by Todd Corayer | Mar 5, 2016 | Fresh Water Fishing, Striped Bass Fishing, Trout Fishing
Fly fishing specific shows offer a glimpse into this passive riverine alter-universe…Warren is a guy who I suspect could wade into a quiet piece of shallow water, find catch net and release a fine brook trout and not think to tell you about it that night…with 18 zippers and clippers for zingers for nippers and tippets…Spin fishermen tend to be the jeans and t-shirt crowd, often with very clever use of the word “hooker”…
by Todd Corayer | Feb 27, 2016 | Striped Bass Fishing
The Narragansett Surf Casters held their annual “Surf Day-New and Used Tackle Sale” last weekend. A few hundred people braved the cold to check out tables piled high with rods, reels, tattered surf bags, collections of old lures not for sale, books and floor...
by Todd Corayer | Feb 23, 2016 | Ice Fishing
this column was first published in the RI Central newspapers a few weeks ago…apologies for the delay Well, we finally got ourselves some winter and hopefully our next installment will include reports of good people catching fish through the ice. Patience now, no...
by Todd Corayer | Feb 12, 2016 | Ice Fishing, Trout Fishing
Fishing rods, and my collection of them, are quizzical things, very much like my wife’s shoes and respective stockpile. Equally we require certain general design specifics, rarely in similar price ranges, although we do not share technical or fashion related needs....
by Todd Corayer | Feb 6, 2016 | Salt Water Fishing
Sure, it’s officially winter now that we have snow drifts, salted roads and finally a chance to break out the power augers before opening day gets here. To keep the chill off and the focus back on fishing, the Narragansett Surfcasters meet regularly to listen to...
by Todd Corayer | Jan 31, 2016 | skeet shooting
It doesn’t really sound like fireworks. The firing of a shotgun is a special sound; a brief bang, often a little deep toned or flat, depending on the load. In the right atmospheric conditions, the sound can travel some but it’s the sound of sport and nothing new to...
by Todd Corayer | Jan 22, 2016 | Salt Water Fishing
It’s the wee hours of the new year, fishing’s slow, snow’s coming and largely it’s only the head boats out south of the beach. There are, however, a few news items of interest. The cement work is finished on the out-migration side of the Post Road fish...
by Todd Corayer | Jan 17, 2016 | Salt Water Fishing
There is no snow, not even frost and the ponds haven’t hardened up yet. Columbus Day garlic cloves, planted deep in seaweed compost, have grown taller than their straw insulation, lighting up a dark garden landscape with bright green tips. Buckets full of tip-up’s and...
by Todd Corayer | Jan 15, 2016 | Salt Water Fishing
this week fish wrap is #D-STRONG in my life fishing is an absolute it rises to the top it is what i do if i can’t do i write but wait perspective check: fishing writing can wait this week we are #D-STRONG LETS ALL BE #D-STRONG fishing can wait LETS ALL BE...
by Todd Corayer | Jan 9, 2016 | Black Sea Bass Fishing, Block Island, Fluke Fishing, Fresh Water Fishing, Ice Fishing, Striped Bass Fishing, Trout Fishing
a solid #fishwrap year in review in words & pictures