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
Category: Deerfield River
A Half Day on the Deerfield
This article is a continuation of an earlier article “Conversations on Hwy 2” Driving up Zoar Road at 6 am, I was pleased to see that all of the pull-offs next to the highly desirable pools on the Deerfield River were without vehicles. That meant I had my choice of pools. I knew the ones
Conversations on Hwy 2
At 4 am Saturday morning, I drove up the ramp onto Hwy 2. It will be two hours before I exit Hwy 2 at the Deerfield River. What to do for two hours while driving in the dark? Well, there’s a lot. There are a lot of access points on the Deerfield, and there are
Paradise Lost (Almost)
There’s one pool on the Deerfield River that I can always count on – almost. I know I’m in denial, but I’d like to think of this pool as mine. I’ve been fishing my pool for nine years and only once have I found another fly fisherman in it. I’m willing to believe that he