No name 7' 6", 3 piece, 3/4 wt fiberglass fly rod

In a recent post, I mention that I had purchased an inexpensive fiberglass fly rod on eBay,
a few years ago.  The total cost for the rod was less than twenty dollars.

Well, I was able to locate it.  I fished with it in Prospect Park at the lake.
I matched it with the Spanish made Ghost, semi automatic fly reel and a five weight line.

The beauty of glass fly rods is their ability to work well while being "overlined and underlined".

Bloodworm flies

My three piece, 7'6" 3/4 weight No Name fiberglass fly rod.

Close up view of Ghost semi automatic fly reel.  It is very much like a Vivarelli semi automatic
fly reel, except for the drag system.

The rod handled the five weight line with ease.  Too bad I couldn't locate more fish!

Dennis catches a big large mouth bass in Prospect Park Lake

While fishing in Prospect Park Lake, I came upon my fishing buddy Dennis.

Here, he is landing, what makes fishers come to the largest fresh water lake in New York City
The opportunity to catch big bass.

Wow!

A big largemouth bass on spinning gear and a crappie soft bait

A passer-by admiring Dennis' fish

My eleven foot 2 weight fly rod with the Maxcatch automatic reel and 4 weight fly line.

The lake in Prospect Park

Fred and Bill's excellent adventures

Fred Thorner fishing for carp in Golden Pond.  We met by coincidence.  I was there to try and
catch carp with elk hair caddis. Golden Pond is one of the kettle ponds of NYC.

The weather was great the water was relatively clear and the turtles behaved themselves
I  missed a few hook sets.

Later we went to several more carp ponds in the area.

My seven weight rod with the Franco Vivarelli Goldstar semi automatic fly reel.

Fred's carp at a small pond in Hempstead, New York

He used a fly tied. with Mc fly material.  The fly is slow sinking!

Another small carp pond in Roslyn, New York

All I was able to catch in Golden Pond; on an egg pattern soaked in floatant. 

Looking south at Golden Pond.

Looking north at Golden Pond.

End of summer

I hadn't been to Nutley , New Jersey in more than a year.

The "mud hole" as it is known is home to some of the most difficult carp to catch.  I went there
hoping my past experiences would give me an advantage.  There was algae and few carp to be seen
No carp were hooked.

I made a visit to this lake in North Bergen.  Woodcliff Lake, located in James Braddock Park
(named after heavyweight champion James J. Braddock - 1935 - 1937) is 16 acres large.  I caught
a three pound bass here years ago. 

But never a carp; which was the reason for my return this day.

Sunset at Woodcliff Lake.  No fish, a perfect "Skunk".