2018 was important for a few reasons. It’s been an eventful year, to say the least. Yeah, yeah, yeah, I know we have a tendency to say this about every year on the 31st day of the twelfth month. But seriously, its been busy. In 2018, this weird little project called Seven Stripes Fishing was […]
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Looking to catch your first striper from the boat? Or, want to catch stripers more consistently? Well, you’re going to need to right equipment to do so. After perusing this post, you should know exactly what you need to go out and catch stripers. Here’s a hint, wives, girlfriends, husbands, boyfriends, mothers, fathers: If you’re […]
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In this interview, we chat with Paul Osimo, creator of the Lo-Fli Fishing System. Over a couple pops, we talk about fly fishing minimalism and being innovative in an industry that doesn’t exactly react to change well. The Lo-Fli kickstarter can be found here, and will end on December 26th. Follow Low-Fli on Instagram @lo_fli, […]
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She must have taken the deceiver as it dropped unattended through the water column–some 30 pounds of Cape Cod spring-run striper. A big bass, the kind I was after, had engulfed all three trebles of Capt. Bill’s plug. ‘I can’t see the hook points anymore’, he tells me, pulling her up onto the gunnels. ‘I […]
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Charter captains and guides consistently catch fish because they spend a ton of time on the water and understand the patterns our fishy friends follow during specific times of the year. So, odds are good that when you head out on a charter or guided trip, you’ll catch some fish. But do you want just good […]
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Stillwater trout fishing has not come easy for team Seven Stripes this Fall. And that’s putting it lightly. I’ve just plain sucked in the fly fishing department.
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This week, we chat with Ryan Collins, founder of My Fishing Cape Cod. We talk about how to become a successful striper angler if you’re just getting started, the importance of being a social fisherman, and the striper season on Cape Cod in review.
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Today, we chat with fly fishing extraordinaire, Steve Culton. Steve is a guide, fly tyer and acclaimed fly fishing writer, with works published in Field & Stream, American Angler, The Flyfish Journal, The Drake and Flyfishing & Tying Journal. We talk (the sometimes technical) trout fishing on the Farmington, catching stripers on the fly year-round, and using […]
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We fish in November because after months of relentlessly pursuing something, it would be uncomfortable to quit it cold turkey. The whole “not fishing” thing is something that needs to be eased into. November then, serves a few different purposes—the primary one being the longing for “one last fish” at the tail of the migration […]
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Whelp, we’ll have a quick fishing report here, but this’ll do it for your weekend reports this season, folks. But don’t worry. We’ll still be fishing and reporting on the results (even if you aren’t planning on wetting a line, you can still live vicariously through us). There is still fishing to be had from […]
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