Today’s Fly
This is a very similar pattern to the one I tied up yesterday (see Today’s Pattern post). These patterns with the long hackles are designed to be fished slow, or to drift in the current with a slow twitch. These … Continue reading →
This is a very similar pattern to the one I tied up yesterday (see Today’s Pattern post). These patterns with the long hackles are designed to be fished slow, or to drift in the current with a slow twitch. These … Continue reading →
Two versions of my Baymen Universal Fly pattern that I created more than twenty years ago. The Baymen Universal has been fished by anglers around world. Fly fish with me in 2020 & 2021 for striped bass and blues on … Continue reading →
Here is a list of some of my Guide Services for 2020. Hard to believe I have been guiding now for 26 years…! Where does the time go? SPRING TURKEY – I will be guiding up north the first ten … Continue reading →
BAYMEN CHARTERS – FLY FISHING / LIGHT TACKLE Striped Bass on The Fly or LT on the Massachusetts’ coast. Now in my 27th year. Call or e-mail for open dates 2020/2021. Half-Day trips available 5+ hours. Capt. Dave, Baymen Guide Service, … Continue reading →
On board today, Paul Clark and Crew from Guernsey, for Fly & LIght Tackle Striped Bass! At first light, a stunning sunrise, rising tide, light West wind, and water temps 68. 8 degrees at the dock. And lots of striped … Continue reading →
What a morning! On the bay at first light with Lt. Col. Richard “The Machine” Comstock for Day 2: fly fishing only striped bass. Water temps were 61.4 at the dock and winds were flat calm out of the west. … Continue reading →
On board today, my client and good friend, Lt. Col. Richard “The Machine” Comstock for fly fishing only striped bass. At first light, we had a half-tide dropping, and a WSW breeze, and it was cold! Water temps at the … Continue reading →
On board today, I had repeat client, Brian Ware, for fly fishing striped bass. Brian is a regular and has been fishing with me for many years. Today, he crushed it on the fly! At first light, almost no wind … Continue reading →
On board today, I had repeat clients Frank Harrington, Ken Harshorn, and Frank’s sons, Greg and Frank, Jr. for light tackle striped bass. At first light we got into fish and it pretty much continued all morning. Several schools of … Continue reading →
On board today, I had repeat clients Gene and Julie DuPuis for Fly & Light Tackle striped bass. At first light, overcast skies, water temps 67, and the last two hours of dropping tide. Fish were stacked in the rips … Continue reading →