A fishless fall was forecast for the forlorn East Branch of the Westfield River. MassWildlife didn’t even list the Westfield among its destinations for this fall’s 63,000 trout. MassWildlife is obsessed with stocking every pond in the Bay State with trout, but parsimoniously puts them in rivers where they belong. But this year, one could
Category: Westfield River
Caught Four, Shoulda Been More
This past weekend Doover2 and I decided to go fishing to see if we could scare up a few trout. Friday night, as we were texting back and forth about where we should go, we were all over the map. With my weakened medical condition, I was looking for something that wouldn’t require a lot
At the Vise: The Frenchie 2.0
Before I started to target big-and-wild browns, as a new angler, I focused on the the rain-bros at the Swift, Westfield, Millers, and Squannacook. It was a lot of fun, and those waters aren’t too far away from metro Boston and offer obvious spots so that you don’t need a guide (our compendium of DIY
The EB and D2 and Me
On Sunday, Doover2 and I took a trip to the Chesterfield Gorge to fish the most beautiful trout river in Massachusetts: the East Branch of the Westfield River (our overview here). In the seven years I’ve lived in New England, I’ve averaged five to six trips a year there, but this year with the drought