A quick report on the Farmington, given the high water. Fellow blog writer Damon Matus and I will be at the George Daniel nymphing clinic later today. We met up yesterday and fished in the afternoon. I started off above the Still River and found seven in all: willing stockies, a brown and a brookie.
Category: Brown Trout
Local TU Chapter Awarded National Conservation Award
If you have been reading this blog for a while, you may remember some posts about some great work that the Deerfield River Watershed’s Trout Unlimited Chapter (DRWTU) has done. If not, check out these posts to get caught up (Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3). They have worked to prove what many anglers
Hide-and-Seek Trout
The stars aligned, and I was able to devote a full day to fly fishing. It seemed fitting, given that Saturday was the first day of autumn. I awoke at 3:30 am and made the pilgrimage to the Farmington. The upper and lower sections of the river had been stocked a week or two ago,
The Deerfield River Trout Spawning Study, Part 3: What’s Next, How You Can Help
The Deerfield River Watershed Trout Unlimited Chapter (DRWTU) recently completed a scientific and volunteer-based survey that found spawning brown trout in the main stem of the upper Deerfield River. The study proved that there could indeed be wild brown trout in the river. Maybe the best cold-water fishery in the state, the river is being