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JT

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About Me

Addicted Fly Fisher, love to travel to that end. Enjoy live music, concerts etc. Originally from NJ, have lived in FL, CA and Oregon... book bands at Molly Malones, Genghis Cohen, Room 5 (in Los Angeles) and Live at the Lounge (in Hermosa Beach) for ever...

My Interests

Music, Live Comedy, Fly Fishing, travel, camping, sports, nature, the outdoors etc...

I'd like to meet:

Nice people who give a rat's ass...

Music:

Ryan Adams, Leona Naess, Lucinda Williams, Beth Hart, Storm and the Balls, Neil Young, Amelia, Reeve Carney, Justn Clayton, I-94, Springsteen, CSN, Allmans, classic rock etc, Brett Cain, original artists...

Movies:

Trouble with Mary, Private Ryan, Band of Brothers, Lonesome Dove,Jackass, Dumb and Dumber..boy shit

Television:

Sopranos, Rome, Entourage, Huff, Mad TV, Deadwood, Big Love, 24 etc. no lane brain reality or star seeker shit...

Books:

Stephen Hunter, Lee Child and other page turners...

Heroes:

My pop, he treated everyone the same, was kind and loved by all...

My Blog

Ragged Island, Bahamas

I just got back from a great five day trip to Ragged Island, Bahamas and as our trip coordinator Chuck said when describing the island, "It's not the end of the world but you can certainly see it ...
Posted by JT on Fri, 23 Dec 2005 12:01:00 PST

A great morning (circa 1998)

The morning of Oct 7th 1999 will be burned into my memory for a long time. I awoke before dawn to make the short drive from my motel room to Island Beach State Park. I drove my jeep onto the 15 mile s...
Posted by JT on Fri, 23 Dec 2005 12:00:00 PST

My First Albie (circa 1997)

I went to the Jersey Shore this week to try and catch a false albacore on the fly. These fast, wary fish are a prize to the flyrodder and I my previous experience was to take one on spinning gear. The...
Posted by JT on Fri, 23 Dec 2005 11:59:00 PST

Camping and fishing PA in '98

Well here's the lastest installment of my boring fishing stories.... I went camping this week for the second year in a row with my good friend from way back in grammar school, Bill Cristaldi. Bill ...
Posted by JT on Fri, 23 Dec 2005 11:55:00 PST

Verde River or The power of Cheese

I headed out to the Verde River this morning in search of a little solitude and trout fishing. As I headed into the hills outside of Phoenix I couldn't help but become mesmerized by the fleet of hot a...
Posted by JT on Fri, 23 Dec 2005 11:51:00 PST

Klammath River-Fly Fishing article

The Klamath River in Northwestern California is a special river for the fly fisher. It is one of only three river systems that are famous for consistent strong runs of the smaller 2-3 year old steelhe...
Posted by JT on Tue, 06 Dec 2005 11:52:00 PST

NZ North island Fly Fishing

We toured with some family and friends and my brother Mark. It was a long flight (12 1/2 hours) but it was at night so I slept most of the way, a bonus. NZ airlines has footrests and headrests tha...
Posted by JT on Tue, 06 Dec 2005 11:47:00 PST

Crowley Lake-another fly fishing story

I went to Crowley Lake last week near Mammoth Mtn., CA. It's a brutal drive drive through the high desert (5 hrs) but well worth it when the fish are active. I spent 2 full days fishing over a 3 day p...
Posted by JT on Tue, 06 Dec 2005 11:45:00 PST

Green River fly trip

Fellow Fly Fishers, A few years back i went on my first trip to the Green River in the North East desert mountains of Utah. I flew in to Salt Lake City then made the 3 1/2 drive to the town of Dutch ...
Posted by JT on Tue, 06 Dec 2005 11:41:00 PST

Harker's island NC Saltwater Fly Fishing

Every fall, around mid-October, a mad confluence of fish and fishermen occurs off a small island near Cape Lookout, North Carolina. Some seventy-five miles south of Cape Hatteras lies the sleepy lit...
Posted by JT on Tue, 06 Dec 2005 11:39:00 PST