Anglers are constantly scrounging for new tricks to catch more fish, yet many overlook the way a knot affects their lure in the water or which knot is best for the type of hook they’re using. To that end, here are five knots that will help fisherman get the most out of their lures, flies and baits.
Come April, most Northeast saltwater fly fishers have tied flies and rerigged their gear. Simply put, it’s time to catch fish.. With rising water temperatures triggering migration, striped bass, bluefish, and squetague move to the Northeast…
Some parts of the country conjure up the roots of fly fishing. The Catskills is is one such area, made famous by notables like Art Flick, Roy Steenrod, Hoagy Carmicheal, Charles Ritz and Esquire magazine’s Arnold Gingrech. Michigan-with Hemingway, then the 1959 formation of Trout Unlimited, and in the 1970’s the dynamic duo of Doug Swisher and Carl Richards- is another…
If you’re going to be in Manhattan for a business meeting and you expect to have some free time, be sure you pack a fly rod, as there is quite a bit of saltwater fly fishing you can do right from Manhattan, or within an hour-and-a-half drive from Manhattan. Fish available are striped bass and bluefish and, seasonally, bonito and false albacore.
Capt. Dan Wood (860-442-6343) for boat fishing the inshore islands and the rips out of Niantic on a 26-foot Pacemaker: Capt. Steve Burnett (860-445-7180) for boat fishing the inshore islands and rips out of Groton on a 20-foot Wahoo: Capt. Jeff Northrup (203-226-1915)…