First, the title of this post is actually a bit misleading. I didn’t even fish the Salmon River – more on that soon – but rather fished several other rivers and streams in the immediate vicinity of the Salmon River. I had made one previous trip up to this area last year and was met
Category: Brown Trout
Farmington: Day 2
The day started early with some fly tying before dawn. I wanted to goof around with an emerger pattern. When I hit a favorite spot, fish already were rising consistently and Caddis were popping everywhere. The new emerger worked, as did the X-Caddis with some pink CDC. Yes: pink! I also hit some other spots
Farmington: Day 1
I am away for my semiannual fishing weekend at the Farmington. Before leaving, I decided to fish new water very far south of my usual spots. Now that the weather is cooler, I wanted to venture far and avoid any crowds. So, I decided to fish mostly the “C” waters, those areas largely overlooked this
Big River, Big Fish: the Androscoggin River
I fished the Androscoggin River on Saturday with the usual motley crew. It was a perfect fall day; the foliage was in full display, bugs were popping everywhere, and the fishing was great. It wasn’t long before I landed my first fish, a nice brown. Over the course of the next two hours, each of us