OT: Thread About Nothing (part # who cares)

[NjDevsRR]

Solid bar pie. Romeo's Italian American in Freehold

 

[youryeah]

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Solid bar pie. Romeo's Italian American in Freehold

ooo looking pretty good.. gonna have to give that a shot. my favorite is pete and elda's- best closest to me at least

 

[NjDevsRR]

ooo looking pretty good.. gonna have to give that a shot. my favorite is pete and elda's- best closest to me at least

Oh my, Federicis > Pete and Eldas by a landslide for bar pie

Best overall is Luccis in Belmar. God tier pizza

 

[youryeah]

Oh my, Federicis > Pete and Eldas by a landslide for bar pie

Best overall is Luccis in Belmar. God tier pizza

oh my, I really need to broaden my horizons then! these are all so close to me I have no excuses

 

[NjDevsRR]

oh my, I really need to broaden my horizons then! these are all so close to me I have no excuses

Luccis:

Federicis Freehold:

My third favorite is Johns on Bleecker in NYC

 

[JimEIV]

Size 22-26 midges were a go to for me when I fly fished. And even fishing other techniques I tend to downsize gear way before up sizing. I have historically had better success with fish of all sizes using smaller baits and lighter gear.

I am tying #22 Griffiths gnats now.

But I tend to chase hatches. Dry fly fishing is really all I want to do...so I'm almost always matching the naturals. When I fish the upper Delaware I hardly ever blind cast and just target rising fish.

So if they're eating Green Drakes I'm throwing a giant 2x long size #10 and if they are eating tricos I might be throwing a tiny #24.

If I can't figure it out but see rises, I tye on a generic emerger pattern usually in a size #16 like this one ..
I'll usually go to a lighter tippet and/or longer leader before I go to a smaller fly. I typically have a lot of confidence in the size of the bugs hatching.