Lightenup pointed out that access to both parking and for angler access to the South Branch has been eliminated at the existing Hoffman's Crossing Bridge below Califon along River Road (see photo attached). Apparently the owners who live up on route 513 were advised by an attorney they could be...

Yes, a new post. Sorry, I was bored. We recently completed a 1 1/2 mile restoration of Lopatcong Creek in three different towns in Warren County. The project was designed to re-slope badly eroded "vertical banks", create in-stream habitat, and reconnect this stream to its otherwise intact...

Here you go....... http://newjersey.news12.com/story/41180029/crews-begin-demolition-on-old-dam-in-lamington-river We hammer out this b*tch tomorrow.

Just back from a great trip with my two buddies and our gaggle of "yoots" up at the one buddy's 185 acre farm in Otsego County outside Cooperstown. Lots of snow always makes for easy hunting, and this year was no different. Seven hunters in camp, and we filled 6 tags (5 bucks and a doe on a...

I hate the term bucket list, but this was one of those trips. A group of 7 good buddies that are part of my Trout Louts crew booked nearly two years ago for what was supposed to be the 4th week the camp is open and the best dry fly week of the short season way up in Labrador at McKenzie River...

My firm just completed some restoration work on Division owned land many call the "A Frame property" above the Musky Trout Hatchery/Warren Rod & Gun Club between Asbury and Bloomsbury on the lower Musky. TU funded this with William Penn Foundation funds as well as an Embrace A Stream grant (TU...

Keep an eye out if you fish the lower Musky for American shad again this spring. Same for river herring and striped bass. With 3 remnant and 2 formerly intact dams removed on the lower river, shad are making a big comeback to NJ Delaware tribs. Paulins Kill is next with the removal of the...

It's been a long time since I have posted a conservation thread, but some of you will want to know that TU has fully funded the Musky A-Frame project, so called because the Division owns the property and the A frame style home that a CO lives in. This is about 1/3 mile of public water from the...

The dam known as Coles Mill dam in "downtown" Califon experienced a partial breach of the dam near the Methodist church on River Road on Sunday. A very large ice dam was to blame, and the dam is currently allowing the SBR to flow almost entirely through this breach on river left rather than...

Shane's post on keeping NEFF alive reminded me to post about why he and I hooked our two companies up. I hired his firm to perform fish capture on Beisler Lake which is a Lutheran church camp on the upper reaches of Spruce Run Creek this past November. DEP Dam Safety is forcing the camp to...

I was up at FUDR's Water, Water Everywhere annual conference at the West Branch Angler Resort on Wednesday. All 5 Decree parties sent their representatives which was great, and those of us there had unfettered access to them all day to ask questions, discuss concerns, etc. If you haven't been...

I have a guy's ski weekend later in January and we're staying at Bolton Landing at my buddy's house. Since the doc says no more skiing due to my blood thinners, I figured I could wet a line in the Schroon River. I see NY has some decent public access nearby, but I have to drill down to see if...

Every 50 years we paint the fly shop whether it needs it or not. The old color was nicotine yellow.... Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

The Mid Atlantic Fly Fishing Guide, published 10x/year for the past 25 years announced today that due to competition from the internet they will cut back to only 5x/year beginning with their February/March 2016 edition. I blame GB Magazine. And the Carbombinator. Someone must pay for this...

If you've been to the Somerset Fly Fishing Show for years, you know well the collapsible cooler sales guy. I don't recall him being there last year and commenting on it to a buddy, but this guy is always the high-pressure sales guy you expect at a shady used car dealership. So I'm watching...

Like the title says...... Yesterday: And today.......... We built in an extra day (Saturday) to finish two surveys and that might be too soon to get back in the Bushkill Stream in Tatamy, PA near Easton.

Finally! The project that has had more obstacles tossed in front of it than all my other projects combined is finally here. At 8 am tomorrow (Tuesday) my crew walks up the angler's trail and we will then start with our project to improve the 1/3 mile stretch in the middle of this TCA...

I've been working with the Forks of the Delaware TU chapter while I was on staff and more recently now that I'm with Urbani Fisheries to restore a nearly 2 mile reach of the Bushkill Stream above Binney & Smith. Looks like the TU chapter and their partners at the Bushkill Stream Conservancy...

Today was a "learning day" which is what we turkey hunters mean by getting :skunked: We had one call from the roost, but he was far away and I knew many birds were around and just not gobbling on the roost. After a long walk, I hit my call again and I get an immediate response from what I...

I have been helping mentor my buddy's son the last 3 years with pheasants over my Brittany, deer with shotgun and this year for youth turkey day. His son is about to turn 16 this year and is safe and ethical and a joy to be with in the woods. We started out just at first light by me doing my...