Magic Fly
Everyone has a confidence fly, until it isn’t. Sometimes it’s one that has fooled a lot of fish. Sometimes it’s one that has fooled big fish. The best are both. …
The corner
I caught myself telling a fish story the other day. It was from a time last year with a client wading the flats. (You guess which one.) We had left …
Manage to abundance
If you want to make your voice heard on the future management of striped bass, time is running out. The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission is considering what to include …
A new take
Strip, set. The take. As a salt season to remember and a year to (mostly) forget winds to a close here on Cape Cod, I am renaming this blog in …
A plan to reopen, safety and stripers
It’s time to get back out on the water. Doing so safely is priority number one at Cape Cod on the Fly. My job is to get you out and …
A moment each morning
It happens every time I rise before dawn, pick up a rod and wander into the world. But sometimes it means more than others. I took the year’s first scouting …
Striped bass need your voice
(Scroll down to read my comment letter.) There have been a lot of developments in the striped bass fishery over the past several years: Adjustments in the stock assessment, terrible …
Catch and release
Striped bass are overfished and I’m part of the reason why. This past season there were three fish harvested on board my boat, two striped bass and one bluefish. Although …
Fishing for a gift idea?
My buddy’s wife sometimes messages me for advice. She is on the lookout for a fishing-related Christmas or birthday gift for him and for some reason thinks I have ideas. …
Casting back
My memory of Montauk begins before I was born. Men lined shoulder to shoulder, taking their turn casting into the night, my father among them. The Point. Turtle Cove. The …