Wind River reel

Morning Run

July 6, 2012 by Leigh Leave a Comment

With temps predicted to reach the 90’s today, I decided to hit the water early. At 6 am it was already 67 degrees. Cool, but the humidity and lack of clouds were a forewarning of the afternoon’s weather. I was comfortable wearing a t-shirt and shorts underneath my waders for most of the time, along with my homemade chest pack.

My first stop yielded a nice 11″ rainbow, taken on a Hornberg dry. After realizing that I left my camera in the car, I headed to spot #2.

I switched to a dark bead head hare’s ear nymph, which produced this bass, as well as a number of sunfish.

By 9 am I could feel the humidity and heat starting to burn on my neck and back, so I decided to call it a day. Hope you’re able to get out this week as well. Enjoy!

Memorial Day On The Musconetcong

May 28, 2012 by Leigh Leave a Comment

I only had a couple of hours available to fish this weekend due to other commitments, so I wanted to make the most of the short window of time.

On Sunday the temps were warm, so I decided to have some fun with dry flies on the Musconetcong River. The Musky is not that far from my home and there is plenty of good fishing as long as the water temps don’t get too high.

I fished from around 10 am until noon, and was rather happily surprised to find that I had most of the river to myself. An added bonus was that the mosquitoes were non-existent, a rare occasion in New Jersey warm weather.

The fish were rising sporadically, so I knew that dry fly action was possible if I found the right fly. As luck would have it, caddis variations did the trick.

Both the trout and the panfish were caught with caddis flies in surprisingly shallow water. Both were in runs that were less than shin deep.

I continued to catch a mix of trout and bream. Unfortunately these were the only two that I photographed before the camera battery died.

I was using one of the 9′ 4 wt graphite rods that I built in December, along with the Cabelas Wind River Reel. I had more of a chance to work with the drag on this outing, and I’m still impressed with the reel.

Hope your Memorial Day weekend is going well. Please remember those who served our country to keep it free. Enjoy!

Review Of Cabelas Wind River Large Arbor Fly Reel

April 12, 2012 by Leigh Leave a Comment

Owljones.com is one of my favorite blogs, so when Jeff asked me about posting a review on the Cabelas Wind River reel I was happy to oblige. To see my review on his site, click here.

Also, if you haven’t seen them yet, please check out his new site for bass poppers, www.zazzypop.com. You’ll be glad you did.

Enjoy!