The Fly Shutter

Chernobyl Ant, Erryday.

Camera: Nikon D700
Aperture: f/2.8
Exposure: 1/8000th
Focal Length: 60mm

The boy fishing the local bluegill pond. Brought three of my kids, caught nothing, lost 30+ yards of mono, 17 month old on my back kept screaming, it was frustrating. Then my son said, “Thanks Dad for taking us fishing, you’re the best,” and my daughter said, “I love fishing even if I didn’t catch anything.” Worth it.

John Parise nymphing a section of the Paulinskill River in Lafayette NJ.

Camera: Nikon D700
Aperture: f/2.5
Exposure: 1/800th
Focal Length: 85mm

Psuedo HDR. Big Flat Brook, Sandyston NJ.

Camera: Nikon D700
Aperture: f/2.8
Exposure: 1/100th
Focal Length: 35mm

October flurries on the Paulinskill River, Stillwater NJ.

Camera: Nikon D700
Aperture: f/4
Exposure: 1/320th
Focal Length: 85mm

Atlantic Highlands, New Jersey.

Camera: Fujifilm FinePix S3Pro
Aperture: f/2.8
Exposure: 1/1500th
Focal Length: 30mm

Check out my man Eric Hornung. No fishing in a long time.

Cast to the spots the fish should be… no fish. Cast anywhere else…fish. Weird lake. Mike G tossing foam ants early.

Camera: Nikon D700
Aperture: f/2.8
Exposure: 1/8000th
Focal Length: 28mm

Handful.

Camera: Nikon D700
Aperture: f/3.2
Exposure: 1/400th
Focal Length: 60mm

My kids used to ask why I stopped the car and looked over almost every bridge we crossed. Now they don’t say anything and when I get back in the car 30 seconds later they ask, “any fish?” I don’t travel with my flyrod anymore… two snapped tips in car windows does that. My camera though is always with me.

Paulinskill River, New Jersey.

Camera: Nikon D700
Aperture: f/2.8
Exposure: 1/1250th
Focal Length: 50mm