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Category: Farmington River

The Wicked Witch Is Dead or At Least Dying

March 23, 2022March 23, 2022 Bill Hager

After getting skunked the three times I went fishing in Winter of 2022, I was beginning to think that I was doomed to never catch a trout again.  During each effort, I went through my ritual of pep talks that I give myself when I’m losing hope: They’ve got to eat sometime! There’s going to

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Farmington River10 Comments

Bend of Brothers

May 14, 2021May 12, 2021 Bill Hager

This past Thursday I arranged a fly fishing trip for five of my colleagues who are leaders in the organization for which we work.  This is the eighth year in a row we have had our “fishing extravaganza” where we see if we can put a few good bends in our rods. For the most

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Farmington River,Friends and family,Guides6 Comments

Desperately Seeking Stockies

March 12, 2021March 12, 2021 Bill Hager

If you are anything like me, and I know I am, you are just about ready to give up on winter fishing for trout. I know, I know…. Nearly every day those guides and their clients on Instagram are holding up fish so big and beautiful that even Herman Melville wouldn’t have words to describe

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Chattooga River,Farmington River,Humor,Willimantic River3 Comments

Fast Friendships on the Farmy

January 20, 2021January 20, 2021 Bill Hager

Fly fishing is a lot of great things.  But one of the best things is the way mini-friendships can happen spontaneously on a river. Saturday, my fishing buddy, Doover2, and I drove to what we knew would be a flooded and chilly Farmington River.  We were hoping that the rising river would mean active trout

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Farmington River,Friends and family7 Comments
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