Pops’s Bamboo Rod Shop at the Catskill Fly Fishing Center & Museum

As I’ve written about before on this site, my dad’s bamboo rod building workshop has long been bound for the Catskill Fly Fishing Center & Museum. That day finally came, and the long room in the back of our garage is now empty.

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New England on the Fly Partners with The Compleat Angler

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The boys down at The Compleat Angler, a fishing store and outfitter in Darien, CT, have picked up New England on the Fly, and built out a section of their awesome new website for my content. This means more talking about New England fly fishing, with more people, more of the time.

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Exciting New Partnership

todd fedele striped bass

I try to keep any and all professional announcements off this site, but I wanted to share some exciting news: Todd Fedele, guide and co-owner of The Compleat Angler fishing store, has asked me to join him and others in a new venture. I’ll share more details, as well as the back story and links, as soon as there’s more to share.

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Good news for menhaden

Menhaden — the largely unrecognized lynchpin of the saltwater food chain whose stocks have shown signs of decline in recent years — had a good day this week: the ASMFC’s Menhaden Management Board approved the first ever Atlantic menhaden harvest reduction, setting the reduction at 20%.

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