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TroutFest 2023: April 15th, 12 - 4 pm, Califon Island Park

We are so excited to see you all this weekend at our TroutFest 2023! We'll be celebrating 50 years of a fly shop in Califon and our...

Fishing Report: Week of April 9, 2023 – Spring Trout Season has begun!

Unofficial and anecdotal reports are in - and opening day was a great day on New Jersey Rivers and ponds! Local anglers swapped stories...

Fishing Report: Week of April 2nd

Week of April 2, 2023 – Theeeeery’re heeereee! Not in abundance nor can we say the fish are keying on particular May fly hatches, but...

Fishing Report: Week of Mar 26th

Week of March 26 th – The countdown continues until Opening Day! I wish I had more time to get the fly box ready. Is it too early to...

Fishing Report: Week of Mar 19th

Stocking started on MONDAY – Many rivers CLOSED until April 8th . It is easy to start day dreaming about warm, Spring days in mid-March....

2023 Pre-Season Closure Information

The 2023 pre-season stocking closure starts this week! The majority of our local rivers will be closed to fishing until 8 am on April...

Our final Hatches presentation is by Bart Lombardo

Public stocked streams remain closed until April 9th, but the TCAs remain open to fishing and reports are good. A few holdover trout,...

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This week's Hatches features Brian Cowden

“Stream Restorations – Case Studies and planned improvements” Brian Cowden's passion for fly fishing has led to an interesting and...

Hatches continues March 15 with Matt Grobert

After another wild March week, it is time to settle back and enjoy the second Hatches presentation. This week our host is none other than...

"Hatches" is here!

Recent warm, sunny days and fluctuations in water temperatures are starting to impact the aquatic insect life in our local rivers. The...