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Originally Posted by bart
Side note: excited to join the Pioneer Valley Surf and Boat Club. Hoping to add to rizzo’s legacy, but that’ll be a tough task.
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I grew up in WMass and Pioneer Valley was the first surf fishing club I joined, back around 1985 or 1986. Got into the club, along with my dad, as we fished with Pete Kernicki quite a bit in SoCo. Good luck in your move, what town are you moving to?
As to trouting, I got heavily into it the past 2-3 years. I used to do it here and there with mostly stockies in the spring, but I started messing with the fly and found it to be a great diversion from the salt. I pay little attention to hatches or being technical and still do quite well as there is always something a trout will eat. As for resources, Steve Culton's Currentseams is a great website with an extensive archive, as is anything from Tom Rosenbauer. If you venture into fly tying you need to watch anything and everything from Tim Flagler on YouTube!
As for books, I have been building a solid library with, much like in the surf, a preference for the older stuff so books like Trout by Bergman, Trout Tactics by Humphreys, Trout Fishing by Brooks are all good oldies. Tactics on Trout by Ovington is absolutely amazing as far as breaking down water scenarios and I don't think it is popular enough. For modern stuff, anything by George Daniels is excellent but his stuff is sort of a next level approach IMO. One more that really helped me as far as modern books is What a trout Sees by Mueller. That one was really helpful.
Anyway, enjoy the move and new pursuits!