Fly Fishing So Hot Right Now

[hooker-of-men]

How to go fly fishing in NYC

Kill me.

 

[RLeep2]

Not really completely on topic, but the NY Post, run through a shredder makes a pretty decent supplement to your regular cat litter. Cats seem to stay longer in the box and relieve themselves repeatedly when the Post is used this way...

 

[hooker-of-men]

You’re totally wrong; that is definitely on topic.

 

[afishinado]

It bodes well for the future to see young people getting into our sport and showing appreciation and a little love for our rivers and streams as well as for the outdoors in general. It is especially satisfying to see urban people that "get it!" Someone has to carry on when all the old FFers have made their last cast.

 

[troutbert]

You're surprised that there are flyfishers in NYC?

Flyfishers from NYC is nothing new. That tradition goes back a long way.

In the heyday of the Catskills flyfishing, probably the majority of the flyfishers were from "The City."

And that was probably true of the Poconos too.

BTW, I don't think fly fishing is so "hot" right now. It's still popular, but I think the buzz has quieted down a lot since the 1990s.

BTW II. The article sounds a little infomercialish to me. Orvis and the lodge that was mentioned got some pretty good publicity there. Both probably are pretty adept at the PR game.

 

[shakey]

i don't understand the animosity towards it.i think it's great.

BTW,NYC has some great striper fishing.

also ,i have always been curious,is "hooker-of-men' a sex worker reference ?

 

[hooker-of-men]

I have no problem with urban fly fishing. I also started when I lived in the center of Philadelphia, and I thought the challenge of finding water was awesome and part of the fun.

With that said, if you actually read the article and didn’t see anything embarrassing going on in just about every sentence... Well, it takes all kinds.

 

[hooker-of-men]

afishinado wrote:
It bodes well for the future to see young people getting into our sport and showing appreciation and a little love for our rivers and streams as well as for the outdoors in general. It is especially satisfying to see urban people that "get it!" Someone has to carry on when all the old FFers have made their last cast.

Ha. I’m 36. Kooky **** is kooky ****, regardless of age. And that article is full of it.

 

[shakey]

well,it is very orvis centric. that's a shame.

 

[gozu]

Now’s the time to corner the market on skinny waders.

 

[Bamboozle]

Old news…

I lived in the city in the 80’s and fished Central Park Lake, the pond, the Connetquot; took the train or a bus to points north and was one of the founding members of the NYC Chapter of TU whose motto was: “raise money for other chapters and National whilst embarrassing yourself by getting stinking drunk at regional TU meetings”.

If you were there back then you could have bumped into Vince Marinaro, Ernie Schwiebert, Charlie Fox or other luminaries at the Theodore Gordon Flyfishers meetings or hung out at the Angler’s Roost with Jim Deren, a magic place full of tackle and stories.

Orvis had JUST opened a store in midtown but the rods were on the 2nd floor with a low ceiling so “waggling” a rod was tricky. Most of us bought our stuff at the shops out of town or from Jim but there was nowhere the number of options there are today.

Weekend jaunts to Roscoe were full of fishing and rubbing elbows with the likes of Harry Darbee, Walt Dette, Nick Lyons, Art Lee, Paul Jorgenson, Hoagy Carmichael, Walt Carpenter and the rest of the clan who were legendary in those days.

It was tough getting out of town to fish a decent stream but if the history of the sport means anything to you, it was a magic time to be a fly fisherman in NYC.

 

[redietz]

troutbert wrote:

In the heyday of the Catskills flyfishing, probably the majority of the flyfishers were from "The City."

Which is likely why the Catskills get credit for being "the cradle of American fly fishing" when PA is at least as deserving. NYC is the center of the publishing industry, so the Catskills got the press.

And it's probably still true that the majority of Catskill fly fisher are from the city.

 

[gulfgreyhound]

Long Island fishing wasn't bad when I lived there. The State owns 3 nice Fly Fishing areas Carmans River,Conequate R. and Nisseqouge in Smithtown. All had good populations if fish and were highly regulated. There were even some" salter" brookies and browns. I did manage a few of these. Lots pf ponds with stocked fish as well. GG

 

[poopdeck]

I'm not sure what's wrong with what you read. I guess instead of working and paying their way through life they should live somewhere where the fly fishing is easily accessible and good paying jobs are non-existent. My daughter grew up in the burbs, moved to Hoboken and works in manhatten. She has no car but doesn't need one. a car would cost her a grand a month between parking, insurance, gas and insurance. She chooses not to have one instead opting for zip cars, uber, and public transportation. She loves it. I guess upward mobile young folk should stick to wine tastings and art shows.

 

[sarce]

The lady angler in the photo is one of my followers and frequent commenters on instagram. Very nice and enthusiastic about the sport and in no way deserving of the sentiment in the OP. Even if it was directed more at the article than the person, you can't expect this type of publication to actually know anything about our niche sport. This is exactly the type of attitude that turns people away from the sport.

Also, IIRC, last time she was in my general area she went to the Gunpowder and caught some nice wild browns. I really find this post quite offensive and judgmental.

 

[redietz]

sarce wrote:
I really find this post quite offensive and judgmental.

I agree.

 

[bradtheflyfisherman]

I find the original post offensive and judgmental as well.

With that said, if you actually read the article and didn’t see anything embarrassing going on in just about every sentence... Well, it takes all kinds.

Well, all kinds of people flyfish. Rich, poor, educated, uneducated, men, women, black, white, young, old, grumpy, enthusiastic, etc. We want people to start flyfishing, not be turned away by our elitism and closed-mindedness. Articles like that are meant to educate - to draw people into fly fishing, generate a curiosity among those who may have never heard of our sport before, and maybe spark that interest to have them visit a fly fishing shop, Orvis store, explore fly fishing websites, wherever, to start asking those further questions and maybe pursue a future hobby in fly fishing. Most people reading that article probably have no clue they can fly fish in downtown NYC for bass and carp. A sport that maybe most New Yorkers thought they couldn't pursue is now accessible right at their fingertips.

 

[tomitrout]

With that said, if you actually read the article and didn’t see anything embarrassing going on in just about every sentence... Well, it takes all kinds.

I'm curious what it is that you find to be embarrassing in just about every sentence?

Looks like your typical fluff/promotional piece to me, dime a dozen and so many other examples about lots of sports and hobbies have been written.

Kinda neat that you can fish in Central Park without a licence.

 

[krayfish2]

redietz wrote:
And it's probably still true that the majority of Catskill fly fisher are from the city.

Nah, it's mostly wicked annoying bags from Jersey. LoL. Kidding.

Bamboozle,
Great stuff. Wish I was around back then to participate in some of those get togethers.

If people want to learn ff-ing, great. All kinds. I spend a fair amount of time teaching new anglers.

 

[FarmerDave]

poopdeck wrote:
I'm not sure what's wrong with what you read. I guess instead of working and paying their way through life they should live somewhere where the fly fishing is easily accessible and good paying jobs are non-existent.

It worked for me.;-)

I didn't see any significant issues with the article, other than the author didn't appear to know much about fly fishing. So much so that I didn't read the whole thing.

For one thing, it was abou millennials and no mention of Euro nymphing.