My hands-down favorite trout fly rod of all time is the Thomas and Thomas Contact three-weight (review here). But, for high flows and bigger fish, I leave behind the 1133 and bring its bigger brother, the 1086, the Contact six-weight. I brought it last year to the Salmon River for my first steelhead trip, and
Author: Jo Tango
Back to Basics
It has been another fantastic outing to Pittsburg, NH, my 15th trip thus far (our river guide here). This morning, I decided to fish for only two hours in order to beat holiday traffic on the way home. I arrived at the river in the dark and again roll-cast out a bobber and the same
Float Trip with Mickey Cunliffe
Our second day in Pittsburg, NH, was a “good luck” type of day for me (our river guide here). In all honesty, the fishing here has been tough. Many anglers have yet to bump a fish, and I feel that fellow blog writer, Ashu Rao, and I have had to work very hard for our
Salmon Spit, Then Split
Fellow blog writer, Ashu Rao, and I are up in Pittsburg, NH, fishing for salmonids before the season closes in a few days (our river guide here). I’m back at the motel room, stretching my back and having a 6 pm hard cider, while Mr. Young Legs is still out there. We started our day