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Dan Wells: Cracking the Night Game — Estuaries, Big Flies, and Strategic Striper Fishing

Dan Wells: Cracking the Night Game — Estuaries, Big Flies, and Strategic Striper Fishing

Saltwater Edge Podcast - Sharing Our Passion For Saltwater Fishing

November 21, 20251h 13m

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Show Notes

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.