Blog, Stripers

Weekend Warrior: Okay, but for real this time

I write to you in a striper-induced fog. Three pre-dawn trips in a row with a sprinkling of some here and there hour long trips after work have left me feeling some type of way. Let’s just say I’m not in mid-season form yet. But that’s okay. Because the stripers are here for real this […]

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Blog, Fly Fishing, Podcasts

Patrick Cassidy of Cape Cod on the Fly, Podcast

In this episode, we chat with Patrick Cassidy of Cape Cod on the Fly. We deep dive into strategies for finding and catching stripers on the flats in Cape Cod Bay and the rips off Monomoy. We also chat about striper movements and progressions throughout the season, break down the Macro, Micro and Nano of […]

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Weekend Warrior: Don’t think Twice

Quick little update for you stripers fiends this Friday afternoon (what day is it, really?). We’ve reached the point in the spring run where making the decision as to where and when to pursue stripers can be panic inducing. We are paralyzed by the thought of choosing a spot and choosing wrong. I’m feeling that […]

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Blog, Long Reads

Fish Thoughts: Truck Day and Countdown Season

The Pats won in a fashion that most likely had Bill Belichick VERY HAPPY well past the four-hour threshold. There’s your analysis. Last night scrolling through Twitter, adrenaline still pumping through my brain, someone tweeted a picture of a truck with a Sox logo on it. “Truck Day,” it said. What a stupid thing, I […]

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Blog, Long Reads, Stripers

Past Report: October ebb tide

Success in October is a narrow beam of light. Urgency. Last round. You don’t have to leave but you probably should before the month is over, because the bass are few and the weather is usually less than ideal.

We press out into the full moon night with two hours of darkness ahead of us. It’s muggy for October and the boat pushes soundlessly through the water; dirty yellow circus lights from the powerplant to the starboard, clean moonlight refracting the still water to the port.

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