Delaware & an October Nor'Easter

So this weekend was supposed to be a perfectly timed trip to Delaware for some striper action. Well Mother Nature had other plans for the Eastern seaboard. If you ever go fishing with me or plan a trip with me, please note the following:

1) Have excellent fowl weather gear & expect to use it while fishing. Trips are not cancelled due to weather!
2) Be flexible...Whatever can go wrong, usually does!
3) Always going to give it some sort of effort, regardless of how hopeless things look!

Back to the weekend. This Nor'Easter was suppose to huff, puff & blow SNOW all over! Thats right SNOW! Well at least back at home in PA, where they received about 4" of the white junk. In DE, nothing but cold rain and strong winds. We again gave it our best at the Seawitch festival, or what was left of it. We jumped from building to building with our one year old. It was an adventure, but we made the best of it. We ended the day with some light food and some Dogfish Head. We spent the evening visiting family for dinner & drinks.


Sunday morning brought about a whole different picture. Cold, not as windy, sunny & clear skies. Basically a picture perfect post-frontal condition. We all know post-frontal puts the lockjaw on fish! Oh well, we headed to IRI anyway. We where greeted with not so nice conditions.


My first cast landed me a 15" striper that hit my storm lure right at the rocks. Very nice young schoolie. I was hoping the sloppy conditions & drop in water temps. would have these fish on the feed bag. Wrong-o! That was it for the rest of our brief three hour trip. The tog fisherman were out in full force. I only saw two small tog caught. I just don't understand how some people can have the patience for that style of fishing. It just seems so random to me. Basically all luck, no skill or technique involved. Then again, rather be lucky then good.

My only photo opt came from a nice size starfish that I snagged off a rock. Biggest starfish I have ever caught.

Rite Bobbin Review

So for a little of 6 months I have been tying using the Rite, standard bobbin. First time I have ever used a bobbin with a thread tension device. Other than the compression style of a normal bobbin. So here is my "down n dirty" review. First time really writing a review.

Plan and simple. 4 out of 5 stars. The adjustable tension, AWESOME. If you tie with smaller diameter threads 8/0 or less, you'll love this. I always have a tough time with mono tying thread. Works great, I've yet to break off. The style of the bobbin, its single arm forced me to keep my hands off the spool. It definitely took some time getting used to the feel of a new bobbin. The con of that single arm is sometimes I found the bobbin slipping out of my hand. Most likely due to my past experience of a 'normal' bobbin.

Another down fall, changing spools is a bit more time consuming. Not a huge issue for the recreational tier, more of an inconvenience. And at $20/each, alittle pricey to have 5+ laying around. Although after I looked at it, my regular brand bobbin is $12.50, so whats another $7.50!

Overall, you owe it to yourself to try this out. If you don't like it after purchasing, let me know. I'll offer $15 for it!! LOL

RITE™ STANDARD BOBBIN
•	Ceramic Thread Tube
•	Small Diameter Barrel
•	Removable Vinyl Grip
•	Solid Brass Arm
•	"Click" Drag Adjustment
•	1-9 ounces of thread tension
•	The most versatile of all fly tying bobbins
•	Suggested retail price $19.99

New"ish" Boat

So this is the 'ocean vessel' we (actually my Dad) purchased. It was special though, since Dad made me feel very much part of the whole process. Which was very nice, at least for me. I can't wait to share all kind of experiences with my Dad & family on here.

We have discussed selling our river ob jet. Which is kind of sad to me. I love that boat and river smallie fishing. It just does not receive the use or care it needs or deserves. Selling that boat will help fund repairs, gas, maintenance, etc... for this boat.

Very much looking forward to the Fall migration in Delaware, thats for sure. I hope we get at least one keeper striper this fall. I honestly don't even care who catches it!

I am looking to order a few things for the boat in the near future, one being a larger tackle box. This would be something we could just leave on the boat for general terminal tackle. I have a nice Penn International 975 that is rod-less at the moment...Hopefully not for long!