This weekend was an exciting and fun time in Atlantic Highlands, New Jersey. I was honored to serve as the officiant at Michael Maoui and Emily Hocks’ wedding, held at the Twin Lights Historic Site. From the site, one can see across Sandy Hook to the skyline of Manhattan. This site was not chosen at […]
Otter’s Eggs are great imitations for the likes of browns, steelies, and salmon, and Walt Mueller (The Otter), has devised a great way to peg them on thee leader about 3 to 4 inches above the hook. He slips a tiny bead on the leader, secures it with a couple of turns through the hole […]
I will be attending the International Fly Tying Symposium on Nov. 19, 20, in Somerset, NJ. Prior to the show, I will be fishing with gary Edwards on the Salmon River in NY and with Chuck Furimsky and friends out of Ocean City, NJ. I will post as I am able–hopefully photos of big browns, […]
I’ve had requests to show step by step tying sequences for a couple of flies. The first of these is the Peacock Snail. Others to follow. The Peacock Snail is a lethal fly on trout lakes around the world. It’s very simple in design, too, making it easy and fast to tie. Sizes 10-14 are […]
My fishing, knife making, guitar building, composer, musician friend, John Beth, just sent some photos of cohos and steelhead that he caught just a couple of days ago on a Lake Michigan Tributary. The kings and cohos were winding down, but the browns have not yet made it into the rivers here. We did get […]
I will be in Tucson this weekend to speak at the Old Pueblo TU annual Halloween on the Fly event. There will be a morning casting class and then Power Point programs and discussions in the afternoon. Open to the public. If you’re in the area, come out and say Hello.
My friend, Chuck Furimsky headed south last week with his friend, Frank Surjansky, to fish with our mutual friend, Captain Jake Jordan. What a trip it turned out to be. Chuck called to talk about it, and then Jake sent our his email report. Have a look. October 16, 2011; North wind at 15, cold […]
Day 4 dawned with rain and high winds, and the promise of much more to come. I headed back to the section where the kings had been so cooperative last evening. They were still abundant but amazingly subdued. In fact, they hardly reacted to the fly. It must have been a busy night because they […]
Day three started with rain—off and on from midnight to about 6 am. It was strictly incidental and without any accumulation. As a consequence the river stayed low and clear. The early part of the day was cold but without too much wind. The wind picked up about noontime and by 4 pm was blowing […]
The day started early, and I was on the water just after daylight. The fish were moving, but not to my fly; not until I changed locations. Then they were after my fly, and continued to be after it for the rest of the day. The first several hours were an average salmon day: a […]