Hi all...

First post here...been looking for a fly fishing board and found this one...looked good so I decided to join. I fish for trout mostly in the Adirondacks in NY...sometimes in the Catskills, but my favorite river is the Ausable, particularly the West Branch between Lake Placid and Wilmington. I've been out of the fly-fishing loop for 20 yrs or so, but recently re-discovered the beauty of it. I use a 8-1/2 ft, 5 wt Orvis rod matched up with an Orvis Battenkill reel. Hope you don't mind if I ask what many might consider stupid questions. I especially want (and have) to gain more knowledge in the art of nymph fishing...both with and without strike indicators. I noticed a thread in another section dealing with photos of places you've fished. I'll post some of my trip to the Ausable in early September...then you'll see why I like it so much.