The latest Pool 32 online magazine is here. At over 300 pages, it is quite a read.
Enjoy!
Member Trips
Ten & Two – Volume 2 Number 2
The latest Ten & Two is here, just in time for the first snow of 2012.
Stories in this issue include salmon fishing with Charles Gaines on Nova Scotia’s Margaree River, the Normaway Inn in the Cape Breton Highlands, the Glenora Distillery, Louisbourg Lighthouse Trail, and fiddle-maker Otis Tomas.
Enjoy before or after you dig out of the snow.
Catch Magazine #21
The latest Catch Magazine is now ready. Filled with amazing photographs, videos, and stories of fly fishing travels, it’s always an interesting read.
One of my favorite articles is on the color green and the various places it is found in fly fishing.
Dry Fly Argentina also contains some amazing scenery, which is only enhanced by the beautiful fish found in its waters.
There’s a nice slide show of small streams presented by Brian O’Keefe and Orvis. It will definitely make you start thinking of spring.
Brian also has a great photo essay on Alaska fishing, complete with beautiful views, large fish, bears, and something I had not seen before – Alaska cotton.
Catch Magazine is also converting to a low-cost subscription-based model, so take advantage of reading one of the final free issues before you subscribe. Enjoy!
Southern Culture On The Fly #2
The first release of online fly mag SCOF for 2012 is now available.
This issue features stories on fishing in Arkansas for browns, winter on the Davidson, chasing redfish in Charleston, and my favorite, winter fishing in the Florida Keys.
There are also tutorials on fly tying and a gear review, along with a fly shop profile.
Plenty to read until the next issue in April. Enjoy!
Last Casts Of 2011
Temps were in the 50’s today with sunny skies, an unusual occurrence for northern New Jersey winter, especially New Year’s Eve. A friend of mine suggested that we take advantage of the opportunity and hit a local wild trout stream.
I knew it was going to be a good day when a small wild brown took a hare’s ear on one of my first casts. It fought like a fish twice it’s size and had great coloring.
A few yards down a 7″ brookie took the hare’s ear. Another good fight. These wild fish are pretty and feisty at any size.
My friend continued to pick up fish while my action quieted down. We moved downstream, changed our rigs and started catching again. I finished the day with a small brown that took a caddis pupa and he caught a dancing brown that I believe was the best fish of the day.
I was trying out my new build, a 9′ 4 wt, which up until today had only caught one nice sized chub. I was afraid that the rod had been jinxed, but today proved otherwise.
After a hike back to the car through a forest of wild rose bushes (my first purchase of 2012 may be a machete) and a few slip’n slide episodes on the marshy ground, we went for lunch at a local brew pub. Not a bad way to finish off 2011.
Below are a couple of pics from the day. Sorry they’re not better, but I only had my phone’s camera.
Have a Happy and Safe 2012!
