Lets get serious......

[Salter]

The stripers will be here in force in a month or less.Time to respool the reels and put new leaders together.Time to revamp the boat and put new lights on the boat trailer.Time to familiarize myself with my equipment and casting.After this long miserable winterI plan to be fully ready for the festivities to come.

[woolywag]

how hard is it to get into stripper fishing , i fished salt in kitty hawk nc for blues and flounder but have never fished for strippers it is on my list of things to do but i don't know were to start planning or to go in NH or ME i've got a 16 ' lund and more fishing sh-- then one man needs i just don't were to start

[lowwall]

16' Lund is perfect for the merrimack River. Just stay around jopa flats. A 350gr Sinking and an intermediate is what I use there. Simple flies will work. White, Chartruese ,Yellow and olive. Decievers and Clousers. Or Anchor on the break and drop some clams in the day time or drift ells at night . Can camp at Salisbury Beach right on the river and has a ramp. Can cut behind Pl,um island and fish that area to. Just avoid the mouth of the merrimack at all costs. Can get real nasty there.

[BugChucka]

"After this long miserable winter I plan to be fully ready for the festivities to come."

I here that. The last time I sat down at the vice the only thing I tied on was a good buzz. There's only so many flies I really need to tie in a winter. It seems that the harder the winter is, the more flies are tied. This year I plan to do some southern New England late April fishing rather than wait for an early May arrival up here.

[s2ary]

"The last time I sat down at the vice the only thing I tied on was a good buzz.

That about sums up my last session as well. :lol: I ended up putting down a thread base and three fingers of 1792 later that was as far as I got.

If you havn't tried it, Ridgement Reserve 1792 has made it to my top third or fourth favorite bourbon. Every bit as good as Kentucky Spirt and Bookers Reserve at half the cost. Smokey carmel and as fair as anything I have ever had before.

NH Liquor stores has it on sale for $20/ 750ml. :mrgreen:

[Steve H.]

I love that good bourbon, especially Bookers. But unfortunately I'm not too good with portion control. $$$$

Because of that I generally stick to Granddad or Beam Black. If it's payday I might spring for a bottle of Knob.

[s2ary]

Treat yourself to 1792, if you like bookers you'll love this stuff. To me it has the same body as bookers without the associative taste bud singe of 125 proof.

[Salter]

Bourban is for the uncivilized pallet. A quality single malt scotch or a smoky Irish whiskey is more palletable to us refined types.

[TGIF]

Salter... thank you for speaking up... I've been overrun by the bourban folks for quite some time..... having lived in Ireland, I'm partial to the smooth sweet "water of life" (gaelic for whiskey). However, a nice single malt instantly brings me back to the peat filled air of Stirling and Edinborough Scotland.... ohh the good old days!!! Now I'm doomed to drink mediocre Guiness and overpriced whiskey.

[Solid]

This year I plan to do some southern New England late April fishing rather than wait for an early May arrival up here.

I have been doing a lot of that so far this year (Trout).

Will be hitting the Cape soon enough, but I wouldn't mind going even further south.

[s2ary]

Scotch tastes like cheap bourbon with gym socks. :razz: By uncivilized do you mean lacking of taste buds? :lol:

TGIF I stopped short of compairing 1792 as with an Irish Wiskey. One of the questions that comes to mind is what types of bourbon have you tried?

To me I tend to favor Kentucky single barrels, and higher end traditional Kentucky blends. I don't care for Tennesse bourbon much at all. They seem bitter and lack the finer aromatics of Kentucky recipes.

I think if you tried 1792 or elijah craig 18 year, you'd be surprised.

[Banks10]

I am not picky when it comes to wiskey/whiskey. Scotch, bourbon, irish, canadian, I enjoy them all and can't really pick one over the other. Glenfiddich, Maker's Mark, Bushmills or Crown Royal all taste good to me (though very different) the same way I enjoy different cigars. Though I'm sure this is blasphemy in many minds.

[s2ary]

I just posted a super Kayak deal in Northfield NH.

Is anyone in the market and looking at this stuff or am I just cluttering up the boards?

[Banks10]

I'm still looking, but my purchase will have to be put on hold for a while, possibly even next season. I will be purchasing some more camping gear (i.e. framed backpack, sleeping bag, possibly another tent etc.) to do some hike in fishing trips this summer. It will be more difficult to convince my wife that I also need a kayak too!

[Solid]

S2ary, Keep them coming!

[Salter]

I never tried cheap bourbon with gym socks.Do you use Wild turkey or Jack Daniels?

[s2ary]

I'm still looking, but my purchase will have to be put on hold for a while, possibly even next season. I will be purchasing some more camping gear (i.e. framed backpack, sleeping bag, possibly another tent etc.) to do some hike in fishing trips this summer. It will be more difficult to convince my wife that I also need a kayak too!

S2ary, Keep them coming!

Cool, Lately my therapist has been warning me about rambling to myself in public, he tells me if I continue I might turn into a scotch drinker. :wink: But then again he tells me his client is a fool as well. :lol:

I’d really like to see a bunch of guys get into this. Yaks aren’t the only or the best fishing platform but they are versatile enough to fish well under more conditions than any of the other small personal craft venues, and do well under small boat venues.

The other indescribable factor is the stealth that yaks offer. I haven’t quite figured this one out yet. On one hand, you can get right on top of fish, birds, and any other wildlife because for some reason they do not recognize you as a threat. This allows you to fish close to structure and fish it more methodically than you can from a small boat. Offering you advantages to see cover and structure you might not from a further distance away. On the other hand, you can cast much farther from a small boat which allows you to stand and cast to areas that the fish are less aware of your presence. So does that level the field? I think that if you invest in the do-dads that give you boat control for the yak, you can out fish a small boat 2 or 3 to 1.

But which offers the best advantage?

[s2ary]

I never tried cheap bourbon with gym socks.Do you use Wild turkey or Jack Daniels?

It tastes like Jack Daniels to me...That Tennessee stuff is great for removing paint from old furniture. :lol:

[FLY FIS]

I started on "Glenmorangie" Scotch several years ago when TU got $5.00 from every bottle purchased, and been stuck on it ever since. Best is, at least, 10year single malt sipped from a cold glass straight up no ice. Pretty good after a cold spring day of fishing from the flask also!!!
see: www.glenmorangie.com "DRINK RESPONSIBLY"

[s2ary]

I started on "Glenmorangie" Scotch several years ago when TU got $5.00 from every bottle purchased, and been stuck on it ever since. Best is, at least, 10year single malt sipped from a cold glass straight up no ice. Pretty good after a cold spring day of fishing from the flask also!!!
see: www.glenmorangie.com "DRINK RESPONSIBLY"

I'll take you up on that. :lol: