#1-ANGLER

#2-BROWN & RAINBOW

#3-WILD BROWN TROUT

#4-BROOK TROUT

An angler works a fly through a piece of fast water. Submerged rocks afford trout places to hide.

A typical stocked brown (top) and rainbow trout (bottom).

Wild brown trout about to be released. Many wild browns are yellow in coloration.

 Brook trout have white edging on their ventral fins and a worm-like pattern on their back called vermiculations.

#5-ROD REEL & FLY BOX

#6-EARLY SEASON FLIES

#7-SPINNING TACKLE

 

An assortment of floating or 'dry' flies, effective later in the season when the water warms up and insect hatches increase in frequency. (This would look great on the front cover of "Get Set.")

An assortment of trout flies for opening day including (left to right) two olive caddis larvae, a bead-head gold-ribbed hare's ear, a giant black stonefly and two variations on a bead-head woolly bugger

A gold 'Phoebe' (left) and two spinners are early season favorites of spin fishermen.

#8-STENONEMA VICARIUM

#9-MARCH BROWN FLY

#10-HELLGRAMMITE

 

#11-HELLGRAMMITE IMITATION

 

An adult mayfly (Stenonema vicarium). Mayflies are an important part of the food chain for trout.

A March Brown imitation, tied to resemble S. vicarium

Hellgrammites are often used as bait for trout. They are the larval stage of the Dobson Fly.

A Hellgrammite imitation tied to resemble the real insect.

#12-POOL FISHING

 

#13-KID FISHING

 

#14-ANGLER WITH TROUT

 

#15-ANGLER 2

 

Most anglers concentrate in the deeper pools, but the faster water at the head of these pools often holds more trout.

Spin fishing is great for kids just starting out.

A stringer of brook trout caught in the Pequannock River in Riverdale.

Same shot (backed out).