S.K.S Adventures 

Avid followers of the blog know that I am a big fan of Steve Culton and an equally big fan of The Saltwater Edge. The two recently teamed up in podcast form to discuss the use of trout and salmon fly fishing techniques for Striped Bass. Give it a listen here.

Raise your hand if this has ever happened to you: striped bass are crashing on a school of sand eels or silversides. The bait is thick and the action looks promising. You tie on your best imitation and yet you cannot buy a hit. What's going on? If this has happened to you it might mean your fly was TOO good at "matching the hatch". Your fly likely got lost in the chaos and never got a glance from a fish. The solution: tie on a fly with the same size and profile as the bait, b

Terminal tackle and wader’s aside, every angler has their assortment of gadgets and gizmos that they use on the water. The following is a list of 5 accessories that I use to ensure safety and success when chasing stripers on the fly. Headlamp The best Striped Bass fishing occurs at night. There are various hypothesis as to why—nocturnal, light sensitivity, water temperature, night vision—but the fact of the matter is that dark skies bring these fish into the shallows and put

Today presented my best chance at catching one of the broodstock Atlantic Salmon that are stocked annually in the Naugatuck River. According to the Connecticut Department of Fish and Game, the Naugatuck has recently been stocked with 48 broodstock atlantic salmon ( 24 in the Upper Section, 48 in the Lower Section) ranging from 6-20 pounds. Despite my best efforts, I was not able to coax a fish to take my sparsely tied Mickey Finn. To make matters worse, it seems our first re