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  1. As per the OP highly recommend the Maine Eel fly. Flying with them to Block tomorrow. Depending on casting ability just scale them accordingly.
  2. + for Urban Angler in NY - was in there yesterday and had a decent stock of tying materials if that's your thing.
  3. A rather delayed report from Block Island end of Sept / start of October..... Overall bass fishing was OK - but needed work to find them, but pockets of fish on the east side, west side and south end. Lots of moving around and the odd blank session too, but a reasonable average size with fish to 31". Had a couple of nights when the bite was good - again not crazy, but always good to get hits in the dark. After multiple trips found some really nice fly water on the south end that threw up some fish, nothing big, but certainly a spot to revisit for a big one - the lure guys were finding a few. Albie fishing was patchy as ever, but probably the most consistent I've personally seen it. Did a fair amount of blind casting, ended up hooking 4 / landing 2 - but to put that into context, 3 of the 4 hookups came in 5 separate casts on one rather hectic session. Slightly annoying end to the trip getting stranded for 4 days with the ferry not running in the storms!
  4. Hi Turk - just wondering what the latest view on Block is. I arrive on friday for a week of fly fishing. I understand it's not been great this year so far?

     

    Rupe

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    2. Rupe

      Rupe

      Ok - well that's something! I think the weather looks stable so fingers crossed.  Maybe see you at some point - I'll be the Brit with the green stripping basket - like yours!

    3. turkaholic

      turkaholic

      Heads up the gray seals are aggressively chasing fish down. Had one chase my Albie until he beached himself at my feet. Also a ton of chub Mack’s around and the seals love them also. See you I’m sure.

    4. Rupe

      Rupe

      I've been out since 2019 and only saw a couple if seals then. I've heard it's got alot worse..

  5. Well I'm UK based, so a bit out of touch, but if it was me, and the conditions permitted, I'd be dropping onto beaches along the south coast from East Manatuk to all points west where access allowed, looking for working birds and / or fishing each spot for about 30 mins and then moving until I found something. It conditions were snotty on the outside I'd find something more sheltered on the inside.
  6. Yup channel was dead for hardtails - a couple caught by the lure guys but nowhere near enough action to justify posting up to fish for them. Some got caught back up the harbour - but again action was v spotty.
  7. Quick report from my trip to BI last week. Overall fishing was OK in terms of numbers (but on the lower end of OK given that I fished ALOT of hours). I managed 51 stripers, lots in the 22" to 24" range, a few 25" / 26" and a single 29". (That's inches, not pounds... !). The pattern seemed to be picking up a fish or two then nothing, so move spots and maybe pick up another and so forth. No specific areas seemed to hold real numbers of fish. I didn't catch a single fish from the Coast Guard channel - there's a first in 6 visits. That said the bait was all silversides, with a smattering of peanuts - I didn't see any sandeels. I did quite well sight casting a crab pattern in a few spots, including the outer beaches when conditions allowed, including the 29". I caught well on sparse 4 inch flatwings and black bunny flies at night. Also had a couple of fun sessions stalking fish at night that were busting silversides. Given the down tick in average size not sure I'll make the trip next year...we'll see.
  8. If mine are tacky I add a quick coat of clear nail varnish.
  9. Rupe

    Chatham

    @Mike Oliver how are you getting on - getting into some better sized fish - been hearing its mainly mid 20s with a couple of better ones at the moment for the Brit crew? Rupe
  10. I once dropped a bagged 4 piece out of my rucksack on the fats wading back to the ferry drop off on N Monomoy over HW. Luckily enough another fly fisher found it and we were re-united!
  11. Rupe

    Fly ID

    Middle screen grab looks like a pretty generic baitfish pattern tied on a Steve Farah flash blend I'd say. In the middle grab it looks like a fair amount is tied under the hook, less so in the bottom one. They look like different flies tbh.
  12. Very little in the UK this year Mike - as few fish early season from Dorset, but not really been out since June. Just started throwing flies at pike. I had 5 on the above flatwing on Sunday
  13. A bit of a belated trip report for BI from late September..... I won’t go into the gorey details of each session, but the days followed a standard format, up early and out rotating through the usual marks around the island depending on the tides, winds & swells. The days were primarily focused on trying to catch an albie. This involved lots of standing around, waiting for them to pop up, hopefully in casting distance and to land a fly in amongst the bust up. I managed to get shots every day, sometimes multiple shots though the day, but not a single hook up. It was incredibly addictive, quite boring and extremely frustrating, all at the same time, if that’s possible. I saw a few fish caught – mainly on spin gear and they were a good size, up to about 10 pounds.And then on Tuesday, the wind arrived, fresh off the edge of Hurricaine Jose which had set up shop about 200 miles to the south east. And boy did it blow. Tropical storm force winds, 24/7 from Tuesday through to Friday lunchtime. The only think in its favour, was that the wind was warm-ish and there wasn’t much rain. The swells were pushing about 13 foot on the SE side of the island and wrapping around making and of the beaches unfishable, so the channel and harbour was the only game in town. Needless to day I fished on. I fished at night in the wind, it was doable from a few spots when you faced the right way, but the bass were somewhat elusive, I picked up the odd one here and there and some were really memorable, not necessarily in size, but just because I’d work long hours for them. Some of the highlights:Sunday morning – pre Jose. I hit the beach at about 8am. The water was clear with a decent 4 foot surf running with nice breaks between the sets. I fished a floating line and a large deceiver (no surprises there) and took 3 fish – all about 25 inches, from the surf and missed another. I love catching fish like this. Let the near wave break, follow the wash down to the lip, time it for the next approaching wave, a couple of hauls and shoot a long line over the back. Strip, strip – then the snap as a line goes tight and the fish heads down the current. I had a go the following morning as the swell was building. One fish busted but no hook ups. The following Saturday – post Jose. Swells were back down to 4 foot. I popped down to check out the west side, the spot looked doable, plus there were 2 cormorants sat on the waves. Over a ledge and into deeper water. I dug a 7 inch chartreuse bucktail and flatwing deceiver out of the wallet I’d been saving for something like this. I’d brought the floating 10 weight set up and sent the fly out. It took me a few casts to work out the drift, but it was going the ‘right’ way, off the ledge to my left and into to bowl ahead and to the right, at a fair old speed. The flatwing looked the mutts nuts and sure enough I had a knock on about the 5th cast. Out it went again and this time it got nailed and we’re off to the races. It was a decent fish and after the usual to-ing and fro-ing in the wash I beach it at 27 inches. Finally a better fish. Only took me 6 days. Sunday Morning - hiking round the inside and find a decent bust up going on in the shallows. First cast results in a lost fly. Switch to wire. Second cast is another 27 inch fish. I think the first lost fly was a bad knot....! Sunday Night. Wading the shallows. I was pre-rigged with a gurgler on point and a small black fly on the dropper. I got there about 9pm as the tide was flooding in and waited. And waited. And waited. Nothing showed. About and hour before high I called it and head back to a different spot (which had been full of bait, but no bass) the prior nights. As soon as I opened the car door I could hear it kicking off about 40 feet away. No need for 2 flies here, so changed to a one fly rig. Even as the fly was dangling in the water as I prepped the line I had a take which I missed, then the next cast I was on, with a 24 inch fish. Much like the prior night that spooked them from the knee deep water, though they just moved up the flat a bit. Again it was super shallow and they were in and out of the grass. I had one take on a gurgler, but no cigar. As I left I flicked the torch on and the amount of silversides was something else. Maybe there was too much bait. Never happy us fisherman eh!? So that was my windy 9 days on Block Island. 12 bass, 2 scup and 2 bluefish. Whilst in terms of numbers it was lean, it was a good trip, lots more learnt and new spots found. There’s no ‘bad’ fishing trips, they’re just all different.
  14. Any showing from the shore on Block Island yet?
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