It’s brutal out there. With flows low, sun high, and water warming, last weekend was one of those “push” times. Do I fish or not? With gas very expensive (a savings tip below), I’m being much more choosy as to whether I go out and fish and, if I do, how far I am willing
Category: Brown Trout
Wowsy on the Housy
I believe it was Oliver Wendell Holmes who said, “There’s no tonic like the Housatonic.” That certainly was true of my Memorial Day fishing trip. As chronicled here on this blog, many of my outings this past spring have needed some tonic, if not some Red Bull. But today’s trip to the Housatonic River in
Three by Three
It’s not much, but I fished Sunday and saw three species (‘bows, brookies, and browns) on three techniques (dries, tightlining, and swinging wets): a “3 x 3″ type of day. The fish of the day taped at 18” and took a David Hughes March Brown Flymph (recipe here) on a very slow swing at a
Hendricksons on Mother’s Day
One way to avoid crowds is to fish on Mother’s Day when there is a cold front with stiff wind on the horizon. With the Mrs. in Europe visiting one of our children, I had free license to roam and roam I did indeed. As expected, few anglers were out. I finally ran into a