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Read More >>Fish School: How to Fly Fish for False Albacore in New England, Gear Edition
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False Albacore Fly Fishing During the Martha’s Vineyard Derby
New England fall — the season of leaves, apple cider donuts, the fall migration, and the Martha’s Vineyard Striped Bass and Bluefish Derby. The Derby — which, after 73 years is, like Bono or Cher, known simply as “The Derby” — captivates the island, its tourists and others like me; those who are drawn to fishing by a deep, unrelenting magnetism.
Read More >>Cape Cod False Albacore Fishing
This weekend a few of us went to Cape Cod to fish for false albacore — and albacore we did find. The weather went from downright plague-like to beautiful, but the chew stayed fairly strong. Here’s some photos from the weekend.
Read More >>Fly Fishing for False Albacore During the Martha’s Vineyard Derby
Guest author Bob Green writes about catching albies during the Martha’s Vineyard Derby in sporty weather.
Read More >>Fly Fishing for False Albacore off Cape Cod
This past weekend, I went out chasing false albacore off Cape Cod with my dad and a friend. The morning lit up with albies immediately, and stayed pretty strong all day, with only a brief pause around slack tide. I’m not always one to count, but I think we boated close to 20 albies. What a day — and what a beautiful day!
Read More >>Video: Martha’s Vineyard False Albacore Fly Fishing
Last summer, I finally made the pilgrimage to Martha’s Vineyard to fish the Striped Bass and Bluefish Derby — something that I had wanted to do for years, but had escaped me. I went to fish the Derby not for the two title species, but to fly fish for false albacore, my favorite way to close out the season.
Read More >>Chasing False Albacore with Pops
At the end of the day, his face red from the sun, Pops was all jokes and laughs. My dad had albie fever.
Read More >>Best Flies for False Albacore Fly Fishing
it’s the alarm clock of fall, ringing in the arrival of false albacore, the speed junkies of salt, New England’s most beautiful saltwater fish, and one of the most entertaining to catch on a fly.
Read More >>Video: Saltwater Fly Fishing: Massachusetts Bait Balls Summer 2015
On one of my trips this summer, my friend Jared and I ran into huge bait balls — truly, some of the largest I’ve ever seen. Here’s some video from the day, over which we caught stripers, Albies, and blues. It was an awesome day!
Read More >>Photos: Albies, Stripers, Blues & Bait
The other day I went fishing with my friend Jared off the coast of Massachusetts and Rhode Island. We were after albies. What we found was an incredible pile of bait. I posted a video about that here. Here’s some photos from the day — and what day it was.
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