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Author: Jamie Carr

A Shot in the Dark

April 3, 2020April 1, 2020 Jamie Carr

This blog entry reflects back upon a trip I took last year.  In this time of restricted travel and cancellations of most things fun, I thought it might be a good time to share a story bearing no relation to the evening news.   Be well and be healthy! – Jamie In August of 2019, I

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Brook Trout,Canada,Lodges,Non-New England,Philosophy8 Comments

Bamboo Fever

February 20, 2020February 14, 2021 Jamie Carr

I have been fly fishing for nearly 20 years and, until recently, I had never cast a bamboo rod.  This is intentional, and there’s a distinct reason. I was fully expecting that once I did so, the percentage play was that I would be fully engaged from that point forward.  Bamboo was simply was not

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Brook Trout,Philosophy,Rainbow Trout,Swift River,Techniques16 Comments

Mellow Yellow

October 11, 2019July 14, 2025 Jamie Carr

Like many anglers who learned a cast or a tip from Bernard “Lefty” Kreh, my son and I both feel a bit of a connection to the legendary angler. Maybe, it’s more like a small debt.  Or, a dash of jealousy, even, as Lefty was a person who accumulated multiple lifetimes of fishing knowledge and

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Brook Trout,Deerfield River,Friends and family,Philosophy,Small streams6 Comments

Lost and Found: Fly Box at the Swift River

October 9, 2019 Jamie Carr

I found a small brown fly box floating in the Swift River below Route 9.  There’s no name in it, but there are some nice flies.  See the picture below. It was well-camouflaged in an eddy on the side of the river, and it looks like it may have been there for a while.  If

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Flies and fly tying,News,Swift River8 Comments
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