I have been fly fishing for nearly 20 years and, until recently, I had never cast a bamboo rod. This is intentional, and there’s a distinct reason. I was fully expecting that once I did so, the percentage play was that I would be fully engaged from that point forward. Bamboo was simply was not
Winter Freestone Outing
This winter has been unusual to say the least. Over the last week or so, it has felt more like spring than mid-winter. Although I could always count on the rare warm winter day every year, it seems to be more commonplace nowadays. The fact that Connecticut already started stocking fish seems to confirm something
Surviving Fly Tying Season with the Help of Podcasts
Although we are still in winter, the nights are getting a little bit shorter. The days are a little bit longer. This is encouraging, but we still have a long way to go before I will be thrashing thin blue-line brookies with spiders and other wets. Which means, for me, just like for many of
Night Fly Fishing for Stripers, Part 4
TIDE, WEATHER, AND MOON EFFECTS ON NIGHT FISHING Moon Superstitions Demystified Many people are superstitious about moon phase productivity for striper fishing. What I have found looking at my log for the last several years of night fishing is I have no substantial difference in catch rate on a new vs. full moon. I also