18″ brookie. During my recent visit to Pittsburg, NH, I learned quite a few things. Landed over 80 fish in four days and am feeling grateful. I’ve fished that stretch of the Connecticut River before, but walked away with five valuable lessons learned. LESSON #1: WALK FARTHER The river was at 300 cfs, which is
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Fishing High and Muddy Water
I am getting ready to fish, and with much-needed rain coming, I know many rivers will be pretty swollen. For example, here is a recent chart showing flows of the Westfield River below Knightville Dam: One strategy is to wait for the flows to subside. Unfortunately, I usually don’t have much schedule flexibility: I have
The Utah Killer Bug
(TetonTenkara) I read online at TenkaraGuides.com how one angler’s favorite fly is this one: the Utah Killer Bug. So, I tied up a few and fished with them a few times. I used a video from Tim Cammisa, at the bottom of this post, as my guide. I fished it as a trailer fly, behind
Tippet Rings Rock
I last year started using tippet rings (Amazon.com link here). When a leader gets shorter and shorter throughout the day, you’re supposed to add tippet to it via blood knot. But, I’m not great at blood knots, and I’m particularly bad at them when I’m in a river. I’m too impatient. I instead use a