Franky

September 30, 2015

Thanks for the summary Frank. Like Ct, I managed to miss the news of the entire thing, but your post was very thorough. Thanks.

September 28, 2015

Thank you Dean!

September 27, 2015

Will there be another one of those official emblems that must be printed out and included in the image? Can we get the rules put somewhere just as a reminder? Thanks.

September 25, 2015

Those are the coolest looking fish! Awesome catches!

September 16, 2015

Hello Franky, The one day Fishing license for NH is 15$ Three day license is 28$ Yearly is 53$

Thank you Rob

September 16, 2015

Rob, can't be sure yet, but I definitely hope I can make it up there. I'll let you know when I know for sure.

Also what is the license situation for NH?

September 13, 2015

Sorry about your rod...

My experience with fly fishing for them is that wind makes it nearly impossible... and that was with winds not close to 20 mph!!

And I found that white dubbing on the hook to build up a body -- like your cotton fly -- works fine without any scent or additive, so long s you can get it just a few feet in front of the fish.

This makes me want to do some fly fishing for them again! Good luck with the new rod and fly fishing for them! And I bet you could do fine with a 5 wt. too, so long as your drag is good.

September 9, 2015

Don't think I ever ended up fishing them. I tied a whole bunch, but have trouble switching from the ones that are working.

I intended to use them on the fly rod too, without any scent or additives. But it just seems like foam should soak that up like a sponge.

September 9, 2015

I'm also going to try and make my own fake corn using fly tying stuff and deer hair. Deer hair is hollow and floats and has lots of nooks and crannies to hold scent too.

I've tied "corn flies" using yellow 2mm craft foam. I'd imagine these would hold a lot of scent. I can see how deer hair would be good too, though, although I can't spin deer hair on a small enough hook for carp.

September 7, 2015

Great pictures and write up. Those are some fantastic fish!

September 6, 2015

Great job!

September 6, 2015

Great pictures! That sturgeon is really cool especially

September 1, 2015

Great mirror!

August 31, 2015

Usually I just wipe mine down with a wet paper towel, and then dry them. Occasionally, if a reel is really dirty, sandy, muddy, etc., I will submerge it in warm water and reel it a few times and loosen and re-tighten the drag, while it's underwater. Then I thoroughly dry it. That's only if there's some sort of grit between parts of the reel.

August 31, 2015

Hi Franky

That sounds like a bad cough you have. I think you may have to take some time off school and maybe go fishing??

Iain

I think so Iain! Looking forward to the next fish in! Thanks again for putting that one on.

August 31, 2015

August 31, 2015

Many thanks to all who turned out on the Merrimack yesterday. It was great to have so many attending with participants from MA, RI and NH making the trip.

Congratulations to those who succeeded to land one or more fish (Donald, Lefty, Liam, Rob, Bob and Brendan). As for and those of us who didn't quite manage it (Will, Todd, Franky and his brother and, as usual, your humble SC)........our time will come!

Thanks also to Eric (ermghoti) and his girlfriend, who dropped-by for a chat and ended up staying for several hours, and to Franky's Dad and Brendan's Mom for driving them to-and-fro.

Let's get together again soon.

Iain

*Cough* Jason *Cough*

August 30, 2015

Great fish Robert! I heard you say, "I'm not leaving here 'til I get a fish", and glad to see you stuck with that!!

August 29, 2015

Pretty sure I had the fastest 40 time!! Lol!

Fastest I've ever seen anyone move while fishing for sure, and the front-flip at the end really capped it off nicely too!! Lol!

August 29, 2015

Big thanks to Iain for organizing and prebaiting! As Lefty said, it was a really great turnout! Although I lost my only run do to a rookie mistake (forgot to loosen the drag again after previously getting out a snag!), it was great to see so many others bringing fish to the bank!

Here's a few of my pics from the day. A lot of which are similar to previously posted ones, but here they are anyways...