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 tie 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 matching the size of the bugs hatching.

 

[njdevils1982]

just diggin' today

 

[NjDevsRR]

Makes me very sad even though I haven’t been to the park in 5 years. This was my life from 15 to 22 years old. I understand why they decommissioned it though. Hopefully they put in a fun and innovative coaster to replace it.

 

[Satans Hockey]

Makes me very sad even though I haven’t been to the park in 5 years. This was my life from 15 to 22 years old. I understand why they decommissioned it though. Hopefully they put in a fun and innovative coaster to replace it.

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Oh man the whining about this ride I've seen elsewhere is crazy. It was a fun ride but it's been a brutal ride over the past few years with the thing feeling like a rattling car going down the turnpike at over 100mphs.

Green Lantern was shit too so I'm glad that pos is gone.

I think they'll replace it with something fun, they have cleared so much room in that whole area now with this ride and green lantern and a few other rides all being removed in that space.

 

[NjDevsRR]

Oh man the whining about this ride I've seen elsewhere is crazy. It was a fun ride but it's been a brutal ride over the past few years with the thing feeling like a rattling car going down the turnpike at over 100mphs.

Green Lantern was shit too so I'm glad that pos is gone.

I think they'll replace it with something fun, they have cleared so much room in that whole area now with this ride and green lantern and a few other rides all being removed in that space.

Latern I did once and went NOPE. Glad its gone haha. I love Ka but yes, it became brutally rough, 20 years old! So I understand the costs must have been insane to maintain.

Im happy to hear they are refurbishing el toro with new tracking. Once thats done I am definitely going back to the park. Also to try that new boomerang coaster and the jersey devil. Both look great

 

[HBK27]

Haven't been to Great Adventure in many, many years, but will be back this summer. My sister and her family are coming over from Spain for a few weeks this summer and my niece/nephew want to go there. I'm sure it's changed quite a bit since The Great American Scream Machine days.

My family has gone to Hershey Park quite a few times over the years though. Further away, but a nice park with less rift raft and lots of great rides. Wildcat's Revenge is probably the best coaster I've been on. My kids and I only got on it towards the end of our last visit, but were fortunately able to get on a few more times before the park closed. The original Wildcat was horrible - an old wooden roller coaster that shook like crazy and gave you an instant headache. They took the original structure and retrofitted it with a steel track. Great ride.

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