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Who We Are
Tight Lines is a full-service fly shop offering products from many of the finest manufactures in the business, fly casting classes in both single & double hand (spey), fly tying classes, guided trips in both NY & NJ, and destination trips to Canada, the Bahamas and beyond. We also offer knowledge for fishing locally as well as for those looking to do a trip of a lifetime to a near or far away destination.   

The products we carry are from leading fly fishing companies including: Sage, Simms, G.Loomis, Winston, Temple Fork, CND, Beulah, Ross, Scierra, Guideline, Hardy,  Waterworks, Lamson, Teton, Tioga, Vosseler, Nautilus, Tibor, Redington, Sci Angler, Airflo, Rio, Cortland, Carron Jetstream, Dan Bailey's, Cloudveil, Dyna King, HMH, Renzetti, Peak, Outcast, Action Optics, Fishpond, William Joseph, Hareline, Wapsi, Spirit River, Tiemco, Gamakatsu, Daiichi, Mustad & many other great products including a huge selection of fly tying material for both fresh and saltwater, much of which, is hard to find. 

No matter what species you pursue Tight Lines has the tying materials, equipment, experience and knowledge to help make your next fishing trip a success.

Where We Are
Tight Lines is located in northern NJ just off route 80 and convenient to Routes 46, 23, 287, 280 and 3. We are within 30 minutes of New York City via the George Washington Bridge and within 30 minutes of the NY state border via Route 287. Click our contact page for contact info, hours of operation, and directions. Our hours of operation and contact info can also be found at the bottom of every page in our website.

Our Home Waters
Although we don't have a river running through our backyard or rolling waves a mile down the street, we are centrally located to many NJ rivers and at the heartbeat of the NY metro area for fly fishers looking for a diverse well stocked fly shop. Some of the NJ rivers we would consider our home waters to be include Ken Lockwood Gorge on the South Branch of the Raritan, the Pequest, the Muscenetcong, the Flatbrook, the Ramapo, and the Paulinskill.  We also cater heavily to those traveling to the Catskills of NY, PA, CT, NE Saltwater locations, and the Great Lakes tributaries (Salmon River in Pulaski, Cattaraugus Creek, Oak Orchard, etc) for salmon and steelhead.   

Spey Casting & Fishing
Our affiliate company East Coast Spey provides lessons in spey casting for both single and double handed anglers. We offer both group and private classes depending upon your needs, wants, and desires. 

Maybe you're new to spey and want to learn, maybe you're fishing for trout in a small stream and can't keep your line out of the trees, maybe you want to cast large saltwater patterns for stripers in a rip, or maybe you're heading off to Russia or BC and need to hone your skills to maximize your trip investment. Simply put, East Coast Spey can lead you to spey casting success. 

We also demonstrate for various groups, clubs, and organizations. Our goal is to demonstrate how spey casting can add effectiveness, efficiency and excitement to fly fishing.  

For more info on any of the info above or in this website please Email or call us at 973-244-5990.

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Trips & Events 

Saltwater Fly Fishing Class  Sandy Hook - Sept 12th, 2010
Starting September 12th we will be hosting trips to Sandy Hook in preparation for the Fall migration. Students will learn about casting, forage, tides, winds, access, and target species, such as albies, stripers, weakies, blues, and fluke. Our goal with this course is to introduce those to the great fishery that is Sandy Hook, and give them the tools to fish it with great success.  Don't miss out! 

In addition to the course, we will be doing a fly tying class in preparation for the trip on Wednesday Sept 8th @ 6:30pm. To sign up for the trip and/or fly tying class please call us in advance. 

Fly Tying Courses

Beginner Trout Tying Course
Tuesdays October 12th, 19th, 26th and Nov 2nd.  This is a 4 week course designed to teach beginners and intermediates how to tie trout flies and the flies needed for fishing in our waters. Starts at 6:30 pm each night.  Course cost: $80 per student.  

Saltwater Tying Course
Thursdays October 14th, 21st, 28th and Nov 4th.  This is a 4 week course designed to teach tiers how to approach and advance in saltwater fly tying.  Most of the flies tied are geared towards NE saltwater fishing, but flats patterns and such will also be tied.  Starts at 6:30 pm each night.  Course cost: $90 per student.

Steelhead/Salmon Tying Course
Tuesdays November 9th, 16th, 23rd and 30th.  This is a 4 week course designed to teach tiers how to approach and advance in steelhead/salmon fly tying.  We will be tying everything from basic steelhead egg patterns to spey flies and more.  Starts at 6:30 pm each night.  Course cost: $90 per student.

Beginner Trout Tying Course
Thursdays November 11th, 18th, December 2nd and 9th.  This is a 4 week course designed to teach beginners and intermediates how to tie trout flies and the flies needed for fishing in our waters. Starts at 6:30 pm each night.  Course cost: $80 per student.  

Miramichi River Trip
October 3rd - 9th, 2010

We will be hosting our annual trip to the Miramichi River with Country Haven Lodge.  We will be providing free spey casting lessons to go along with the trip. This is a great opportunity to fish for Atlantic salmon on a famous river and get brushed up on your spey casting technique... 

Bahamas Bonefish Trip
March 26th - April 2nd, 2011

We will be hosting our annual trip to Andros South Lodge in South Andros, Bahamas. The lodge offers some of the finest bonefishing in the world not to mention excellent accommodations, superb local cuisine, and world class guides. For more info click here.

Spey Casting

Tight Lines Fly Fishing is the leading fly shop in spey casting techniques and instruction. Our expertise will lead you to spey casting success, whether it's with a 11' foot switch rod or a 15'6" traditional rod as viewed in the video above. Our passion for spey casting is second to none on the East Coast.

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Fish Skulls
Quick-and-simple to tie, this latest innovation in fly tying offers fly fishermen an exciting alternative to using old-style dumbbells or cones to weight their flies. 

The Fish-Skull™ has unique design features making it a very versatile platform for tying a wide variety of realistic, weighted streamer patterns using natural or synthetic fly tying materials.  Small has quantity 10, medium 8, and large 6 per pack.  

$6.65 per pack. 

Small (hooks 10 - 4) Medium (hooks 4 - 1/0) Large (hooks 1/0 - 4/0)

Blue Baitfish Silver Baitfish Golden Chartreuse Coppertone Tan Baitfish Dark Grey Pinky Purple Pearl

Finn Raccoon
This is a great winging material for a variety of flies, i.e. salmon and steelhead flies.  As the fall season is nearing this would be a great material to add to your tying bench. Soft and supple this pulsing wing material will generate hard exciting takes.

$3.99 per pack.

White Black Shad Gray Fl. Chartreuse Fl. Pink Kingfisher Blue Orange Yellow Highlander Green Brown Olive Light Olive Purple Olive

Whiting Flatwing Saddles
The perfect feather for all flatwing fanatics.  These feathers allow flies to ungulate and breath creating the illusion of life, fish cannot resist.

Bronze grade - $20.00 each

White Black Fl. Chartreuse Kingfisher Blue Yellow Olive Grizzly Grizzly Dyed Fl. Chartreuse Burnt Orange Shell Pink Burgandy Lavender Silver Doctor Blue Fl. Yellow Chartreuse Golden Olive

Beulah Surf Rods 
Beulah's Surf Rod series is hitting the beaches hard.  These rods cast as good as they look.  They are light, responsive, powerful, smooth, just about any description you'd want in a rod are found in these.  

They are available in 11' 7/8, 8/9 and 9/10. The 7/8 (350-425 grains) is a great all around rod for back bays, lighter wind surf days and chasing the schoolies (can still handle a big fish).  The 8/9 (425-500 grains) is the best all around rod in the series for ultimate versatility.  Throw big flies and enjoy just about any size fish!  The 9/10 (500-575 grains) is your beast for high wind, surf, and big flies. All rods come with cordura rod tube, sock and a no fault warranty.

Choose Your Beulah Surf Rod

11' 7/8 weight $460.00 11' 8/9 weight $465.00 11' 9/10 weight $470.00

Recommended lines for Beulah Surf Rods

• All fly lines are intermediate heads.  
• Airflo lines - intermediate running lines
• Rio lines - floating running lines

Rio Outbound Short is 30' head, standard Outbound is 37.5' head.  Airflo lines are 35' heads.  Please call us for any questions regarding fly lines...

Choose your fly line

Airflo Beach Line 9/10 $64.95 Rio Outbound Short 10 wt. $74.95 Rio Outbound Short 11 wt. $74.95 Rio Outbound Short 12 wt. $74.95 Rio Outbound 10 wt. $74.95 Rio Outbound 11 wt. $74.95 Rio Outbound 12 wt. $74.95