TL;DR: If you’re in Southern New England, buy Tom Fuller’s book. Use Google Maps. Build your visual memory. As you know, we have written quite a few river overviews to feature waters that tend to be accessible, stocked and productive (link here). I thought I’d share with you one person’s journey to find them. Your
Category: Techniques
A Low-Water Tactic for the Farmington River
I figured I’d contribute my first blog post with something short and sweet that’s currently relevant on my home river. If you’ve fished it or looked at the gauges, you will see that the Farmington is currently flowing around 60-70 cfs, which is what the state considers a natural flow. We all would like to
Wild Brook Trout
I awoke early to chase wild brook trout for just a few hours. Off and on, I’ve been exploring small streams. Many times, I hit dead water. Sometimes, I find some fish. Always, though, I learn something. Today, after last night’s cold snap, I received no hits on nymphs while fishing upstream at a favorite
How to Start Euronymphing
Are there cheap and easy ways to start Euronymphing? Absolutely. In this post, I’ll share a few options. Blog reader Nate posted a comment in a prior post with some great questions about how to start tightlining (thread of comments here). So, in case it is helpful, I’ve put down my response below. I’m very