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Wow!!!! Very nice Brown Marcel.

I try to hit the EO every fall around that time. From what I have seen it can be great, or it can be slow. Typically the water flow has been decent every time I have been up. Not to high but not lo ...

Oh yeah. Fishing a trib for stripers I had the smallies crushing a blue and silver mushmouth. It's a salt water fly by design but you never know.

Joey, slump busters work great for bass. If you get up to Mike's shop he has something similar that is orange and chartruese. I forget the name but it is a special locally tied and created pattern. ...

Jeremy. I've been using the Airflo lines for salt this past season. Great line IMO. I'm considering getting some trout lines as well. The lines I got are specifically for cold water. One is the c ...

I'm heading to Maine. Brookies and Salmon fishing for me this weekend. Very Happy

J Bone, I like the Orvis Watershed boxes. Reason why? I lose more flies to taking a swim than closing them in the box wet. So I try to dry any flies I use before putting them back into the box. It ...

I usually tip the same as I would for any other services. If you have a good experience 15-20%. Cost of the trip could also determine the amount I guess. But now that I personally know a guide or t ...

Orvis for Fresh. Though that may change soon.

Airflo for salt. I love the Airflo lines The sinking line I have from them gets down quick at 7" a second. Very thin line also. That can be a ...

So much to fish so little time. I hear you. Cool weather should definitely bring those stripers in as well. Seen a report about some decent ones down around where you'll be. You should be in for s ...

Not going to fish the freshwater at all Marcel? With the weather cooling off the trout fishing will be getting hot!

You can pretty much take your pick at the Cape. If you are looking for good striper spots the ocean side of the Cape is better. Mainly in any of the ponds/bays/marshes around Orleans and Chatham. T ...

For a new leader you don't need to add tippet. You add tippet if you want the leader a bit longer. As in the case that it starts shorting up, because of multiple flies being attached and cut off. A ...

Very nice Marcel!!! Those Brookies are aggressive aren't they? My favorite trout for sure. They aren't the toughest trout to trick. Not picky eaters. But the fight they put up sometimes makes up ...

I'll add a couple being a newb to the salt game.

1) Make sure you have water in your striping basket.

2) Learn the double haul. I watched an instructional vid on youtube to get the basics. B ...

I drove over the Westfield and the Housy 2 days ago. Both were ripping pretty hard then. So I'd imagine the rain will definitely make matters worse. Schoolie stripers might be hitting shore in poin ...

Yup. For about a year when I was in the Air Force. Joey's flies are definitely what I would fish. The RS2 is a great pattern for out there. And midges also. I mainly fished the Snake and Blue riv ...

You can't go wrong rolling with Joey's top ten flies.

http://www.fliesandfins.com/postt1118.html

Check the fish tale he posted on the main page. He has had a killer winter out in CO.

I just started fishing the salt myself. For most normal circumstances I'd say an 8wt would be fine. With that said I'm also now in the market for a 10wt. Mainly because most normal circumstance in ...

I would go out and cast a bunch of different fly rods and pick the one that felt best to you. There are a lot of great rods available in that price range. I started out fly fishing trout. So I was ...

I got the chance to cast the MX in a 10wt today. All I have to say is WOW! Very nice rod. I read the review from Baetis Hatch, but I have to disagree with the guy. I thought I was going to be cast ...

Nevermind. I found something in a search regarding the issue. A sad situation. However if blame had to be placed somewhere the Winston Companies management probably doesn't deserve the blame. The b ...

What exactly is the management change that your mentioning? Winston has always been a top notch rod builder for as long as I have know. I haven't heard anything regarding a new management core that ...

I definitely hear you on the cabin fever. The temps here have been up. So I'm hoping to get down in the river that is right in my backyard as soon as enough of it thaws. It supposedly has a trout p ...

Joey I can't specifically remark on the EO. But I would hazard to guess it is pretty tough fishing. I fished the Battenkill in Febraury on a nice 50+ degree day. While it was nice getting out there ...

Just wondering if anyone has got to check out this new reel from Bauer? It looks pretty sweet. I was wondering how the new drag system feels compaired to the cork drags on their older reels.

I checked their site. They say it holds less dirt and cleans with your typical fly line cleaning kits. Looked like they plan on having the trout taper in wf3f to wf8f.

Sounds awesome. Do they have any special cleaning recommendations? I would think a textured line would hold dirt particles easier than a smooth surface line. And would a standard abrasive pad for c ...

The Beans wicked toughs. They have been pretty good so far. But I hate the neoprene bootie foot. The Beans west branch that I had prior to the wicked toughs were perfect in that respect. Unfortuna ...

Seems par for the coarse now a days with stuff being farmed out overseas. Both have some cool flies. Mike did have one salt fly that really caught my eye that was tied locally. It was kind of like ...

Not sure. They might be. They do have a pretty big Barr's selection. Which I think Umpaqua specializes in. Or Barr designs patterns for them or something. From what I've heard Orvis out sources a ...

I've personally only bought either LL Bean or Orvis flies. I'd like to try some Umpaqua flies though. They have some cool looking patterns. But between the 2, LL Bean has always had the best qualit ...

Man that olive cone head bugger has caught me fish everywhere. +1 without a doubt.

+1 with Joey. If your using a fly line your fly fishing due to the method in which you cast it. If it was about what is at the end of your line then 80% or more aren't fly fishing in the eyes of the ...

Man I wish I could have been there for that. I've fished with Boz 4 times now. And each time I've learned something new and valuable. From mending techniques, casting big heavy 2 nymph rigs to the ...

Very sweet Geoff! Looks like you guys kicked some out there. Montana is my favorite of the western states I've visited. I still want to ski that one mountain I saw looming in the disatnce of one of ...

I haven't fished any yet myself. But I have been studying up to fish the high lakes for Golden Trout. Apparently the bug life is pretty limited that high up from what I have read. Mainly midges. B ...

Great advice dude. Since I'll be moving in the same general area I'm definitely going to be focusing more of my attention to salt fish on the fly now.

I was up at Orvis in Manchester yesterday. The sales rep I spoke to hadn't heard anything about the Mach being discontinued. I did check out both reels. And both are damn nice. I like the sealed s ...

I was checking out reviews on the Mach large arbor since I'm in the process of looking for a backup salt rig. I noticed a couple mentions that Orvis plans to discontinue the Mach series. I did see t ...

Great tips guys. One thing I have done lately is to get my camera out before I even land the fish. If possible of course. I do a lot of solo fishing so I like to take the pics as quick as possible. ...

Maybe he was one of the ultra lite tackle kind of guys. I'd stay in the hopes he hooked into something bigger for a good laugh. I saw something like that last year during the Block Island tournament ...

The Blue is a great little river. Personally I prefer the sections above Breckenridge. There are literally a ton of different spots along 9 where you can pull off and fish it. I couldn't say which ...

Nice bro. Finn is learning where all the honey holes are at a young age.

That brookie wanted a full coarse meal in one sitting. Nice looking stream Geoff.

The Battenkill River has a 3 mile stretch in New York that is open all season. From the VT border to the Eagleville bridge. That is about it unless you want to drive a ways.

Nymph: Prince John and micro mayfly

Dry: Elk haired caddis and stimulator

Hey Wally where's the beaver???? Laughing

No pics of your buddy? Wish I had my stuff with me that day. I could have used what I did have I suppose. Do rainbows like surf candy?

My list of difficulties is long dude. Laughing

But I think the main thing I do wrong is generally when I fish new places. I get all caught up in the fact that it is a new spot and let common sense an ...

Take pics. I would love to see a picture of a Maine Blueback. I found a site that listed the ponds and lakes that had Bluebacks in order of concentration. Forget what the link was but there were a ...