Dan Wells: Cracking the Night Game — Estuaries, Big Flies, and Strategic Striper Fishing
About this episode
Dan Wells shares his expertise on nighttime striper fly fishing, discussing strategies and techniques for success in Northeast estuaries.
In this episode, we sit down with analytical angler Dan Wells for one of the most detailed breakdowns of nighttime striper fly fishing you'll ever hear. Dan combines military-grade strategic thinking with years of obsessive local scouting to build a system for understanding tides, bait cycles, estuaries, and nighttime feeding behavior. We cover everything from silver-side patterns to herring runs, eel and squid behavior, two-hand casting for big flies, and how to build a 30-minute fishing radius that consistently produces. If you love the craft of surfcasting or fly fishing — especially in Northeast estuaries — this is a masterclass.
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