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...

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...

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...

Today presented my best chance at catching one of the broodstock Atlantic Salmon that are stocked annually in the Naugatuck River....

Part flatwing, part soft hackle, and part bucktail, the Soft Hackle Flatwing is a favorite in my spring run rotation. The ingenious mix...

With the school year in full swing I am forced to pry myself away from the Ocean State. Yes, I'll miss the beaches, the tidal rivers, the...

When people ask me about what sort of "set-up" I use for striped bass, they quickly get the realize that I don't fish for striped bass...

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Gear Review is a chance for us to give honest reviews of the fly fishing gear that we have been using. Our hope is that these reviews...

This fly was created by Ken Abrames to imitate finger mullet, which move through Rhode Island in the fall. However, to save this fly for...

Whether you are a new angler looking for your first fly rod or an experienced angler looking to replace “old faithful”, shopping for fly...

I tie lots of large flatwings in various colors and styles. Yet when I open my fly box I find myself reaching for a Razzle Dazzle time...

Simple, sparse, and small, the Mini Bondorew Bucktail is an impressionist fly that looks like everything and nothing. Its sparseness...

Sadly, catch and release mortality is approximately 9%. That means for every 10 fish you catch one fish dies. One fish that could have...

Most of New England's aquatic baitfish employ one of two methods of camouflage. Some have silvery scales that reflect the colors around...

This spring was especially tough for shore-bound fishermen, especially fly fishermen. The cold weather, dearth of bait, and preponderance...

Last night I had the opportunity to show a friend one of my favorite striper haunts. The prevailing bait was, once again, grass shrimp....

More grass shrimp and more baby bass. I'd hate to think the big fish are gone, but then again, they never really did show up this year in...

Have you ever gone dry fly fishing for striped bass? With a 5 weight? And a size 8 fly? It's grand. Every spring grass shrimp begin to...

No fish, but great views.