First Trout In Two Years
Posted on May 1st, 2010
I shall call him Tiny.
Tagged: brown trout, central new york, tiny fish pursuits
Posts tagged “brown trout”
Brown Beasties From Out West
Posted on August 5th, 2009
My buddy Chris Hodge sends photographic evidence that he is not missing the east coast striper scene one bit since he went west again. As he said in his note, “I’ve been studying fishing purely streamers and I think it’s paying off.”
Tagged: brown trout, Commander Cody, that much further west
LENSE MAN: Corey Kruitbosch Talks Photography
Posted on June 18th, 2009
Rewards, originally uploaded by cor23.* His name and images, like one of our favorites above, are showing up everywhere in the fly fishing industry. Based out of Ogden, Utah, Corey Kruitbosch (here’s his blog) actually has a day job in the gaming industry but still gets it done on the water with a rod and a lens. Somewhere between his job and his passion he found the time to answer a few questions about photography. All the sudden your photography is showing up everywhere; The Drake, This Is Fly, Catch, Midcurrent. How did you go from working in the gaming industry to getting paid gigs shooting fly fishing pics? Honestly, I couldn’t really give you a solid answer. I am pretty blown away myself.…
Some Winter Shots, To Mark Opening Day
Posted on March 31st, 2009
I won’t be fishing the trout opener but I will be thinking about it, maybe a little.
More on the Connetquot Matter
Posted on March 26th, 2009
Of interest mainly to people in the NYC Metro: My buddy Stefan wanted to find out more about the Connetquot and forwarded me this email response he got. On Behalf of Ronald F. Foley, Regional Director, LI Region March 25, 2009 Dear Mr.REDACTED : On Behalf of Commissioner Carol Ash, I am writing in response to your e-mail of March 19, 2009 concerning the Connetquot River State Park Preserve Hatchery. Trout in the Connetquot River and hatchery have tested positive for Infectious Pancreatic Necrosis (IPN). We are working closely with the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) to address the matter. No trout will be hatched or raised in the hatchery this coming season in order to give us time to both develop…
Bad Hatchery Craziness
Posted on March 13th, 2009
This Ken Shultz article came out just before the NY State DEC discovered IPN. The Connetquot represents in one localized microcosm the best and the worst of a hatchery sustained fishery. On the one hand, a stream this close to such high population density could never support pure wild fish with unrestricted access to them. Operating a stream on a pay-to-reserve English beat system with a carefully managed stocking program allows for solitude rather than shoulder to shoulder and the chance to fish larger than normal brown, brook, and rainbow trout. On the other hand, it is not reality. On the one hand, the big sea runs and the cagey eight-pound holdovers with the hooked jaws exist in numbers not seen in normalcy. On…
Skunk Hour*
Posted on March 12th, 2009
What happens when a Montauk Surf Vampire and saltwater guy with a slight Florida ditch obsession conspire to fish a trout stream? Nothing. More later on the state of said trout stream, stocked, and the ongoing efforts to de-stock it in hopes of restocking it later. In a word, bizarre. [UPDATE: Jason did in fact hook and land a rainbow, but I had blocked it out of my memory.] *(With apologies to Robert Lowell)
Tagged: brook trout, brown trout, getting skunked, rainbow trout, stocked fish, The Fin
RODS: Horrocks-Ibbotson Info?
Posted on February 3rd, 2009
Last year I liberated my dad’s old Horrocks-Ibbotson fiberglass fly rod from a dusty corner of the boat shed. [I'd say "borrowed" but that implies the intent to return it.] Since then it has become my favorite stick for trout fishing. I’m pretty sure it was a low end rod in its day, but it just has a great feel to it for trouting applications. Plus, at only 7 1/2 feet, it’s much easier to wield on the small brush lined streams I frequent before the stripers show up. I’m having a hard time finding quality information about the manufacturer, though. So far this is the most relevent link I’ve found. If anyone knows more about the company and its rods, shoot me an…
Tagged: brown trout, fiberglass fly rod, Horrocks Ibbotson, Mohawk Deluxe, trout
What I Like To See Through My Shades, #2
Posted on January 8th, 2009
Tagged: brown trout
