“The Fly Fishing Show” List of 2010 Show dates

Denver, Jan 8, 9, 10
Marlborough, Jan 15, 16, 17
Somerset, Jan 22, 23, 24
Charlotte, Jan 29, 30
Bellevue, Feb 20, 21
Pleasanton, Feb 26, 27, 28
Pasadena,  March 13, 14


For more info:  
The Fly Fishing Show
531 North Center Ave.
Suite 102
Somerset, PA 15501
Toll Free:   (866) 481-2393
Phone:       (814) 443-3638
                  (814) 443-1784
Fax:           (814) 443-3943
Email:  info@flyfishingshow.comwww.flyfishingshow.com

Upcoming Fishing Shows in Florida

Here is a listing of some upcoming fishing shows in Florida:

West Palm Beach, FL>  Florida Sportsman Fishing and Boating Show  Sept. 12–13, 2009 941-378-0411       http://www.floridasportsman.com/shows/

 

Tampa, FL >  Florida Sportsman Fishing and Boating Show, Sept. 26–27, 2009   

941-378-0411   http://www.floridasportsman.com/shows/

Jacksonville, FL > Florida Sportsman Fishing and Boating Show  Nov. 7–8, 2009

941-378-0411   www.floridasportsman.com/shows/

Orlando, FL > Florida Sportsman Fishing and Boating Show  Nov. 14–15, 2009

941-378-0411   www.floridasportsman.com/shows/

reminder: Atlanta Fly Fishing Festival January 24th & 25th 2009

Wanted to remind everyone that the Atlanta Fly Fishing Festival is once again being held at the Gwinnett Center in Duluth GA,  Saturday Jan 24th and Sunday Jan 25th.   I always look forward to attending that event, especially the instructional seminars.  I’ve already planned out which ones to attend.   Hope to see you there!!   For those of you coming into town, there is also a “toughest cowboy” rodeo being held the evening of the 24th in nearby arena (walking distance from where the Fly Fishing is held).

 For More Info:

http://www.castlow.com/gaswfe.html

dan

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Welcome - Invitation for Fishing Guides to Write Reports

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Fishing stories from my youth - Yellow Perch in South Jersey

I remember fondly the lazy days of spring and summer when us kids would walk or ride our bikes to our favorite fishing place, located on a tidal tributory of the Tuckahoe River in Cape May County New Jersey.  Most of the time we fished for pickerel or white perch, but there were other fish there too, like catfish, roach, and occassionally a sunfish or bass (very rare).   It was a tidal river, brackish, so you would catch more white perch on mid and high tides, and generally more pickerel when it was more fresh on the low tides.  Sometimes on a high tide you would see saltwater things like blue claw crabs.   And very occassionally, on very low tides, we would luck out and get into some schools of yellow perch.  I remember one time in particular when we had some minnows for bait, and good old “cane poles” and a red & white bobber and got into a nice school of decent sized yellow perch, catching them one after another.   That was indeed a rare day, as I would bet over the hundred or so times I fished there in my youth, that it was about 50 times more likely to catch a white perch, as opposed to catching a yellow perch.  But it is always those special days that keep you coming back!!

 Even now, when I occiassionally go “back home” for a visit, I will still stop by and take a few casts there (although now with fly gear only), and I do still catch the white perch, the pickerel, or catfish……..but would give anything to get into a hungry school of yellow perch, like that magical day.

yellow perch