Monmouth County fly fishing rivers/streams

[Yasmin The Light]

Hi All,

I was wondering if anybody knew of any decent fly fishing rivers/streams in monmouth county. Thanks in advance for your help. Its tough when all of the more well known rivers are at a minimum 1:15 minutes away. I would like to get out more during the week after work so I'm looking for something a little closer. But i don't know if there is anyting around here. Also would be easier on the weekends instead of driving for a total of 2 and a half hours. I live by freehold if that helps.

Like I said thanks in advance for the advice.

[BrownChickenBrownTrout]

Supposedly manasquan has sea run brown trout. They're some what if a unicorn though.

[Yasmin The Light]

Supposedly manasquan has sea run brown trout. They're some what if a unicorn though.

Thanks for the response. Have you heard of other trout being caught in the Manasquan?

I'll give it a shot this weekend and let you know the results.

[AaronJasper]

The Toms River has a TCA and I have heard that it's not too bad, just a little small.

I remember when I was a kid a guy caught a really nice sea run fish. You hear about them getting one every so often, so your unicorn analogy is good!

How did you make out? I know they also did the fall stocking.

[Yasmin The Light]

Aaron,

Thanks for the response. I would definitely like to try out Toms River also, I did not know they had a TCA. I was going to try the Manasqan first (probably Saturday morning or Friday afternoon). But Toms River is pretty close also so Im going to google map it and see where I can access it. Thanks for the heads up, I will definitely come back and report. Glad my buddy turned me on to this site. Appreciate all the input.

-Shawn

[sleepswitfishes]

fish the section that goes thru allaire state park..not many guys and u can catch very large numbers of sea run browns..

[JohnHughes]

This is going back a while, but I remember as a kid riding my bike to a stream in Tinton Falls that had trout; probably stocked. Maybe it's still being stocked. That was the first time I fly fished I was probably a freshman in high school, about 35 years ago. Worth checking out maybe.

[Yasmin The Light]

Went to the Manasquan River on Friday no luck. Water was very muddy and i was getting snagged a lot. I think I will check out the Toms River next maybe will have more luck there.

I did hit up the Gorge on Saturday and got a nice sized brook trout on a bead head flashback prince nymph. Talked to a guy who was killing it on an olive wooly bugger.

[davechina]

Anyone know if the Manasquan is productive throughout the winter? I got bored and went there a week or two ago and man, those briars are tough on the legs (and waders). I did find some nice real nice-looking water, although most of it is tough to get to. No fish, but I considered it a good prospecting day.

[DrBob]

Go for those searuns!