I will not be able to fish this weekend, which is unfortunate if not downright heartbreaking… So, I figured I’d take this opportunity to expound a bit on some of my opinions on fly fishing gear. My idea for this post mainly has come about because I’m in the process of my biennial replacement of
10,000
Thank you, everyone! We now are pushing over 10,000 pageviews a month on this blog. Yesterday, we hit over 500 pageviews in a single day. As a reminder, our blog: Is not a business venture. We don’t earn any revenue or commissions or seek prospects for guiding services. Nothing wrong with that, but it’s not
First trip to the East Branch Westfield
It was a bit of a slow day for me fish wise, at least at the first spot I tried. This morning I checked out the lower end of the catch-and-release section of the East Branch Westfield River. I fished and hiked my way upstream for most of the rest of the day. I must’ve
The Euro Golden Stone
The Euro-style Golden Stone has duped many big browns for me. It’s an easy fly to tie, as it’s basically a Pheasant Tail with a few tweaks. I fish it as an anchor fly in my tightline nymphing set-up. I’ve noticed that browns tend to go for it, whilst rainbows still tend to prefer the