Marcy, a successful and overworked fly rod designer, who has been living in New York City returns to her hometown of Roscoe, NY, in the heart of the Catskills for the Christmas holidays for the first time in five years. She is nursing a broken heart from a recent breakup with her fiancé and a
Author: Bill Hager
The Secret to Catching Trout
It hit me the other day like a bolt out of the blue. Of course! Why hadn’t I seen it before? It was there all along. Now the pieces were all starting to fall into place. As soon as I tell you what it is, you’ll slap yourself on the head and say, “Yes! Why
Salmon River Saturday
On Wednesday, Veterans’ Day, my fly fishing buddy Doover2 had the day off and explored the Salmon River in southeastern Connecticut near Colchester. Inexplicably, he was able to catch over two dozen trout without my help. He reported there weren’t many people fishing on the Salmon, even on a holiday. I couldn’t wait to go
The EB and D2 and Me
On Sunday, Doover2 and I took a trip to the Chesterfield Gorge to fish the most beautiful trout river in Massachusetts: the East Branch of the Westfield River (our overview here). In the seven years I’ve lived in New England, I’ve averaged five to six trips a year there, but this year with the drought