I went to the Swift yesterday. It is a New Year’s Eve tradition for me on most years. I go below Route 9 on the last day of the catch-and-release regulations. It was easy to get a prime spot, thankfully, and I spent a few hours throwing size 30 dries to non-rising fish. Some rainbows
Category: Brook Trout
Fall Fishin’
View this post on Instagram A post shared by BlogFlyFish.com (@blogflyfish) It was a 4 am wake-up call for me because I knew it would be a long drive to the Westfield River’s East Branch (our overview here). Thankfully the roads were vacant, and I made good time. A dose of rain had swelled our
All-in-One Rangeley Itinerary
If you were forced to boil down the fishing Maine’s Rangeley Region into just three words, it would likely be these: big brook trout. And in truth, that is the region’s claim-to-fame. The western Maine mountains are one of the last areas in the country to harbor wild, native squaretails that exceed 20 inches. In
Best of 2022: Brook Trout at Dusk
I had a memorable trip up north this past Labor Day weekend for a couple days where my father and I targeted brook trout and landlocked Atlantic salmon. My most memorable experiences were at the area featured in these videos. I fished this spot twice. The first time, we saw a moose crossing a body of