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Alagnak River, AK Leopard Rainbow: Spots available! Join me June 22- 29th 2025!
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Mouse flies, Alagnak River, AK
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L.I. Sound Striped Bass 2024
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Farmington brown at dark
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Gacka River rainbow
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Armstrong Creek brown
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Armstrong Creek in late summer
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Pennsylvania wild brown
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East Branch Delaware River
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Eastern green drake
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Green drake imitations
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European grayling
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Farmington brown
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Connetquot River brookie
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Minipi Labrador brookie
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Oak Orchard Creek steelhead
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Striped bass release
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Nantucket striped bass
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"Humboldt squid" for stripers
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Scott Lake pike
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Genesee River steelhead
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Minipi River brookie
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Lower Keys tarpon with Bruce Chard
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Minipi River bookie
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Labrador sunset
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Great Bear Lake in Summer
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Bob Jacklin at mouth of the Madison
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The Henry's Fork of the Snake River
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Surprise bonefish at Marquesas
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JF releases a well earned Marquesas permit
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Nueltin Lake lake trout
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Paul Arden and a sundown grayling
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Ribnik brown
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Oak Orchard steelhead
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Small sulpher on East Branch Delaware River
John Field- About
Podcasts & Interviews:
- The Saltwater Edge Podcast- Online now!
- FlyLords- Book Interview: Jul, 23 2024
- Ask About Fly Fishing Internet Radio & Archive- Archived Interview
2024-2025 Presentations & Signings: Fly Fishing for Trophy Striped Bass:
- Mid-Hudson TU- Oct. 21st
- Mianus TU- Nov. 13th.
- Rhode Island TU- Nov. 20th
- Coastal Flyrodders- Jan. 21st 2025
- The Cape Cod Salties Sportfishing Club- Jan. 22nd 2025
- Candlewood Chapter of Trout Unlimited- TBA for 2025
- Long Island Fly Fishing Expo- March 8th.
- Eldredge Bros. Fly Fishing Expo- Cape Neddick, ME March 29th
- The Fly Fishing Show 2025- Marlborough: 1/17-19, Edison: 1/24-26, Atlanta: 1/31-2/2, Pleasanton: 3/1-2, and Lancaster: 3/15-16: Schedule TBA!
- Long Island Flyrodders- June 3rd. Details TBA!
2025 Casting Demonstrations:
- The Fly Fishing Show- Marlborough, Edison, Atlanta, Pleasanton, and Lancaster: Schedule TBA!
Hosted Fishing Trips with John: 2025
Miramichi River: Pre-spawn striped bass: May, 17th- 20th: DETAILS
Alaska Trophy Adventures Lodge: The Alagnak River for leopard rainbows and Arctic grayling on mice flies, dry flies and streamers: June 22- 29th: DETAILS
Gaspe Peninsula: Striper flats fly fishing: July, 6th-12th
Contact me about trips and add-on lessons.
Fly-Casting Instruction
Contact me for group or individual lessons.
Latest book:
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Stackpole Books
Fly Fishing for Trophy Striped Bass- Details
Ask for it at your local fly shop or order on Amazon for speedy delivery.
From the back cover...
“Fly Fishing for Trophy Striped Bass, by John Field is the New Testament in striper angling. I’ve read many books on stripers over the years, but none that covers a broader spectrum of locations, techniques, flies, and changes in fish patterns. A triumph and a worthy addition to any angler’s library.”- Captain Paul Dixon, Dixon’s to the Point Charters
“Great fly fishing authors are often possessed¸ consumed with a need to search out answers to the endless mysteries of trying to get a fish to eat a feathered artificial. John Field is one of those writers and fisherman, and Fly Fishing for Trophy Striped Bass reflects his endless attention to detail and devotion to helping us understand what makes big stripers tick. The chapter on flies alone is worth the price of admission, because John has tested and studied what works and why it works. I can’t imagine a striper angler, from novice to expert, who won’t come away from this book with a whole store of new knowledge.”- Jonny King, fly creator and angling writer
“John Field’s knowledge of striped bass fishing is unparalleled. His book takes a thorough look at patterns, bait sources, different techniques etc. by sourcing the best and most experienced guides and anglers along the coast. It is the most comprehensive analysis of striped bass fishing along the East Coast I’ve ever come across…a must-read for anyone wishing to improve their striped bass game, from beginners to experts.”-Captain John McMurray, “One More Cast” Light Tackle Charters
“Big stripers behave differently. If big stripers are your target, you, the angler, must also adapt. John does a masterful job of outlining the changes in tackle, tactics, and attitude needed to help you catch the fish of your striper dreams.”- Peter Jenkins, The Saltwater Edge, Middletown, R.I.
” To deliver the high quality and broad scope of information included in Fly Fishing for Trophy Striped Bass, I’d have to say John Field is as good an angler as he is a writer.”- Tom Keer, The Keer Group
“This is more than just another fly fishing book on striped bass as Field has left no stone unturned. Every book ever written on the subject is now rolled up in one. One of the best I have ever read!"- Capt. Jim Freda, Shore Catch Sportfishing, Manasquan Inlet, NJ
“Fly Fishing for Trophy Striped Bass will inform and enlighten both seasoned fly fishermen as well as those new to the sport on the lore, appeal, and techniques surrounding the quest to catch stripers, especially large ones, on the fly.”- John Tiedemann, Assistant Dean – School of Science Director – Marine and Environmental Biology and Policy Program Monmouth University
Consider Supporting These Organizations
AMERICAN SALTWATER GUIDES ASSOCIATION
The American Saltwater Guides Association was created to activate and unite guides, small business owners and like-minded anglers, and to represent them and their voice at the federal, regional and state level.
STRIPERS FOREVER
Stripers Forever, a non-profit conservation organization, seeks game fish status for wild striped bass on the Atlantic Coast in order to significantly reduce striper mortality, to provide optimum and sustainable public fishing opportunities for anglers from Maine to North Carolina, and to secure the greatest socio-economic value possible from the fishery.
BONEFISH TARPON TRUST
Mission: To conserve and restore bonefish, tarpon and permit fisheries and habitats through research, stewardship, education and advocacy.
THE HENRY'S FORK FOUNDATION
The Henry's Fork Foundation is the only organization whose sole purpose is to conserve, protect, and restore the unique fisheries, wildlife, and aesthetic qualities of the Henry's Fork and its watershed.
TROUT UNLIMITED
Trout Unlimited's mission is to conserve, protect and restore North America’s coldwater fisheries and their watersheds.