Fishing in Central Park

Stripers in the Hudson or East Rivers -- Now that's fishing !

This is the right time of year as well.

Dave




"Gary M" wrote in message ...
| Tim G wrote:
| The wife wants to spend a romantic day the Park. Should I bring the
| 4wt along? If so, where are some good spots? Any ideas are
| appreciated. Thanks.
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| I've flyfished both the water around 79th street, where they rent the
| rowboats, and the Harlem Meer. Caught small bass in both places.
| Generally worked the southwest shores of each body of water, with good
| results.
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| It's about what you'd expect: more novelty than for actual quality
| fishing. But then again, I'm not a big fan of still water fly
| fishing, regardless of the location...
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| Fly Fisherman, or maybe FR&R did a story about fishing in Central Park
| in the mid 90s. The article covered the Harlem Meer and finished with
| Striper fishing in the East River, IIRC. The author, a regular on the
| Hudson, claimed to have seen corpses floating by. Definitely a new
| definition of combat fishing.