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Autumn schoolies swipe flies on the Narrow River

9:31 AM Wed, Nov 19, 2008 | Permalink
By Tom Meade

"We've been fishing the Narrow River, and for the last two weeks, it's been very, very good," said Ed Lombardo this morning.

"There are days when there are a lot of shad, but it's been mostly schoolies, and some decent size ones at that."

The fly fisherman's most recent trip to the river was on Monday when he and some buddies caught fish on the ebb tide. "That's unusual for this time of year," he said. "Typically, we find fish on the incoming tide at this time."

They have been fishing from Middlebridge to the mouth.

The bass they have caught took shrimp imitations or four- to five-inch, pink hi-tie style streamers with a bit of Crystal Flash, Ed said.

He has heard that trout on the Wood River have been feeding on a white-midge hatch, but he has been concentrating on the Narrow River and its autumn stripers.