The Great Lakes of NYC

The Blog of Fly Fishing in New York City's Parks. Currently there are more than two dozen fresh water lakes and ponds open to the public.

Sunday, September 22, 2019

Side by side, Franco Vivarelli GOLDSTAR Vs. Maxcatch Automatic Reel

The Franco Vivarelli semi automatic fly reel was the standard by which all other semi automatic fly reels were measured. The Gold...

Saturday, September 21, 2019

Prospect Park on a summer afternoon

This was my first afternoon fishing in Brooklyn. I fished an old 5/6 weight, 9 foot rod with my JMC Ozone semi automatic fly reel. On...

Monday, September 9, 2019

Carpin in September

I am still testing the limits of the Maxcatch fly reel. Today I fished an older fly rod I bought years ago. It is a Browning "...

Saturday, August 31, 2019

Carp on Fenwick 535

I was still annoyed about Dennis and I being skunked a few days ago. So I returned alone with an entirely different strategy. I brought...

Thursday, August 29, 2019

Fiberglass Fly rod - The Fenwick 535

I fished this rod once before with WF#3 line and landed a nice carp. Today I was testing a new fly reel loaded wi...

Monday, August 26, 2019

no name Fiberglass fly rod

Another hot humid afternoon, trying to catch fish. Besides the carp I've caught this summer, I have not caught fish larger than ...

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The Great Lakes of NYC: I am an urban fly fisher. I like to catch carp and panfish. I fish the rivers, lakes and ponds surrounding NYC including New Jersey.

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