Ed Lombardo Flyfishing

Fly Fishing Report, 10/10/09

2009-10-11T02:38:00Z

Iain Parker from T & T Fly Rods with a nice Hickory shad.

Hi everybody, we fished the Narrow River for the past week a good four days and the last time being Monday. I did in fact manage to take a fish that was 33" and good fish wading. In these four days of fishing the river showed very little bait almost no bait showing at all. The fish that we did catch where not easy to find. We fished from Middle Bridge to the mouth of the river and only took one fish every 15 minutes or so. That is with moving and trying many different areas. The fish just have not come into the Narrow River in good numbers yet. We did take some shad as well, not many. Fish are still taking shrimp patterns and larger flies in the 4" to 6" size. We will still keep going because this could change at any time. And just an observation not that many people fishing on the beach or inside, strange!

Best always, Ed www.edlombardoflyfish.com

Fly Fishing Information a Good Tool

2009-10-09T02:07:00Z

Releasing Fish To Live Another Day

If you release your fish please practice these Catch and Release Methods

By Ed Lombardo

If handled properly, fish have an excellent chance of survival after they are released.

· Bring the fish in as quickly as possible. Do not play the fish to exhaustion.

· Unhook the fish in quiet water such as an eddy or slow spot. Do not drag the fish across land.

· If you must handle the fish, always make sure your hands are wet (fish have a protective mucous film sensitive to dry human hands).

· The best way to hold a fish (with wet hands) is one hand around the tail section and the other beneath the belly just behind the pectoral fins. Never, ever grab or hold a fish through the gills unless it is already dead.

· If you want a photo of the fish, make sure the photographer is ready before you handle the fish. Make it quick, keep the fish in the water with it's head below the surface, count to three then lift the fish with both hands snap a piture and then quickly put the fish back below the surface. If more than one shoot is to be taken between snaps I always say" give it a drink, give it a drink" meaning, place the fish back below the water. And try not to place the fish on the ground when taking a picture.

· Never just throw a fish back into the water. If a fish becomes passive, it is probably close to exhaustion. Gently remove the hook within calm water, and then lightly cradle the fish with your hands to see what it does. If it struggles to keep itself upright, hold the fish around its tail and beneath its belly while pointing it against the current. You should notice the gills opening and closing due to the rush of water. This is like giving a fish mouth to mouth resuscitation. When the fish has recovered it should swim away on its own.

· Hooks and lures typically have barbs. With small pliers you can pinch down the barbs. Without barbs hook removal is easier and less traumatic to the fish and perhaps yourself. Remember, barbs where invented to keep bait on the hook, I always use barbless hooks for both freshwater and saltwater flyfishing .

· Spinning lures typically have three hooks called treble hooks. With wire cutters you can snip off one of the hooks or snap one off with some pliers. Two hooks are still very effective and, once again, easier to remove and less traumatic.

Best regards, and tight lines, Ed www.edlombardoflyfish.com

Fly Fishing Report, 10/8/09

2009-10-09T01:40:00Z

Dick Pearce and Everett getting ready last night

This beautiful fish took my fly in 3' of water

This fish was taken last night on my pink high tie fly. I believe more and more larger fish such as this one will become more copious as the days go on because so many more larger bait fish are showing each day such as hickory shad, and, snapper blues, along a with steady diet of other bait.

Hi everybody, I fished the narrow river this week and found that the water temperature to be a good 56 degrees. We found schoolies and shad to be somewhat prolific. The shad are coming into the river just at dark. They come in schools and when you get into them their a lot of fun, especially if you use a 6 or 7wt. rod, the bad news is they do not stay for long. Cast to the fish and release quietly and get your fly out into them as fast as possible. With all of that said we did in fact manage to take many fish for the 10 minutes that they where there; like in the past I do think that these shad will be in the river to stay for a while, as they have in many years past. We also took some very nice sideliners. Again remember, if you release your fish please practice Catch and Proper Release, thank you.

Best regards, Ed www.edlombardoflyfish.com

Fly Fishing Report, 10/6/09

2009-10-07T02:35:00Z

Early Fall on the beautiful Wood River!

Hi everybody, I fished the Wood River just before this rain, and the river was up about a good 8” to 10” from last week, made for a much faster drag free drift. I fished terrestrials and BWO imitations the whole time. This time of year fish are looking up for such naturals as Ants, Flying ants, Bees, Wasps, Beetles, Inch Worms, and Crickets. Fish where not rising that often but when I placed my fly in a likely holding lie fish came up and took it. Most of the trout that I hooked came up to a smaller size Ant pattern black in color, a size #18, I like using a larger size such as #14’s most of the time but on this day they seem to like a smaller version. The few fish that did rise took a larger size # 14 wasps pattern. I did not see many mayflies, BWO’s on the water at all. There are some very nice fish that have been stocked in the river. The water is clear even though we have had a lot of rain over this past weekend. One of the annoyances one has to deal with this time of the year are floating leaves and pine needles, not very good for both the dry fly and subsurface fly fisher. With the rain of today the river will not be good for dry fly fishing for another 5 to 6 days.

Best regards and drag free, Ed www.edlombardoflyfish.com

Fly Fishing Class Anouncement

2009-10-06T01:01:00Z

Come and join us for a lot of fun, a good time, and education in the RI great outdoors!

October 17, 2009: - 9am – 3pm

Introduction to Saltwater Fly Fishing
USFWS Kettle Pond Visitor’s Center – Charlestown, RI

It’s your turn to try Saltwater Fly Fishing! From casting techniques and fly tying to fly fishing some of Charlestown’s premier fishing area, this all day workshop will teach you the basics of fly fishing. So, bring your chest waders and a bagged lunch and learn to fly fish. Families with children 10 and over are welcome Fee: $40.00/person. SPACE IS LIMITED AND REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED! For more information and Registration Materials, please contact Kimberly Sullivan (401) 789-0281 or kimberly.sullivan@dem.ri.gov.

Best Always, and remember, if you practice catch & release, practice Catch and Proper Release, thank you, Ed

www.edlombardoflyfish.com

Fly Fishing, Matt Light Foundation Charity Shoot at Addieville East Farm

2009-10-01T02:58:00Z

#76 Sebastian Vollmer, # 64 Mark LeVoir, # 50, Rob Ninkovich

Tom Dorsey, one of the founders of T & T , # 9, Isaiah Stanback, QB, and Erika

Ed, # 9 Isaiah Stanback, QB, Erika, Gen. mgr. T & T Fly Rods # 72, Matt Light

# 61, Steve Neal

Bob, Erika, Ed, Everett, Julie, Bob, and Toby

Bob Santos, is this where I would put my rod holder?

Everett tying one of his best, wasp pattern.

Toby tying one of his best , gray softy.

Hi everybody, another great year at Addieville East Farm for Matt's Kids.
We all had a lot of fun, good food from the Capital Grill, good fly fishing, shooting and raised a lot of money for the kids! All of the Patriots enjoyed fly fishing at the cabin pond and I would take this opportunity in thanking the Thomas & Thomas staff and my good friends, Everett Thornton, Bob Santos, Toby Miller, and Dennis Kohler for all of their hard work and dedication. This year's event was bigger and better than ever, it just get better every year thanks to Matt Light and Addieville.

Best always, Ed www.edlombardoflyfish.com 401-949-2266

Fly Fishing Report, 9/24/09

2009-09-25T01:48:00Z

Top my High Tie tied with craft fur, and my crab fly.

My high tie in pink craft fur, note the sections of fur tied in small bunches on top of the hook shank.

Hi everybody, we fished the narrow river last night and the water just above Sprague bridge was very warm! The water coming out of the estuary, (Chafee Wildlife Refuge) has been heated by the warm sun of the last two days. We did find fish up river where the water was much cooler, oh, about 10 to 15 degrees cooler, much better for holding bass and shad. We did in fact do very well, Hunter Seley came back for more and took some very nine shad and sidliners. Everett and Geno took some good fish as well.

With the cooler nights we had last week it was looking much better inside of the rivers, in respect to water temperatures. It will not be long now that the nights will cool things down. Again the best flies for me where my pink high tie and shrimp patterns.

Best regards, Ed www.edlombardoflyfish.com blog.edlombardoflyfish.com

Fly Fishing Report 9/20//09

2009-09-21T02:07:00Z

Hunter Seley with his first striper on a fly, congratulation my friend!
This fish took my pink high tie fly as the point fly following my shrimp pattern.

Hi everybody, the Narrow River has been very slow in the past 8 to 9 days now. Up to two weeks ago the river was very good, both bass and shad very prolific, shad would be in almost every night just before dark and some very nice fish at that, shad in the 20" to 22" size. As of late not many fish in the system. We also fished the breachway in Charlestown and only a few sideliners and no shad, this was last Thursday night on an incoming tide. Things should start picking up very soon! I will keep you posted.

Best regards, Ed www.edlombardoflyfish.com 401-949-2266

Anouncement

2009-09-06T15:27:00Z

ANOUNCEMENT

ADDIEVILLE EAST FLY FISHINGCLUB’S

3^RD. ANNUAL PARTY& PRESENTATION

On Monday, September, 21^st. 2009 at 6:30pm we will be holding our 3^rd. Annual Addieville East Farm Fly Fishing Club’s party and presentation. All Fly Fishing members and a guest are invited to attend an evening to celebrate the upcoming Fall Fly Fishing Season in both saltwater and freshwater, with good friendship, food, and a great slide presentation given by our own Ed Lombardo. Ed’s presentation is entitled Fly Fishing The West and Local Saltwater Fly Fishing.In this presentation you will see this year’s trip (July, 2009) of Yellowstone National Park and the Best Trout River in the US, The Fabulous Bighorn River and wading our local saltwater rivers and other venues. We will all pitch in for pizza and soda as we have done with all other programs. Please come and join us for an evening of good food, friendship, and education, we look forward in seeing you there.

Addieville, mgr.

Best always, Ed www.edlombardoflyfish.com
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Fly Fishing Report, 9/2/09

2009-09-03T02:32:00Z

Sunset on The Narrow River

Hi Again, we fished the Narrow on Wednesday night as well and did get some nice stripers and later just before dark a few very large shad. Same flies, same tide incoming. Great time!

Best always, Ed www.edlombardoflyfish.com

Fly Fishing Report, 8/31/09

2009-09-01T02:32:00Z

Hi everyone, Geno Rapa, Everett Thornton, Burt Strom, and I fished the Narrow River last night and did very well. We fished the river on the incoming tide and the River was in the three C's, clear, cool and clean, and a good number of silversides to boot. My shrimp fly and my pink high tie worked well. We had to change our retrieve all

night long, slow, fast, slow and long, fast and short, fast and long and now you get the picture. I like to retrieve my fly fast when the water is moving slow and slow when the water is moving fast a good rule in general.

Best Always and tight Lines, Ed www.edlombardoflyfish.com

Fly Fishing Montana, 2009 Trip

2009-08-28T02:51:00Z

Dinner at Chico's Hot Springs

Beautiful Cutthroat Trout from DePuy Spring Creek

Tom Perry on Soda Butte Yellowstone National Park

Toby Miller with big Bighorn Bow Myself and Dennis Kohler with a side channel brown

Tom with a Bighorn Rainbow!

Tom's Bow took my wasp pattern

Bob Santos with a big Rainbow from the Bighorn River on a soft hackle dry size #16

Bob with a nice Cutt from Soda Butte one of many !!!!!

Everett Thornton with a great Bow from the Horn!

Everett with a nice Bighorn Brown

Toby with a Brown taken on a large parachute hopper!!!!

We fished once again the great waters of Montana, and Yellowstone National Park this past July and this trip turned out to be one of the best, as a matter of fact I would say it ranked in the top 5 or 6 trips in the 27 times that I have been! The water levels had dropped just before we arrived and from that first day of the trip to the last it was all great! We fished mill Creek, Deputy's Spring Creek, Soda Butte, and the Fabulous BigHorn River, all fished extremly well. The fish at all of these rivers where all very respectable with an average size being 14" to 15" and on The Bighorn this was another big fish year almost like it was back in the 80"s and 90"s. the fish on the Horn averaged a good 16" to 17". All of us took fish in the 19" to 20" class and many of them. Our hatches where BWO's, Black and Tan Caddis, some PMD's, and a lot of stillborn Black Caddis. The terrestrial fishing this year was extremely good with hoppers, wasp, and ants, some of our party took most of their fish on hoppers all week long and big fish at that. Another great year out West.

Best always and tight lines Ed www.edlombardoflyfish.com

Fly Fishing Report 8/25//09

2009-08-27T01:30:00Z

Hi everyone, I fished the Wood River yesterday and found the trout to be very cooperative when presented an imitation of the terrestrial kind. This is the time of the year when trout start keying in on such insects as ants, flying ants, bees, wasps, inchworms, and beetles. Trout took my wasp pattern very aggressively, a size #12 hook, green rabbit fur body, loose cell foam tied in as a shellback, and two to three turns of a brown furnace hackle just behind the head of the fly. Trout also liked my sparkle ant pattern in sizes #16 and # 14. The good news is, water level is just about right and with all of the rain we had this past spring and early summer I believe the Wood River will be above normal regarding water height for the upcoming fall season, it is usually very low for that time of the year. Most of the trout took ants and wasps and one fish took a Gray Soft Hackle Dry fly. I did see some BWO's and a few yellow mayflies later in the afternoon and evening.

Best always and tight lines, ed www.edlombardoflyfish.com

Fly Fishing Report,

2009-07-20T03:01:00Z

George on the Narrow River

Hi everybody, we fished the Warren River and Bristol Narrows on Monday and did very well. We took fish on both the outgoing and incoming tide. The water is still cool and not that warm as of yet. We started at the Warren River just upstream from the bridge near the old American Tourister Plant; fish where just below the point to the right. The Bristol Narrows water color was very brown and dark; we took no fish and fished only for 20 minutes or so. We went back to the Warren River and by then the tide had turned to incoming, no fish the outgoing tide fished much better. The best fly pattern again was a shrimp pattern size #1, and 4" streamer patterns in dark olive and brown, a lot of mummies in the water and some very large in size, oh, 4 to 5 " long.

Two of my good friends that live on the Wood River told me that the Hex Hatch came off very good on Monday night, and they took a good number of fish. I will try and fish the Wood River soon, maybe tonight but with all of this rain still I do not thing the wading will be that suitable. Remember to use the spinner pattern during the hatch!

Best always, Ed

Fly Fishing Report, 6/24/09

2009-06-26T02:07:00Z

Top my shrimp fly, and a nice fish last night from The Narrow River

The river fish well but we had to work at it. Some silversides all of the fish that I caught took my shrimp pattern. From 5:30to 7:30pm the we had an outgoming tide and then just after 7:30pm the tide changed to incoming. We took some nice fish from Sprague Bridge to just downstream, oh, about 500 to 600 yds downstream. Using intermediate fly lines, I like the Air-Flow 40+clear 40ft. wf section fly line, just a great line. I'm also using 20# tippet of Berkely Vanish Fluorocarbon.

Now that the sun has come back I will be fishing the Wood River;s Hex Hatch!

Best Always, Ed www.edlombardoflyfish.com

Fly Fishing Report, 6/23/09

2009-06-24T02:05:00Z

Fish are still taking worm patterns, mostly on the outgoing tide.

Hi everybody,we fished the Narrow River last night and the conditions where again just right, outgoing tide when we first started around 4:45, sand eels enough to draw fish, and the river was clean, no weeds. We started above Sprague Bridge and worked our way down to the mouth. Six fish where landed all schoolies, none over 19”. In four and a half hours, not that many fish in the river. We used our usual fly patterns, shrimp, high-tie streamers in hot pink, pink and yellow, made from craft fur. Oh; the water temperature was a lot cooler, at least by 15 degrees or so.

Best Always, Ed www.edlombardoflyfish.com style="">

Fly Fishing Report, Wood River, 6/8/09

2009-06-17T02:34:00Z

Hex Nymph, note large gills along the abdomen top and the sharp trunks for borrowing in soft mud and silt.

Hi everybody, as stated in my last report pertaining to The Wood River conditions remain the same on the Wood River, as of Monday 6/8/09. The rain might bring the river up a little but this overcast brings out the hatches in a more prolific way. BWO’s Mahogany Duns, Midges, and Gray Drakes are still showing regularly. BWO’s, and Mahogany Duns start showing around 11:00am and go until late afternoon. Large Gray Drakes a size # 10 start just before dark and fish key in on these larger Hex like duns. Which brings me to the following, our famous Giant Michigan Mayfly, Hexagenia Limbata or Hex hatch will be starting around June 15^th. or 16^th. depending on weather conditions, we need hot humid days and with this latest weather it looks as though the Hex may in fact be a little later than the 15^th. For the past thirty years or so the earliest I have ever seen this hatch start was on June 12^th. in a somewhat prolific way. I like using a size # 10 2x long White, Yellow, or Orange body Wulff Pattern for my dun. For my spinner same size and body of orange rabbit fur with spent wings of white calf tail. Once this hatch gets started and the spinners are on the water I will use my spinner imitation most or the time during this hatch. Much more on this later. I will keep you posted!

As mentioned in my last report I will be fishing The Wood river more now that it's almost Hex Time! Look for my reports!

Best always, your friend, Ed www.edlombardoflyfish.com

Fly Fishing Report, 6/16/09

2009-06-17T02:08:00Z

Jim in the foreground.

Keld and Paul

Toby, Richard, Everett, and Jim

Jim, Bob, and Everett

Thank you Geno Rapa, Keld Olsson, and The Rhody Flyrodders Organization of RI for hosting such a great night on The Narrow River last night. This was a great time and so many good friends and laughs! More than 12 Fly fishers showed and Geno and Keld where very happy with the turnout. Only two sideliners and two winter flounder where caught , but the night, tide, bait, and wind all good, just that the fish where not there. Geno said that he thought the water coming from the Gooseberry Island Pond in the back was too warm keeping the fish away.

I will be fishing the Wood River a lot more now, waiting for the Hex Hatch to start, hoping for hot humid weather! Look for my reports!

The fish that where taken where caught on shrimp patterns, even the two flats.

Best Always, Ed Lombardo www.edlombardoflyfish.com

Fly Fishing Report, 6/15/09

2009-06-16T02:46:00Z

David and Geno Rapa with two nice striped bass from the bay.

We fished Monday night and we all got fish and some very respectable fish at that! David out fished both of us! Fish took shrimp, pink and bright green high ties, oh; about 3" to 5" in length. We started at around 5:30pm.

Fly Fishing Report, 6/6 & 6/7

2009-06-08T01:18:00Z

Top Paula with her first sideliner, Eric and Dr. Sam Smart on the Narrow River as well.

The fishing on these two days was slow and that's the first time all season. On these two days we managed only some 12 fish or so. One good thing that we observed where the good numbers of sand eels that where in the river. June is always the time for these little forage to start emerging. They where 11/2" to 3" long and sliver and brown in color. Some very large schools moving all through the system.

Best Always, Ed www.edlombardoflyfish.com