I on Saturday fished the Swift. It was a hard-work type of day, during which I hooked five and landed only two. It’s a far cry from last week’s ten-fish-landed outing. Was it the bright sun? Trout more experienced in just a week? Perhaps, both? The Swift giveth, the Swift taketh away. Effective flies included
Category: Swift River
Report: Soaked at the Swift River and F-Bombs at the Y Pool
I fished today. The good news: landed ten trout. The OK news: fished during some serious downpours, with thunder and lightning to boot. The storm meant that the Swift was relatively quiet. More people arrived after lunch, after the storm passed, but there was still plenty of elbow room. The rainbows have started to spread
A Stocky Swift River Stockie
I negotiated a hall pass and today fished a 1/2 day on the Swift. Yes, I was there yesterday. And, yes, it’s a lot of driving over two days. But, hey, it’s fly fishing after all. The now-educated Swift rainbows continue to befuddle me. It’s my first summer fishing that river, as my first foray
A Swift River Friday
With no family vacation this summer due to schedules, I am taking some Fridays off from work. Today, I took a vacation day and fished the Swift. I arrived at the Route 9 parking lot at 6.45 am–and, got the last spot in the dirt parking lot next to the trail The river was packed