Category: Fly Fishing
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Esopus
It was quite an afternoon on the lower Esopus Creek in the Catskills today. I used my light spinning rod with quarter ounce Al’s goldfish lures and had a bit of luck. In the first hour, I pulled out these two beauties. One trout was an 18-inch rainbow and put up a good fight, and…
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My Fly Rods
Originally Published March 8th 2018 for trip 2017-18, Edited November 3rd 2020 This trip I brought too many rods for trout fishing. I carried a 5/6 switch and a 5 wt nymph rod that I never used so my Winston 9 foot 6 weight BXIII did all the work. The Winston was good in the…
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West Branch Of The Delaware
I have been taking lessons in trout Spey casting with Wayne at River Of Life in Deposit, New York. My rod is an 11’3″ trout rod built by Robert Meisner that I am finding very difficult to learn how to cast but progress, not perfection. I was out with Wayne on the last day of…
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Villa Manihuales
Villa Manihuales is found at the confluence of the Rio Niriguao and the Rio Manihuales. Villa Manihuales has a population of 3000 inhabitants. The primary income-generating activities of the area are mining, ecotourism, sport fishing, secondary activities include logging, dairy, farming, and livestock. The town is located along the Carretera Austral which is also called…
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Time Flies
Sometimes I feel like I have bitten off more than I can chew. This amount of gear is crazy! I am bringing 4 rods; a 13.5 in switch rod, a Loomis 10 weight 9 ft, a Winston Boron III 6 weight 9 ft, and a Winston Air 5 weight 9 ft, and if I am…
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Obtener un número de teléfono celular es difícil, si!
As of November 1, 2021, the requirements to register one’s phone with a local SIM card in Chile has changed. Here is the webpage you need to look at in Google Chrome with the Spanish to English translate on in settings. https://multibanda.cl/soy-extranjero-foreigner/ Getting a temporary cell phone number in Chile is a chore. I have…
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Trout Stocking on the East Branch of the Delaware April 14, 2018
<p class="has-drop-cap" value="<amp-fit-text layout="fixed-height" min-font-size="6" max-font-size="72" height="80">Saturday, I met up with Lenny Millen, guide and fly fishing casting guru, to help stock the East Branch of the Delaware River with hatchery-raised brown trout. The larger and older trout were electronically tagged by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Fish and Wildlife Tech department…
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Fishing In New York State Reservoir’s
www.nyc.gov/html/dep/pdf/recreation/fishing-brochure.pdf I think it’s a good idea to say something! I have my license, my NYC DEP permit, and it’s April 1st, I can fish. The weather is rainy, temperatures are in the ’40s, there is no sun, it’s not too windy, and the barometer is rising. <p value="<amp-fit-text layout="fixed-height" min-font-size="6" max-font-size="72" height="80">The reservoir canoe…
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la soledad
Rio Nireguao, El Gato A crystal clear bright day, no rises. Water 54, air 70’s, little clouds and low humidity, very windy. Since we are in a gorge, there is a venturi or wind tunnel effect. Therefore any breeze is amplified. If I am out in the water, casting is not difficult, but the line…
A River To Fish 