Geno Rapa and I with two very nice early season sideliners.

Hi again and hope everyone has made it through the winter in good health. One week ago Geno and I fished the Narrow River and did very well as you can see. We took a good number of fish, and it's all because the herring have been in the river since March 19, 2010. Most of my fish where caught on my stealth and shrimp flies. Good to be back, I will be posting reports from now on just about every other day or so.

Tight Loops, Ed     www.edlombardoflyfish.com

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

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

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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      

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       

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        

#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 

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  

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             

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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