Day: February 9, 2011

Warm again, and trout fishing 101

February 9, 2011 Comments Off on Warm again, and trout fishing 101

Now I know from a recent conversation with Thomas “Titan of Law” Rapone that the Northeast is in pretty bad shape weather-wise. The weather here, however, is very nice. We had a small front roll through yesterday, and were unable to find any tarpon in the channels (we did, however, get to jump some smaller…

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Sight fishing in New Zealand

February 9, 2011 Comments Off on Sight fishing in New Zealand

Guide: See that branch? Angler: The one right above that brown trout? Guide: Yip. See below it? Angler: Yes, right where there’s a hole in the water from a large brown? Guide: exactly. Now see that fish? He’s kinda hard to see…. Angler: Seriously? Guide: You gotta look hard, maybe cock your head to the…

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Hardy Ships Proaxis Syntrix Rods EARLY, 4 piece 6 10 wt.

February 9, 2011 Comments Off on Hardy Ships Proaxis Syntrix Rods EARLY, 4 piece 6 10 wt.

Good afternoon (really, it is). Hardy has shipped us some of it’s highly anticipated Proaxis rods more than a month early. Now I know that there are a lot of good rods on the market, but these are, in my opinion, some of the best. The best way I can describe their action is that…

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Striper of a Lifetime

February 9, 2011 Comments Off on Striper of a Lifetime

Alex Powers recently emailed me this story and photograph of an incredible catch. Thank you Alex for reminding us why we do it. Here’s the photo of the striper I caught last Memorial Day. His account is here: It took an epoxy sand eel pattern in about 2′ of water – it weighed 25lbs and…

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