A Slow Start to the Season but Things are Now Moving Along by Larry Leary

Posted on July 6, 2021 by VHFC

The Leary crew fishing The Jen-Jen got off to a slow start this year due to weather and crew availability. But the July 4th holiday provided us with 6 keepers to 22” and a ton of shorts.
On the 5th, a half day trip fishing between the BI & BB buoys produced 3 keepers to 23” and another ton of shorts. The highlight was my granddaughter Addison who caught the beautiful Weakfish which we released & Fluke. We all forgot to measure the fish and submit them for club FOM. I guess it’s age related. LOL

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Of the fifty United States, thirty-eight have a striped-bass record. New Jersey has the largest striped-bass record—a 78-pound 8·ounce whopper that was caught in 1982. The state with the smallest striped-bass record is Iowa. That landlocked striper weighed only 9 pounds 4 ounces and was caught in 1983.

There’s something fishy about beer these days. Fish Tail Ale is popular as ever, and New Jersey’s Flying Fish Brewery is one of the state’s largest specialty breweries. There’s also Washington’s Wild Salmon Organic Pale Ale, Florida’s Land Shark beer, Delaware’s Dogfish Head beer, and two versions of Stingray beer—a lighter version from the Cayman Islands and a dark beer from Canada.

The triangle fly is probably the most unusual of saltwater flies. It’s one of the few, if not only, flies tied to a treble hook. It’s also barely a fly at all, because hardly any material is used. It is complete after tying the two straw pearl twinkle flashes and the tiny tuft of natural squirrel, leaving an entire hook fully exposed. Incredibly this barebacked treble fly is a knockout when it comes to sea trout.