With all of the rain this winter and spring, the Quabbin Reservoir has been spilling since January. I have not been fishing the Swift River, but the flows have made for good sightseeing at the spillway. I’ve taken a few walks along the river and learned where the trees have been removed (or deposited). When
Category: Swift River
Hope and 2024
I went to the Swift yesterday. It is a New Year’s Eve tradition for me on most years. I go below Route 9 on the last day of the catch-and-release regulations. It was easy to get a prime spot, thankfully, and I spent a few hours throwing size 30 dries to non-rising fish. Some rainbows
Fall Fishin’
View this post on Instagram A post shared by BlogFlyFish.com (@blogflyfish) It was a 4 am wake-up call for me because I knew it would be a long drive to the Westfield River’s East Branch (our overview here). Thankfully the roads were vacant, and I made good time. A dose of rain had swelled our
Broken Promises
I promised myself that I would not do three things if I went fishing today. Then I went and broke two of my three promises. As mentioned in a previous Blogflyfish article, a week from today I will undergo hip replacement surgery. It’s questionable whether I should be out trying to wade around in a