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Hey Marsh:

I have been thinking about flats footwear for a while now and find your review really helpful. However, what seems really clear to me is that you like the NRS water paddle shoes, largel ...

Evan:

Yes, I will ask the question that you already answered "Why New Jersey?"
The Ramapo looks pretty good to me just North of the Border in New York and seems quite accessible. Perhap ...

Nice Stripah, Marcel! I hope we hear more about your trip!

Thanks for the suggestion. Wow! I have seen some pictures of Giant Trevally (GTs?). Those reef dwellers get pretty big. I better start some heavy lifting in preparation if I'll get into those. I ...

Near the end of October, I (an American) will be visiting Bahrain (off the coast of Saudi Arabia in the Persian Gulf). Since it is an island, surrounded by saltwater, I suspect that there are fish pr ...

flyhunter:

Let me see if we can get something going here. I am going to suggest something that may or may not be heresy. So here goes --

You are fishing for large- and/or smallmouths using pop ...

Massteach:

Having followed these threads for several years (including the threads on the affiliated sites) I learned that the problems that you may be having with the double surgeon's knot are ofte ...

Well, I haven't posted for a while. Some of you remember my long rambling posts of yore. I thought that I would keep this one simpler. When faced with the option of fishing for big fish and losing. ...

Yesterday, my son and I made our first trip of this year to the Connetquot River State Park on Long Island (NY). We were surprised to find that several of the rules for fishing had been changed due t ...

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Regarding your glyph (for The FliesandFins FlyFisherman Formerly Known As Bonefisher = TFFFFFKAB), my feeling is that the parenthesis should be facing the other direction so that ...

Marcel:

Awesome fish! I am amazed at how different these brown trout look from each other and especially from the brown trout I have seen here in the U.S. I guess that it's pretty amazing what a ...

Marcel:

This is probably trivial and something that you already know (since I know that your are really quite accomplished as a fly fisherman). I just thought that I would add my little piece for ...

I have got to say that I find it amusing that a Dutchman is giving a Dane advise on flyshops in Fort Lauderdale. (Of course Marcel spends a lot of time in South Florida..) but I would have expected a ...

Matt:

Although I am, by far, NOT a widely experienced redfisherman, I was really impressed by the way the reds sought and destroyed the spoonfly that I used when fishing the bayou last October. Th ...

Shaq:

I grew up in Bethesda MD and fished the C&O canal quite a bit - mainly for bluegills. The canal runs down all the way into Georgetown, near Key Bridge. The canal has a path alongside it ...

Marcel:

Nice Pike! Especially as a consolation prize after no perch! Ha! It's good to see someone is out there catching fish. I just flew over Maine last Friday and the whole state was frozen s ...

So if it was a nice day... that means you had some good casting and swinging practice but that's it? I'm not accustomed to fishless days from the "Shaq-Man" I guess that Whip and Kranes we ...

I plan to travel down to Long Island Sound (about a mile or two from my home on Long Island). I need to make an appointment to see some stripers. So my plans are to do my homework and then hit the b ...

Jeremy:

Very Edgar Allen Poe-like!

I guess the kayak lets you get right in the middle of it all.

Cheers,

Dave

I've got to say that this has bothered me for a while, too. But, I am sure that we are not alone. I have seen discussions of this on several other sites and in books.

Of course if you catch a lar ...

I can just use the weather facility in my browser (optonline.net); but, I also can get information from some buoys out in Long Island Sound via

http://www.mysound.uconn.edu/exrx_wx.html

These do ...

Matt:

I suggest you check out the posting here:

http://www.fliesandfins.com/postt645.html

It has a lot of suggestions given to me by some Flies and Fins guys that are pretty much in the know ...

It would work here in the tropics as well.

But Marsh...

wouldn't the Florida Saltwater version have no claws but heavier and longer antennae (fly-line) for the longosta version...

or else be ...

Linesides:

Although this may be a killer Striper fly, I wonder if it has been tried for freshwater fish. It seems like a great crayfish imitation as well. I'm not clear on the size but it certain ...

Well, I tried again on Nov 26, three days after Thankgiving. I went out with the fast sink shooting head and two 5 foot long 10 pound fluorocarbon leaders, one with a black clouser and the other with ...

Perhaps a poll (or polls) would be in order? re: Avatars, Newbie, Stars? I'm into democracy. Let the people be heard!?

Gentlemen (Jeremy):

I notice that each posting indicates the nickname of the poster and in addition, it indicates "Newbie" for most everyone. In addition there is one (1) star indicating ...

To the contrary, Shaq, I was using the inclusive "We" rather than the royal "We" in my statement about Manly Men. Yes, it was my intention to include you in the "we" abo ...

Linesides:

I use about 6 feet of 10 lb fluorocarbon, just 1 level untapered piece looped to the end of my fly line.

Now for stripping... I usually strip one handed, about 1 foot sections, maybe ...

Although, I can't say that the strip set is my automatic reflex just yet, I am familiar with it, having strip set several rocks and weeds this past summer. Recently, I enjoyed the power rush of stri ...

Linesides:

Thanks for adding your thoughts on the striper situation. I was hoping to hear from you, since your name seems to clue us in to your devotion to stripers. Didn't you give Jeremy a big ...

I agree. we all need to focus on safety, especially during these cold weather months!!

I just thought that I would throw in a little plug for a short thread dealing with wading safety that appeared ...

Gentlemen:

I am really enjoying the ramblings. I have been avidly reading everything posted on F&F and its subsidiaries for the past year. I am trying to learn as much as I can about fishing ...

So now for the big letdown. This morning, I woke up and my daughter is sick, staying home from school...so no fishing for me today. (See Jeremy's list of "whatever" comments/excuses #6,#9 ...

Marcel and Jeremy:

OK, so here's the deal. I'm hoping to get our tomorrow midday from high tide through the first 1/2 to 3/4 of the drop. I will fish rocky beach along Long Island Sound. I will ...

Number the responses. Then we can respond by number. Twisted Evil

Paull:

I'm pretty much of an old timer (although I like to think that I'm young enough to keep up with all these successful fly fisherpersons). I am aware of the balancing issue that you mention. ...

Jeremy:

Thanks for the response. I always enjoy your analysis, largely because I know that you are constantly analyzing and word has it, that your analyses have often led to great successes. I am ...

Gunner:

I notice that you have been a member since nov 14. I, too, am a newbie on this site, having joined less than a year ago. I am not a moderator. However, I have posted things on occasion, ...

Marcel:

Thanks for the help. By the way, it's not so important that I catch stripers (they are just the main "target" left around here now), so I really appreciate your suggestions.

J ...

Alright, I know that I’m not the best flyfisherman ever; but, I do expect that I should be able to catch a few fish every now and then. I have a problem that is bugging the heck out of me.

Three ...

Jeremy, can you cast a lot further with the big spey rods? Can you reach across the inlet to the albies that always seem to be on the other side?

I just managed to present the idea of going to BI to my wife in a way that SHE suggested that I should go (Note my surprise Shocked

). My only problem is that I work near New York City on Friday and Satur ...

Jeremy:

Wow. I can feel for you, bud! Ever since I won the Mach Reel on F&FSouth I have been getting skunked all summer, fishing for blues and stripers (hence my quiescence on these sites). ...

Problem: Several knots have been developed to attach a fly to the end of a length of tippet material. For several years, I have been using the improved clinch knot; but, recently, having read Lefty ...

Regarding length, I know that this is the totally wrong reason for picking a particular rod, but, I can't fit my 2 piece 9 foot rod in the trunk of my car. I think that I would be more prone to consi ...

I love it, especially our friend "Johnny breakoff with the striper set!" It shows just how much fun you guys had making those videos. I bet you had a lot of completed catches not in the v ...

Jeremy:

April 1st is a Saturday, so I'll be at work. That means I'll be doin' the old "air" double haul in the car on the Cross Bronx Expressway again. But on Monday the 3rd, I'm free a ...

In New York, trout season is April 1 - October 15. Some specific locations are open all year (some of the Delaware River, East Croton, Salmon River and quite a few others are open in various ways, sh ...

Perhaps now you understand why I flyfish in my car. Nobody can take that away from me!