dcabarle
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I got a call from FlyTier on Saturday night, "Hey... meet me at the first rest stop after the Raritan Toll Plaza, me and Johnny are going to get some stripers". That was at 12am, after the Yankee game. I met up with them around 1am and we were off to Sandy Hook. We got to the Hook and walked to the beach. What a walk. With the strong winds not in our favor, we started casting blindly into the ocean. I am thinking I'm hitting England with my casts, but the sunlight that came out later proved me wrong. I was just out of the wash. After about a half an hour or so, I hooked into my first Striper ever on a fly rod.
A strong tug a short run, and in less than a few minutes he was in my hands and right on time for a small photo shoot. That's the only fish any of us caught all night. I saw 1 other guy towing one behind him and that was it.
My casting was horrible as I wasn't used to the weight of the rod or the heavy fly attached to my tippet. Combine that with the wind and stay away from the guy on the beach who looks like he's swatting flies. The fish I caught had nothing to do with any kind of skill. I just happened to be at the right place at the right time.
Any time I've been salt water fishing, it's been miss after miss and very consistantly, "You should have been here yesterday!"
As of now, I can't say I'm hooked on salt water fly fishing. Maybe I'll give it another try, maybe not. Fresh water fly fishing for trout is where my heart is and will probably stay.
A strong tug a short run, and in less than a few minutes he was in my hands and right on time for a small photo shoot. That's the only fish any of us caught all night. I saw 1 other guy towing one behind him and that was it.
My casting was horrible as I wasn't used to the weight of the rod or the heavy fly attached to my tippet. Combine that with the wind and stay away from the guy on the beach who looks like he's swatting flies. The fish I caught had nothing to do with any kind of skill. I just happened to be at the right place at the right time.
Any time I've been salt water fishing, it's been miss after miss and very consistantly, "You should have been here yesterday!"
As of now, I can't say I'm hooked on salt water fly fishing. Maybe I'll give it another try, maybe not. Fresh water fly fishing for trout is where my heart is and will probably stay.