I am originally from Chile, but moved to NJ when I was 5 yrs. old and have been here ever since. Currently live in Howell, NJ and fish mostly out of my yak for panfish/ bass. I do have access to some nice smallie fishing less than 1 hour away in the Delaware River and a few of the lower reaches of some northern NJ trout streams. I don't have much trout fishing nearby, and prefer the tiny brookie streams in the states Wild Trout Streams program.
I have been building my own rods for about 5-6 years now and have a stick up my you know what about only fishing my own rods. I have a 2 rod glass arsenal right now, a Fenglass 605 that I stripped and re-wrapped with single foot guides, and a Forecast 6' 5-6wt built from a glass spinning blank. I plan to build a 2pc 6.5' 3/4wt from another Forecast blank this winter, as well as a Lamiglass 3wt in the 7' or 6.5' length in 3pc.
I also surf and fish the Atlantic Ocean for stripers, blues, and fluke and have access to miles of beaches within 15 minutes of home. I fish a 9.5' 8wt graphite and am building a 9' 6wt graphite in a saltwater configuration as well to use on the smaller fluke and schoolie bass.
If anyone is ever in the area, please drop me a line and I will point you in the right direction or perhaps head out and get you into fish.
Lou Perez