We just came back from our annual Atlantic Salmon trip in New Brunswick,Canada. Lots of fun on the Miramachi River. We all caught salmon, grisle and brook trout. The wind came up on the second day to a steady 40 with gusts over 50. We decided to spend the afternoon in camp. This was my […]
[Continue reading…]Getting closer
The days are finally getting longer and the temps are creeping up. All my rods and reels are cleaned and checked. Saltwater flies are tied and my spring salmon flies are ready to go. I have enough trout flies that are ready for this week’s opener. It’s still another month till the boat gets uncovered. […]
[Continue reading…]That’s a wrap!!
We called it a season on Tuesday morning. With some help from the guys we pulled the boat out and now it’s parked safely in our driveways. Gail had her surgery the week before and came down to supervise. She had three vertebrae fused in her neck and is well on the road to recovery. […]
[Continue reading…]It’s a wrap!
Gary made the long drive out east for our final trip of this season. We left early and found bass along the beach along with a couple dozen of our closest friends. Gary picked up a few fish pretty quickly before the sun got too high. When they quit we went exploring. We found some […]
[Continue reading…]A two fer
Today ol’ Bob left the deep woods for a little fall fishing. We left the dock with the sun just peeking out and found the bass piled up eating bay anchovies. Bob dropped a fly in front of them and it was inhaled by his personal best striper that was in the neighborhood of 20 […]
[Continue reading…]The fat lady is warming up!
I took a solo trip at the end of last week. It took two casts for the first bass. After a bit I moved and caught seven more up to 15 lbs. All in all I went about 10 miles total. Today Gary came back and it took him three casts for his first and […]
[Continue reading…]Back at it
Long time friend Gary was back again after the elusive Albie. The fish that were here last week left on Sundays blow for parts unknown. The past two days proved fishless for all involved. I hemmed and hawed about todays trip and finally decided to take a look around. Right off the bat Gary picked […]
[Continue reading…]Striper Thumb
Long time friend and angler Gary made the long dangerous trip up art. 95 in the fog to throw some flies today. We left the dock with 100 feet of visibility which is always a fun ride. We found our desired piece of land and started a slow crawl in search of some hungry bass. […]
[Continue reading…]A bit of a challenge
For the past two days I’ve had the pleasure of fishing with old friends from upstate NY. Charlie and Sarah came back for an annual October fest. Finally we had some decent weather for these guys. We started out early Tuesday morning and found some bass in an eating mode. Charlie caught his personal best […]
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