One of the reasons the flows have been cut is that CT DEEP today is collecting larger fish for the Farmington Survivor Strain program. The goal is to take the big holdovers, which have proven to be adaptive, back to the hatchery to collect their DNA (more here). They then are returned to the river.
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Spinning Technique at the Farmington
Well, Labor Day Eve was rainy and cold. That didn’t bode well for fishing, but, the next day, I headed out to the Farmington. As I’ve written before, September for me is the toughest non-winter month. Fortunately, I early on landed two fish, both grizzled stockies, a good-sized rainbow and a Survivor Strain brown. Then,
‘Top Water Fantasy’
Well, back from vacation. I this morning saw this very cool video on the Orvis fly fishing blog (link here). It’s a stunning video and worth the watch. Hope everyone is well. https://vimeo.com/108613628
Rain Delay
The tour continues. My original plan was to hit Nash Stream and the Andro. Unfortunately, the weather forecast for Saturday didn’t look too good so I didn’t go north and stay the weekend like I planned. On Saturday morning, I decided to hit a blue line near Durham instead before it started to rain. I