Tag Archives: striped bass
The Only Time I Bit The Cork
Thanksgiving 2002. I don’t know why I felt compelled to do it, maybe an insecure need to prove I actually did catch that bass on a fly rod. Although in reality it proves nothing; it could have been a stage … Continue reading
Filed under Fly Fishing, Inshore, Northeast
STRIPERS FOREVER GAMEFISH VIDEO
Awesome.
Filed under Fly Fishing, Northeast, Pimped Content, Save the World
MENHADEN: ROCK THE VOTE!
The fishing has been sucking. Here’s a chance where we can all actually do something about it. Rather than mince words, I’ll paste them directly from a mailing by the Chesapeake Bay Foundation: In a matter of days, the Atlantic States … Continue reading
Filed under Fly Fishing, Inshore, Northeast, Photos, Save the World
Bass, Menhaden, Everything
The striped bass of the Chesapeake, and therefore the Eastern Seaboard, got a dose of good news this week with a big spike in the Young of the Year numbers. I spoke briefly with my friend John Page Williams of … Continue reading
Filed under Fly Fishing, Inshore, Northeast, Save the World
Karmic Payoffs Do Not Exist
I emailed the forecast late last night to Nick Murray, who responded “Too late to back out now.” OK, then. I’d already bailed on a Montauk trip this week, and got burned by it. Stripers still eat during Small Craft … Continue reading
Filed under Fly Fishing, Inshore, Northeast
INTERVIEW: John Papciak, Montauk Wetsuiter
Even a boat guy like me realizes that if you fish in the Northeast, you’re doing yourself a disservice if you don’t read Surfcaster’s J0urnal. John Papciak is the magazine’s fly guru, and a proponent of one of the most … Continue reading
Filed under Fly Fishing, Inshore, Northeast
VIDEO: Montauk Rocks
Montauk Rocks Trailer from Richard Siberry on Vimeo. Cool trailer for an upcoming movie about the Montauk surf casting scene, by photographer Richard Siberry.
SHOP LOCAL: Carriers
The Camp-site Sports Shop in Huntington, NY, carries The Blitz. Atlantic Outfitters in Port Washington, NY, carries The Blitz. We support them anyhow but are glad they’re carrying.
Filed under Fly Fishing, Lit, Media, Northeast
Unfamous Places
I drove by this spot a million times when I ran these waters by boat for 12 years. There are boulders on the outside, known as elephants, that hold fish well enough and in any event don’t take kindly to … Continue reading
Filed under Fly Fishing, Inshore, Uncategorized
Stripped
Just a guess that everything usable has been taken and sold. Once maybe part of a suburban soccer convoy until somebody rolled it into the salt marsh where it stands rusty sentry over early season striper water.
Filed under Fly Fishing, Inshore, Northeast, Uncategorized
