Stockies in a section of the Paulinskill River, New Jersey.

  1. Camera: Nikon D700
  2. Aperture: f/4
  3. Exposure: 1/640th
  4. Focal Length: 180mm

Stocked trout huddled together awaiting their slaughter on opening day, tomorrow, 8AM. I will not be attending.

These men help stock Big Flat Brook in Walpack, New Jersey. These men help stock Big Flat Brook in Walpack, New Jersey. These men help stock Big Flat Brook in Walpack, New Jersey.

These men help stock Big Flat Brook in Walpack, New Jersey.

A good laugh at Big Flat Brook in New Jersey yesterday. All members of Trout Unlimited, these guys waited for a truck that was 3 1/2 hours late to make sure a shipment of stockies made it into Blewett Track safely. If you see one of these men, thank them.

  1. Camera: Nikon D700
  2. Aperture: f/5.6
  3. Exposure: 1/1600th
  4. Focal Length: 17mm

Small Zebra Midge type thang.

It was 65 yesterday. I hadn’t fished in quite awhile. I caught nothing, fell chest first into a muddy riverbank and had my fly rod come apart while casting… I’m not complaining though.

Big Flat Brook, Sandyston New Jersey

  1. Camera: Nikon D200
  2. Aperture: f/5
  3. Exposure: 1/320th
  4. Focal Length: 180mm

Feisty

  1. Camera: Nikon D200
  2. Aperture: f/4
  3. Exposure: 1/320th
  4. Focal Length: 180mm

Black and White Brown, Big Flat Brook, NJ.

  1. Camera: Nikon D200
  2. Aperture: f/4
  3. Exposure: 1/320th
  4. Focal Length: 180mm

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.

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