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Fall Lake Fly Fishing

September 30, 2011 by Leigh 1 Comment

I’m lucky enough to live in an area that has a number of fishable lakes and ponds. Some do not allow gas powered motors, and as a result, get little fishing pressure.

So when the rivers become blown out from all the rain we’ve had recently, I load up the kayak, bass rod and warm water fly box and head out for the day.

Fall is a great time to fly fish for warm water species. Poppers are very effective, especially smaller ones with rubber legs.

The fish seem to adopt the color palette of autumn and are eager to take a fly. Here are some pics from the local lakes. Enjoy!

FinFollower World Headquarters Moves to Garden State

September 2, 2010 by Leigh 1 Comment

For almost a year now I have been writing FinFollower from Connecticut, with most pics and stories coming from The Farmington and Housatonic Rivers, along with some local ponds and lakes.

I recently got a new day job, so I will be moving to northwestern New Jersey. I lived there almost 10 years ago, but at that time I had not discovered fly fishing. So while I’m going back to a familar area, I’ll look at it much differently than I did then. Not only are there new ponds and lakes to discover, but I’ll be checking out the Flat Brook, Musconetcong, and mighty Delaware rivers.

I’ve attached .pdfs of Jersey ponds/lakes and river/streams. I’m looking forward to finding some that are not on the map.

New Jersey Pond and Lake Listing

New Jersey Stream and River Listing

I’ve already made some fly fishing connections so I’m hoping to bring some new content shortly.

Stay tuned.

Back in the ‘Yak

April 4, 2010 by Leigh 2 Comments

Easter has arrived with some beautiful weather in tow. Temperatures in the 70’s with light winds and low humidity. Local rivers are still high due to snow melt and a dousing of heavy rain, but some of the lakes and ponds are fishable.

I put the kayak racks back on the car a couple of weeks ago, and this weekend gave me an excuse to use them. I loaded up, and along with a friend of mine, went to a private lake to practice some early spring casting.

It started out slow, but picked up around noon. Tried a few different flies, but small green poppers were preferred.

Here are a few of our catches.