Sparse Grey Matter

Sounds like a nice day, Ed. Thanks for sharing! I'm three weeks out from a hip replacement and working from home, but I went down to one easy-to-access spot on the Ramapo for an hour after work. Lots of midges and some little black stoneflies, but no rising fish, so I tried nymphing a black stone an...

Beautiful fish!

I couldn't help but chuckle at the responses about aging, as I'm mostly housebound following hip replacement. I'm still hoping to be out on a New York stream somewhere come April 1, but it will have to have easy access.

Best wishes for the new season,

Joe

Growing up in a non-outdoorsy family, his columns in the NYT helped fuel my interest in fishing during my youth and early teens. I particularly like this passage quoted in the article, referring to pickerel and trout: “The thought of fly casting for a fish that bears a superficial resemblance to a s...

Wow! I won something on the interwebs. This is a first for me. I found two "Uncle John" references, with "the other one" connected to the Neversink being VanBenschoten. Maybe there are more, as Uncle John was no doubt a common sobriquet. I even have one of them (but not a fisherman) in my family. Th...

My shots in the dark...

1) Atherton / Mollie's Pool
2) English Brown Sedge
3) 1954
4) Pope
5) Elsie Darbee

Fingers crossed...

Joe

Great colors on that fish.

When I worked in Mount Kisco, I used to hop in there sometimes before/after work. Nice small water, with some feisty little browns. Never caught any that were close to the 12" minimum, but they must be in there somewhere because they keep making babies.

Thanks Mike and Rich for taking the time to offer your suggestions. Much appreciated!

Joe

The wife and I are probably heading up to Burlington VT for the long weekend and if I can talk her into it, I may have her drop me off somewhere along the way (or at least not too far out of the way) for a couple hours of fishing while she does something she enjoys. Was thinking maybe somewhere arou...

Nice fish, Ed!

Did you coax that brown into taking a dry? If so, even better. I've had more luck getting those bigger fish to go for nymphs.

Here's one from the Beaverkill last week, when we had a couple of cool mornings.