Before I take the salt water plunge....
 

I figure I'll get myself some # 7 SA Mastery Striped Bass taper, WF/S
with a sink rate of, 1.25-1.75 for my 6 Wt. Avid rod and head over to
the Breezy Point Jetty with Umpqua's Striper/Bluefish 23 piece
assortment. Any advice from experienced Eastern Jetty Jockeys would be
appreciated. Do I still gotta lug a chum bucket?

Regards.

Bob

Before I take the salt water plunge....
 

wrote:
I figure I'll get myself some # 7 SA Mastery Striped Bass taper, WF/S
with a sink rate of, 1.25-1.75 for my 6 Wt. Avid rod and head over to
the Breezy Point Jetty with Umpqua's Striper/Bluefish 23 piece
assortment. Any advice from experienced Eastern Jetty Jockeys would be
appreciated. Do I still gotta lug a chum bucket?


The Breezy Point jetty is the only one on which I got clobbered
by waves from both sides at the same time: almost became
chum myself. Be careful ! And that is the jetty on which I hooked
into a striper that straightened a 4/0 hook (at least I got a good
look at her before she swam away), so if I went back I would fish
it with something considerably heftier than a 6 wt.

Before I take the salt water plunge....
 

On 16 Jun 2006 17:51:21 -0700, "
wrote:

I figure I'll get myself some # 7 SA Mastery Striped Bass taper, WF/S
with a sink rate of, 1.25-1.75 for my 6 Wt. Avid rod and head over to
the Breezy Point Jetty with Umpqua's Striper/Bluefish 23 piece
assortment. Any advice from experienced Eastern Jetty Jockeys would be
appreciated. Do I still gotta lug a chum bucket?

Regards.

Bob


Trying to cast a fly suitable for stripers or blues with a 6 weight rod while
wading sounds like a really long hard day waiting to happen. I could see using
a light rod like that from a boat (hell - a certain unnamed lunatic was
catching stripers from my boat with a 2 weight, once). But wading, at the full
mercy of the wind? I don't think so.

As for flies, Deceivers, Clousers and poppers are all I've ever needed. I
don't think stripers and blues are all that particular - if you've ever see
schools of these fish busting bait they'll nail anything/everything in sight.
Put a decent fly at the depth where the fish are feeding and you should do
well...

/daytripper

Before I take the salt water plunge....
 

Trying to cast a fly suitable for stripers or blues with a 6 weight rod while
wading sounds like a really long hard day waiting to happen. I could see using
a light rod like that from a boat (hell - a certain unnamed lunatic was
catching stripers from my boat with a 2 weight, once). But wading, at the full
mercy of the wind? I don't think so.

As for flies, Deceivers, Clousers and poppers are all I've ever needed. I
don't think stripers and blues are all that particular - if you've ever see
schools of these fish busting bait they'll nail anything/everything in sight.
Put a decent fly at the depth where the fish are feeding and you should do
well...

/daytripper

Hi:

What rod and weight would you recomend? In the next couple of years I
plan to retire and would want to fish the Gaspe' for Salmon, I plan to
buy a 9 wt. setup with a 9' or 10' rod. If such an outfit could do
double duty, I may just get it this year.

Regards.

Bob

Before I take the salt water plunge....
 

On 18 Jun 2006 05:46:22 -0700, "
wrote:


Trying to cast a fly suitable for stripers or blues with a 6 weight rod while
wading sounds like a really long hard day waiting to happen. I could see using
a light rod like that from a boat (hell - a certain unnamed lunatic was
catching stripers from my boat with a 2 weight, once). But wading, at the full
mercy of the wind? I don't think so.

As for flies, Deceivers, Clousers and poppers are all I've ever needed. I
don't think stripers and blues are all that particular - if you've ever see
schools of these fish busting bait they'll nail anything/everything in sight.
Put a decent fly at the depth where the fish are feeding and you should do
well...

/daytripper

Hi:

What rod and weight would you recomend? In the next couple of years I
plan to retire and would want to fish the Gaspe' for Salmon, I plan to
buy a 9 wt. setup with a 9' or 10' rod. If such an outfit could do
double duty, I may just get it this year.

Regards.

Bob

I expect a poll would find nine weights are the de facto standard for blues
and stripers in New England. I have a number of nines, mostly nine footers,
with a ten foot IMX thrown in for wade fishing. A nine foot nine weight should
work just fine not only for salmon in the Gaspé, but for pike in Quebec as
well, should you happen to find yourself in that general direction...

Cheers

/daytripper

Before I take the salt water plunge....
 

daytripper wrote:
On 16 Jun 2006 17:51:21 -0700, "
wrote:
.....
As for flies, Deceivers, Clousers and poppers are all I've ever needed. I
don't think stripers and blues are all that particular - if you've ever see
schools of these fish busting bait they'll nail anything/everything in sight.
Put a decent fly at the depth where the fish are feeding and you should do
well...

My sense is that that is right about half to maybe 2/3 the time, but
at
others it seems that depth, size, color, retrieve, and g*d knows what
else makes a difference. We had some examples of this on CC this
year.