Eric82

You're on a roll!!!

What a bonus!!!!

I bought a sling pack last year and I can't imagine fishing without it. So much more freedom of motion.

Them peacock n partridge are no joke!!! Nice!!!

Sounds and looks like an awesome day!!! Need to get down there soon. Haven't been since January.

I wish!!! i lost the spinning rod and an old phillipson master fly rod due to a dumb kayak "incident". We went floating last June after those big rains and the river was closed the day before. Learned two important lessons... 1. Don't go floating if you are thinking about fishing in those conditions. 2. Leave your good rigs at home. That fly rod was one of my favorites and also lost a nice vintage Orvis featherweight reel. So now its my eagle claw and a reel that i dont mind losing. much... However, i was using an outfitter's kayak which was not a fishing yak. I bought a fishing yak mid summer with plenty of rod holders, some especially designed for fly rods. No other problems but i still dont bring my best stuff on a float. I use that around camp... Speaking of camping planning on going down to the Current in a couple weeks to camp and wade fish. You think camping at Cedar Grove proper would be pretty quiet this time of year? Of course i could bushwack a little to a gravel bar i suppose...

Sweet!!! Thanks Fred. Haven't been there. I'll have to get it a try!!!

Here's a bass I pulled out of dardenne creek at Busch.

You absolutely right. Also inspecting the pics more the reel seat doesn't match up. Oh well would have been a helluva story to tell...

Well if that's a Mitchell 308 and a Garcia rod, hard to tell by the damage, I lost it last summer. Only I lost it near cedar grove so I don't know how it would have made its way up there... But hey if it is mine Tad can have the reel and i'll finish stripping down the rod n rebuild it...

Its mine!!!

i guess the water temps are high enough now for some steady action.... HMMMM... tempting.... was planning on a trout trip soon but may have to reconsider.

Nice!!! Looks like you had some luck at the the LP. How was the water?

I've caught many nice fish out of dardenne at busch. A lot of green sunfish, longear, and largemouth. I've actually caught 2 over 2lbs believe it or not. On poppers. I'll look back through my photos and see if i can find a pic. It's a fun place close to home. Yes i always wear waders especially once the vegetation gets thick on the trails...

Maybe we should start posting about fishing in the dardenne creek.

From my experience yes it does. I was out there a week after the floods this winter. Was still pretty high and off color but fishable to me and i caught fish. So as long as we don't have a repeat of that i think you will be good. HAHA

well i guess as long as its not too much rain next week...

From looking at the levels and forecast the Little Piney should be ok around Lane Spring.

Congrats on two trouts on your first trip!!!! They are purty!!! What you get em on?

I'll definitely post some pics!!! finally finished applying finish to the blank. I used tru oil and have done like 12 coats sanding between each. I probably could have kept going but finally told myself enough is enough!!! it looks fine!! Not to mention my wife said "you still working on that same darn rod"? HAHA. Yes dear... I just glued on a bamboo reel seat slide ring and cap. Gonna work on the cork this week.

I love my Phillipson Fly Fox 6'6"!!! it's rated a 6wt but i use a 5 sometimes as well. One of my favorites for the current or smallie fishing.

Just to add, others may swing it differently, the biggest thing i try to take into account is speed of the current. I try to get as natural of a drift swing as possible. Of course you want some tension/bulge in the line but for example if the current is not very fast i cast at more of a 45 degree angle. If the current is fast i cast at a sharper angle. i throw up stream mends in as well. Basically i want the fly to swing at about the speed of the current or just a little faster. The more you fish soft hackles the easier it will be to read the current As others have mentioned i follow the fly with my rod tip. It's only with streamers when i let that big bow in the line happen and let it swing as crazy as it can. Just my 2 cents...

For me a lot of the time they hook themselves or when I feel the take I set the hook very subtle. An easy short set or easy strip set.

I'm actually building a 6' one piece boo rod right now. 2 wt. Gonna be one of my blue ribbon small stream rods.

Yeah from what I heard none of the rearing pools were affected by the flood at Montauk. I could be mistaken of course.