Hit the South Branch of the Raritan early today.
My next stop while looking for a place to wet my line was...
Never fished this spot along River Road, so I got out to have a look..
Not a bad little hole. Well just after I took this photo a spin caster who had been working the pool stepped out of the bushes. The type of rod didn't bother me it was what he had in his other hand. A container holding corn. A CHUMMER.. !
Which got me to thinking.. is it proper and ethical to fish an egg pattern down stream of a chummer???
Just kidding.
Then I found some nice spots to fish up stream of Califon.
The canopy above kept the sun from directly hitting the stream, nice small pools and riffles... figured I'd be there a while enjoying a Sunday morning out on the SBR.
That wasn't to be. Bucky and Melvin showed up with their spinning rods.
Please note that there is a wide open stream here... and look at how close they are. Buffoons with rods.
So I headed on into the Gorge. Warm spring morning in the Gorge.. doesn't get any better that this.
I found a promising place.... ALONE!
Fished it for a while then put on a midge pattern.
This was the first guy to fall victim to this little fly.
Please note, the author is getting some what better with the fish photos.
Decided to take a break on or about 1330, and this was the view from Hoffman's Bridge. It was lined with fly fishers in the morning and now empty.
Course I came on here at NEFF and posted about Bucky and Melvin, which Petie-Po promptly too offense to it and move the thread to a secrete location that only a couple of people can see.
Course that was after I responded to his post. Petie-Po... aka: Little Brave Thorn
1800 headed back out, and the view at that time.
Monument Rock.. I should look up how that broze place should (properly) be cleaned. Hate to see such tributes go into disrepair.
This little guy took such a beating and made my morning. I have since retired it. Don't ask me the name... I forget.
TMC 2487BL hook, Sulphur quill, peacock herl.
Fishing Hoffman's this one brought me my only fish of the evening. My third or fourth cast towards the bank, after that Zilch...
As I approached Hoffman's Bridge, this was the scene at the parking area.
Notice the way the green Ford Explorer is parked... O'l triple space, A NEWBIE to KLG!My next stop while looking for a place to wet my line was...
Never fished this spot along River Road, so I got out to have a look..
Not a bad little hole. Well just after I took this photo a spin caster who had been working the pool stepped out of the bushes. The type of rod didn't bother me it was what he had in his other hand. A container holding corn. A CHUMMER.. !
Which got me to thinking.. is it proper and ethical to fish an egg pattern down stream of a chummer???
Just kidding.
Then I found some nice spots to fish up stream of Califon.
The canopy above kept the sun from directly hitting the stream, nice small pools and riffles... figured I'd be there a while enjoying a Sunday morning out on the SBR.
That wasn't to be. Bucky and Melvin showed up with their spinning rods.
Please note that there is a wide open stream here... and look at how close they are. Buffoons with rods.
So I headed on into the Gorge. Warm spring morning in the Gorge.. doesn't get any better that this.
I found a promising place.... ALONE!
Fished it for a while then put on a midge pattern.
This was the first guy to fall victim to this little fly.
Please note, the author is getting some what better with the fish photos.
Decided to take a break on or about 1330, and this was the view from Hoffman's Bridge. It was lined with fly fishers in the morning and now empty.
Course I came on here at NEFF and posted about Bucky and Melvin, which Petie-Po promptly too offense to it and move the thread to a secrete location that only a couple of people can see.
Course that was after I responded to his post. Petie-Po... aka: Little Brave Thorn
1800 headed back out, and the view at that time.
Monument Rock.. I should look up how that broze place should (properly) be cleaned. Hate to see such tributes go into disrepair.
This little guy took such a beating and made my morning. I have since retired it. Don't ask me the name... I forget.
TMC 2487BL hook, Sulphur quill, peacock herl.
Fishing Hoffman's this one brought me my only fish of the evening. My third or fourth cast towards the bank, after that Zilch...
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