Article: SALTWATER FLY-RODDING GROWING FAST

Don Ecker
The Record (Bergen County, NJ)
07-22-1992
SALTWATER FLY-RODDING GROWING FAST
By Don Ecker
Date: 07-22-1992, Wednesday
Section: SPORTS
Edition: All Editions -- 3 Star, 2 Star P, 2 Star B, 1 Star Late, 1 Star Early
Column: OUTDOORS

There was a time when only a hard core of dedicated anglers fished
our beaches, jetties, and other inshore saltwaters with fly tackle.
Striped bass, bluefish, weakfish, and bonito were the targets.

Other anglers who fished the same waters with spinning or
conventional casting tackle would often wonder why these flycasters
would deliberately handicap themselves with equipment capable of casting
only 80 to 100 feet, thereby making an often difficult sport even

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