TL;DR: Best flies and spots for the Westfield River East Branch. The prettiest river in Massachusetts. As spring arrives, I often will be fishing the Westfield East Branch. It is my favorite Massachusetts river. I once hooked a massive brown there, and there is a report of three- to four-lb. browns living in the more
Category: Overviews of rivers
Overview: The Swift River Hatchery Pipe Area
TL;DR: Great for new anglers, and you don’t need a guide. For flies, read below and click here, here, and here. For the Swift around Rt.9, including the Y-Pool, click here. The area below Bondsville is productive and faces much less pressure. Legendary angler Gary Metras has a special presentation on winter fly fishing at
Jay Hale on the Parker River
Here’s an amazing guest post from Jay Hale. You can follow him on Twitter. With a prolonged ice fishing season and an early June trip to the Connecticut River headwaters on the docket this year, I knew I wouldn’t be hitting the trout waters hard in late March and early April. Combing through my list
Best Flies and Spots: Swift River Fly Fishing Intro
Swift River fly fishing is unique. It is like fishing at an aquarium. Once you get the hang of it, though, it isn’t that tough. Troy’s overview below includes the best flies and best spots. You do not need a guide. If you are new to fly fishing, go to the Hatchery Pipe (overview here),