Orvis full flex fly rod and Orvis ""Hydros Bank Shot Float".

 I've been fishing with newbies and neighbors.  I met a fisher today in Prospect Park. Luigi

was delighted when he caught a large yellow perch.  We were fishing near the boat house.  Catching yellow perch is a rarity but in the spring they, perch, appear and then they are gone for the rest of the season..   

Recently, I purchased a  new fly line from Orvis. It is the Orvis ""Hydros Bank Shot Float".

This is another one of those skagit type fly lines. I like it.  The line works perfectly with the old

Orvis "Full Flex" fiberglass, 8wt rod that I acquired years ago. The rod fishes like a cane rod.

If you like "grass" rods you will enjoy this slow flex.

  

My rod is a 2 piece 8 foot, 8 wt rod which I matched with a  ATP 37 semi automatic fly reel

Hydros Bank Shot Float is designed to be a versatile, quick-shooting fly line to handle a multitude of situations. Great for one-time casts to a bank, delivering large flies, roll casts, and single hand Spey. This line is powerfully built with a short, heavy head to load the rod quickly and reduce the need for false casts. Smooth coated line with AST patented dry-slick technology provides continual line protection and slickness. Dual welded loops for easy, seamless connection to backing and leader. Orvis Line ID for quick and easy identification. Color change at 30'. Light willow front. Orange rear.

Made in USA.

 

Maxcatch skyhigh 5 wt fly rod

My neighbor is learning how to fish. Here he is with a blue gill he caught while using one

of my blood worm patterns (# 18).

He is hooked as well!

I fished my Maxcatch Sky High Toray nano carbon fly rod.  It is a nine-foot, 4-piece, 5 wt.

 The action is fast. The rod is super light; so light that sections of the rod have broken twice. Maxcatch

offers a lifetime warranty with this rod and replaced the sections at no cost to me. The transaction was fast!

           Club size bass ( eight inches) taken on a blood worm fly.

 

 

 

Allison pond

I finally got a chance to fish this pond while it is algae free. For years, people have told me this pond

had carp but all I found today were koi. Don't get me wrong, there is nothing wrong with catching koi.

However, I saw no carp in this small pond; only two koi.

 This park honors George William Allison (1888-1939), an engineer who used his expertise to usher in a new era of public works in Staten Island when President Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882-1945) established the Works Progress Administration in the 1930s.

Skagit fishing for carp

Nothing new today. I went to Loab Lake for a minute and fished. The water was off-color. This was my first time being in the park since last year. Fishing in Central Park is good at this time of the year. There is no algae and fish are active. I will try to fish as many places this spring, that have no algae as possible.

I used my 8wt switch rod. It feels better than my 11 foot 6 wt when I cast the 300-gram Skagit line. I caught this carp using one of my "pop up" flies.