I yesterday spent the day at the Farmington. It was pretty cold, and I thought that might keep away the crowds. Near one parking area, a very experienced old-timer wasn’t fishing and declared out loud that a cold night and a falling barometer meant that fish won’t bite. Not a good omen. I focused on
Category: Farmington River
The Farmington River’s Holdover and Wild Brown Trout
What a day. I on Saturday headed to the Farmington, expecting to run into some sad-looking new stockies. You can tell when they’re new: the fins and tails might be beat up from being in tanks and trucks, and scales are usually missing. I also decided to start at a part of the river that
Farmington Has Been Stocked
The good folks at UpCountry, one of the best fly shops out there, announced this: The upper river, from the dam in Riverton down about 4 miles to Whittemore Pool (just above the permanent Catch & Release area) was stocked on Tuesday 3/1. Needless to say, fishing reports in Riverton were excellent. Not sure on
Chomping on Stoneflies
During the recent warm spell, I hit a very local freestone a few times and had good luck finding brown trout, even when the water was down to 33 °F. A big surprise. A key fly has been the Hare’s Ear. Let me explain. I stomach-pumped a trout during one outing, and it was full