Rich Murphy, striper fishing fanatic and author made it down to the shop for a book signing last Thursday. His new book Fly Fishing for Striped Bass is an extraordinary book done by the same people who produced Dec Hogan's book A passion for Steelhead; Masters on the Fly. Rich was a little frazzled after driving hours from Georgetown, Massachusetts and getting stuck in traffic on the FDR; but he settled in well. Everyone enjoyed the snacks, as well as the free beer and Rich was a real hit among the crowd. We sold out all of our copies of the book and he entertained everyone with his new found passion for using two-handed rods and spey techniques for the surf while showing off some pretty cool striper flies. Rich proudly showed off his Abel Super 9 he has had for years. It looks like it has been through hell and back, but he
took it apart a number of times showing everyone how finely tuned the insides are. Rich enlightened everyone on how he maintains his reels for the sand and surf. Rich is a very detailed guy and explained how the book came about in 2003 fishing on the beaches in Mass with guys from the West who helped produce Dec Hogan's book. If you like to fish for or want to know more about striped bass you should get this book. Greg Pearson's illustrations are excellent, the photography is outstanding (Dave Skok has some close up photos of bait that are unbelievable!) and as I mentioned above, Rich's in depth knowledge and experience with striped bass makes most of us think that he is half striper. Please e-mail us if you would like to be put on our e-mail blast list for upcoming store events. If there is only one thing that we learned from Rich Murphy's visit, it was this; "KEEP BREATHING!”
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