Comments on: Skunk Hour* http://fishingjones.com/2009/03/12/skunk-hour/ Tue, 27 Jul 2010 01:46:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Pete McDonald http://fishingjones.com/2009/03/12/skunk-hour/comment-page-1/#comment-1400 Pete McDonald Fri, 13 Mar 2009 18:18:58 +0000 http://fishingjones.com/?p=3719#comment-1400 Chris, I have seen guys cheat there, too. Guys drifting eggs, guys using scent. If you need to cheat on this river then you might as well give up fishing because what's the point? Actually, what's the point of fly fishing if you're going to cheat? I think the last time I got skunked there was also in the mid 90s. Fortunately, there used to be a trap range nearby so I took out my frustrations with my buddy's over-under. Chris,

I have seen guys cheat there, too. Guys drifting eggs, guys using scent.

If you need to cheat on this river then you might as well give up fishing because what’s the point? Actually, what’s the point of fly fishing if you’re going to cheat?

I think the last time I got skunked there was also in the mid 90s. Fortunately, there used to be a trap range nearby so I took out my frustrations with my buddy’s over-under.

]]> By: chris http://fishingjones.com/2009/03/12/skunk-hour/comment-page-1/#comment-1399 chris Fri, 13 Mar 2009 17:49:05 +0000 http://fishingjones.com/?p=3719#comment-1399 you are a member of a secret society. sometime in the late 90's i fished the reserve with a couple friends. it was late august and everything was low and slow - difficult even for those bountifully mangaged waters. one member of our crew who shall remain nameless to preserve his innocence (lest he be self-assured enough to man-up as Pete has done here) was skunked and whined about this all afternoon, re-christening the stream in the process. "I cannot be believe I can't catch a (multiexpletive) fish at Connetquot. I'll just call this goddamened place Con-NOT-caught." this was even more furstrating to him by the fact that we were fishing a beat near one of the "ponds" and there were a couple guys on the rowboats slaying large fish with apparent ease. we didn't tell our miserable friend something we learned later that afternoon - their spectacular success might have been aided by performance-enhancing gear. when the warden came around to check flies they took a good while to paddle in the whole 15 yards and the guy not at the oars was messing with their gear pretty feverishly. i later asked what they were slaying 'em with. his reply with a pretty straight face was "purple san juan worm". anyway, was not aware of the curent situation there. thx for the update in advance. you are a member of a secret society. sometime in the late 90′s i fished the reserve with a couple friends. it was late august and everything was low and slow – difficult even for those bountifully mangaged waters. one member of our crew who shall remain nameless to preserve his innocence (lest he be self-assured enough to man-up as Pete has done here) was skunked and whined about this all afternoon, re-christening the stream in the process. “I cannot be believe I can’t catch a (multiexpletive) fish at Connetquot. I’ll just call this goddamened place Con-NOT-caught.”

this was even more furstrating to him by the fact that we were fishing a beat near one of the “ponds” and there were a couple guys on the rowboats slaying large fish with apparent ease. we didn’t tell our miserable friend something we learned later that afternoon – their spectacular success might have been aided by performance-enhancing gear. when the warden came around to check flies they took a good while to paddle in the whole 15 yards and the guy not at the oars was messing with their gear pretty feverishly. i later asked what they were slaying ‘em with. his reply with a pretty straight face was “purple san juan worm”.

anyway, was not aware of the curent situation there. thx for the update in advance.

]]> By: Chris Michels http://fishingjones.com/2009/03/12/skunk-hour/comment-page-1/#comment-1398 Chris Michels Thu, 12 Mar 2009 19:35:20 +0000 http://fishingjones.com/?p=3719#comment-1398 Thanks! Thanks!

]]> By: Pete McDonald http://fishingjones.com/2009/03/12/skunk-hour/comment-page-1/#comment-1397 Pete McDonald Thu, 12 Mar 2009 19:32:18 +0000 http://fishingjones.com/?p=3719#comment-1397 Chris, sent a few your way... Ben, My deficiencies as a trout angler stem from an aversion to nymphing. I'll do it, but as was the case yesterday, I get stubborn about working streamers even when it's all but pointless. Call it death by 1,000 woolly bugger casts. Chris, sent a few your way…

Ben,
My deficiencies as a trout angler stem from an aversion to nymphing. I’ll do it, but as was the case yesterday, I get stubborn about working streamers even when it’s all but pointless. Call it death by 1,000 woolly bugger casts.

]]> By: Benjamin Rioux http://fishingjones.com/2009/03/12/skunk-hour/comment-page-1/#comment-1396 Benjamin Rioux Thu, 12 Mar 2009 19:14:51 +0000 http://fishingjones.com/?p=3719#comment-1396 Can't wait to read more about it Pete. P.S.-If you need anyone to teach you how to catch trout, look me up. hehehehe -Ben Can’t wait to read more about it Pete.
P.S.-If you need anyone to teach you how to catch trout, look me up.
hehehehe
-Ben

]]> By: Chris Michels http://fishingjones.com/2009/03/12/skunk-hour/comment-page-1/#comment-1395 Chris Michels Thu, 12 Mar 2009 18:56:56 +0000 http://fishingjones.com/?p=3719#comment-1395 Hook me up with some good links for NY striper fishing. I need to take advantage of it while I'm out here. Hook me up with some good links for NY striper fishing. I need to take advantage of it while I’m out here.

]]> By: Pete McDonald http://fishingjones.com/2009/03/12/skunk-hour/comment-page-1/#comment-1394 Pete McDonald Thu, 12 Mar 2009 18:49:25 +0000 http://fishingjones.com/?p=3719#comment-1394 Oh and JP, I was stuck in the office last week reading about your jobba carp. Oh and JP, I was stuck in the office last week reading about your jobba carp.

]]> By: Pete McDonald http://fishingjones.com/2009/03/12/skunk-hour/comment-page-1/#comment-1393 Pete McDonald Thu, 12 Mar 2009 18:45:50 +0000 http://fishingjones.com/?p=3719#comment-1393 I think every fly fisher in the NYC metro area has made the pilgrimage. It certainly is/was a king-maker stream. When it's like that, you kind of feel dirty after. I think every fly fisher in the NYC metro area has made the pilgrimage.

It certainly is/was a king-maker stream.

When it’s like that, you kind of feel dirty after.

]]> By: Chris Michels http://fishingjones.com/2009/03/12/skunk-hour/comment-page-1/#comment-1392 Chris Michels Thu, 12 Mar 2009 18:29:21 +0000 http://fishingjones.com/?p=3719#comment-1392 Pete, I made a small post about it last September. The clues gave your location away. I use to fish there a lot when I lived in the city. That place really use to do something for a man's ego, that's for sure. It's kind of sad that the Conny is being fished out, but on the other hand, it's just a precursor to a healthy fishery for the future. It sucks that all the fish that are in there right now have to die for the future of the fishery, but without the sacrifice, that place wont have a future. I had a link to the news article in my post, but it looks like it's not active anymore. -Chris Pete,

I made a small post about it last September. The clues gave your location away. I use to fish there a lot when I lived in the city. That place really use to do something for a man’s ego, that’s for sure. It’s kind of sad that the Conny is being fished out, but on the other hand, it’s just a precursor to a healthy fishery for the future. It sucks that all the fish that are in there right now have to die for the future of the fishery, but without the sacrifice, that place wont have a future.

I had a link to the news article in my post, but it looks like it’s not active anymore.

-Chris

]]> By: Pete McDonald http://fishingjones.com/2009/03/12/skunk-hour/comment-page-1/#comment-1391 Pete McDonald Thu, 12 Mar 2009 18:24:22 +0000 http://fishingjones.com/?p=3719#comment-1391 I forgot about your goddamm decoder poppers. Normally I foil up when they're in my presence. I forgot about your goddamm decoder poppers. Normally I foil up when they’re in my presence.

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