fished Garcia's Pool on the West Branch of the Croton. It is off of croton falls road. got there around 6 oclock and only had an hour to fish. The flows were at about 120CFS and the water temp was hovering around 66. (which i was surprised about and would have thought my thermometer was broken if the fish werent so active)
I tied on a comparadun? and started blind casting. 10 minutes into it the river started to come alive. consistent rises. all said and done took down about 5 fish in an hour. which, for a flailing newbie like me, was stellar. a more experienced fly fisherman probably wouldve have a killer hour as I missed a bunch of takes and undoubtadly put a lot of fish down with a couple bad casts.
I was surprised that the river was so cool. And am still buying a new thermometer. It felt like mid 60's to the touch but who knows.
below is a photo that was not from last night but a week or two before. I am attaching it because it shows the average size fish that I have been hitting on the croton system.
I do a lot of after work\night fishing on the system and probably fish it 3 or 4 times a week. (the obsession has grown exponentially)
One funny story is that I saw a guy watching as I hit my 4th fish of the night. He called over and asked what I was getting him on. I thought about it, and responded honestly, that I had no idea. I waded over to him to show him and he said it was a comparadun. I simply have no idea. he started laughing and said it was funny how i didnt know what fly i was fishing. he had been fishing for a while and he knew a lot of entemology. while i respect the technical aspects of fly fishing and am increasingly trying to treat the river and fish with as much care as possible, i have had zero interest in learning the names of flies so far. i kind of see what i see in the air, look in my fly box and pick something that looks similar. as i explained this to him he was almost in hysterics, which i was somewhat confused about. he said, "so you're one of THOSE guys". but he wasnt being insulting. i laughed and said ignorance is bliss and sometimes I just get lucky, ive had plenty of skunks where more knowledge would have helped. apparently, once I get into tying which i plan on this winter, ill learn more about the bugs.
by the way. in the photo. before i get death grip comments. he was in the water 99% of the time and when i brought him up for the cameo the grip came as he was slipping away. my other photos will be taken with more care so apologies ahead of time.
