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Week of November 27th - Better half of Fall Report

What started with a rather bunk October, from my experience and chatter in the shop on weekends, has become a fairly spectacular Fall. ...

Mid November - Warm weather, wet flies

It’s been a busy Fall at South Branch Outfitters! The International Fly Tying Symposium was exciting this year and there is some good...

Week of November 5th - Army-Navy, Fly Fisher of the Year and Fall Weather

Thank you to all participants and spectators at this weekend's events at Shannon’s Private Waters at the Raritan Inn. The fish and...

Fall Events - October Twenty-eighth, 2023

The shop is looking forward to our first in a series of classes and events in the coming weeks! Tomorrow, Sunday the 29th, guide and...

Practical Thinking - October Twenty-second, 2023

In case you didn’t know - spoiler alert to the end of Moby Dick - the end of Moby Dick is not considered a happy ending if you're rooting...

“Thar she blows!” - October Fifteenth, 2023

The fictional captain of The Pequod did not coin the phrase “There she blows,” but I think it is from him that I learned its meaning....

Wild, Native, Holdover, and Stocked - October Eighth, 2023

It is the weekend before stocking begins - the first fish will head out Tuesday the 10th, early in the morning, and the last truck wraps...

The Autumnal Aura - October First, 2023

Fall fishing will be at its finest this week. Get out there! The leaves are still hanging on, the reflections of foliage are...

Week of September 24th - It’s Autumn!

The first day of Fall was yesterday, September 23rd. That means we are two weeks away from the Fall stocking (happening October 10 -...

Week of September 17th - Fall fishing is here!

Well - the weather is with us. We had a hot spell, but as of today the weather is ideal for Fall fishing in the great Garden State. The...