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
Category: Brook Trout
Wild Fish and the Deerfield
It might be a throwback idea, but I am a huge fan of wild, native fish. It is also fun to target stocked fish, particularly if they’re part of a thoughtful stocking program that is meant to generate naturally regenerating trout such as what has happened at the Farmington. But I don’t think there is
The First Day Back
Night was falling, elk were dashing through the forest, and there I was admiring the moon coming in over the sharp canyons hemming me in. Then as I was slowly stripping the last bugger I had on my person, dozens of miles from the nearest shop, thousands of miles from my fly tying kit, something
Maine 2022, Part 3
The last few days of our Maine trip are hard to explain. As Jamie and I ate our dinner on the last night, our bodies tired and our minds spent, we decided that it would be very difficult to articulate what we had experienced. On one day, we fished from a boat and had to