I'm from CT, and I've wet a line in the Shetucket (which is my back yard), the Housatonic (BIG brown trout); the Battenkill in VT; the Delaware, Beaverkill, and Willowemoc in NY; and countless small streams (after native brookies--my favorite) and lakes (sunfish, small and largemouth bass, and pickerel) in New England. I've also tried fly-fishing for bluefish in Long Island sound, and saw lots of BIG TOOTHY fish that I was afraid to catch--Bluefish LOVE going for flies "popped" across the surface. They will practically jump into your waders...

I do all catch and release in fresh water, because I don't like to eat fresh water fish--I use barbless hooks. I had on monster hooks the day I went after the bluefish, because I LIKE to eat them, but I was afraid they were going to eat me first...

Folk and fly fishing, hmmmmm, The AFAFFA?

Vixen