Summer time News

Summer Time and the fishing is easy.. Unless you are chasing Stripers in Jersey.. The fresh water streams are also a bit warm and that stresses any trout that you can coax into to co-operating with your flies.  Better to just leave both of these species alone until Fall arrives.. The fish are bigger then and the crowds are smaller.. So what is there to do between now and then?  It's Tuna Time in the Canyons  and the Yellowfin are biting..  Plus if you are wacky enough (like me) to try and drag a big hookless teaser for a couple of hours (maybe days) you might just get to tangle with a White Marlin on the fly.. Better pack a 15plus weight with a Billy Pate and a lot of backing for that task if you do happen to hit a hot billfish.. So what else is available that's a little bit easier to do?  Well you can join us for our Trout Bum Road Trip to upstate PA., N.Y. and VT.. Some of us are heading that way the first week of August to sample the colder waters and cooler weather.. We will also be exhibiting our A.F.F.S. Organization at the CATSKILL FLY FISHING MUSEUM FESTIVAL in Livingston Manor, N.Y.on the 6 -7th and the AMERICAN FLY FISHING MUSEUM'S SUMMERFEST in Manchester Ctr. Vermont on the 13th.. We will be fishing all the big name streams and some of the lesser known ones. If you want to participate in filming some epic fly fishing laughs then give me a call and come join us for this trip.. The fees are low and it should be a memorable excursion.. You will be sure to have a good time if you love fly fishing and have a sense of humor..  Hope to see you on the water or the road..
Capt. Mike

April Shows

In between Shows with a weekend off to regroup and catch up on the website, calendar, videos and  this Blog. We had the A.F.F.S. Rolling Fly Shop & Museum on display last week at the SALTWATER FISHING EXPO in Somerset, N.J. We certainly had a good time at this first for us event.

I want to express our sincere appreciation to the Show promoter Jonathan Sauers and Sales Manager Michael Archambault for giving us the opportunity to demonstrate to them and their show patrons what we have to offer. Jonathan obviously liked what he saw as we have reached an agreement to provide the primary fly casting entertainment and educational seminars for all their 2012 events.
A big thank you to the A.F.F.S. Pros and office staff that participated at the Show.. Paul Healy, Capt. Al Zalata, Alan Johnson, Dino Cedeira and my wife Rita.   

Next week we are on the road to the Pequest Hatchery Show and Open House spring event to concentrate on freshwater fly fishing. Several A.F.F.S. members are scheduled to be on hand including Mike McCauliffe, John Collins, Paul Healy, Dino Cerdeira, Allan Johnson, Bart Lombardo and maybe a few more.  I hope the weather will be co-operative for this mostly outdoor event but at least we won't be stuck in our leaky little Show tent any more.

Then next up will be a ride to the other end of Jersey and our annual Spring visit to Cape May and the Fishermen's Flea Market on Sunday April 10th
I look forward to seeing some of you at these upcoming shows..   

Got back up to Jersey after quite a road trip to Florida to retrieve our "Poetry and Prose" Outhouse trailer that has our Fly Castng Pond in it.. Still had moocho snow surrounding the Rolling Fly Shop Trailer when I got back home.. My next door neighbors had to pile up all the not so white stuff from the last storm in the field btween my house and their wharehose.  They really had no place else to put it.. So me and my friend John used his snowblower yesterday to clear an "Ice Road Truckers" path to reach it.. What fun and games trying to get my tractor hooked up to it last night on the ice.. But I made it.. Now load and reload stuff and head to the Show in Edison early to beat the next incoming storm .. It should be a good time this year if the NEW snowstorm that's coming tonight isn't too bad.. Lots of AFFS members will be in attendance to perform seminars and help out at our AFFS display and  Pond.. Check out the Show website link to see our Seminar Room, Fly Tying Theatre and Casting / Kayaking Pond schedules.. http://www.gsoss.com/

I hope to see a lot of you there..  Capt. Mike