2014 was a great year for me personally, and for New England on the Fly. I made some good new fishing friends, had some great days on the water. Here’s the video that wraps it all up.
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With storm after storm raging outside, I’ve been spending some good time at my fly tying desk. I love this time of winter, for the quiet hours spent either tying favorite patterns, or experimenting with new ones.
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Last night, as the mercury plunged, a few friends gathered to tie flies in a subterranean Boston restaurant. It was a great antidote to the bitter cold outside: jokes were told, patterns debated, and the jerk chicken was much, much hotter than people remembered.
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Recently, Dwayne and Kyle at DSF shared some photos with me from their recent stocking efforts. In looking at them, I wish I had been there with them.
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In preparing for my trip to the Gaspé Peninsula, I was planning on searching for two types of tail: Atlantic salmon, and striped bass. I needed a reel whose drag system was strong enough to stop a Gaspe salmon, and durable enough to withstand nights in the surf and hours on dirt roads.
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It is commonly said that fly fishing is a sport for gear heads. It’s true — there is a lot of gear. But after spending a part of my day in a high-end photography store, I wondered: just how much gear do I bring fishing?
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Recently, friends have gone to the Bahamas, to Boca for tarpon, and to the Miramichi for Atlantic salmon. I’ve been thinking about this last one a lot, as my close friend Ben Moody went salmon fishing for the first time on the Little Southwest Miramichi. This winter, I tied him some flies, and so I was anxious to find out how he had done.
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With spring approaching — it is approaching, I tell myself, despite what the weather does — I’ve stated tying regularly again, including Joe Blados’s Crease fly, some variations on Rich Murphy striped bass flies, and some Atlantic salmon flies.
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Atlantic salmon in Maine have been off-limits to anglers for years. Now, two efforts — the Downeast Salmon Federation and the Downeast Fisheries Partnership — are pursuing two innovative approaches that offer hope for salmon fishermen in Maine,
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In sitting with Ben the other night, we talked about the river, and what might work well while he’s there. Being one for tradition, and for history, I suggested he try the classic Miramichi flies. Upon getting home, I was drawn to Ted’s old desk to tie those very patterns — patterns I plan to share with Ben, in hopes that he might catch a salmon on one.
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