I fished the Swift last Saturday with Alex Bagdonas. We started at the Pipe, where we ran into Jo. Early on, I took several bows nymphing with zebra midges. As the air temperatures warmed and fish started rising, I took more on a swung soft-hackle-and-midge set up, mostly brookies. Although all fish took the midge,
Author: Ashu Rao
UNH Marine Bio. 2018. Avid Fly Fisher. Southern NH native
A Day of Thanks
There is a lot for me to be thankful for this year. I am thankful for my family and friends for all their support over the years, to Jo for including me as a contributor to this blog, and for all the fishing opportunities I’ve had this year and the fish I’ve caught. I got
Tough Day at the Andro
I fished the Androscoggin last Saturday. It was cold and windy and the hydroelectric company raised the flows the previous night. The conditions were hardly ideal. Still, I had to get out and fish up north before the end of the season. It wasn’t a high volume day by any means. We all fished hard,
Cold Afternoon Outing
I got out briefly this afternoon. The water was a balmy 38˚, there was already ice on the banks, and the water was a little on the high side. Still, the fish were biting and the action started right away. The close seam in a nice pool produced two brookies and one rainbow. The brookies