Last night, I dreamt of my favorite White Mountains stream. It rises deep in the Pemigewasset Wilderness and is chock full of native brook trout. Like most White Mountains streams, it has high-gradient, small, and deep pools and heavily-weathered granite boulders. Similarly, its inhabitants run on the smaller side. Despite their small size, brook trout
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Day Off at the Androscoggin
I took a trip to the Androscoggin yesterday. The section I fished is wild trout water and is not stocked. I started in a side channel of the river, and immediately landed two small bows and many fallfish in the first pool. The guy across from me even caught a nice bow on a wooly
Big River, Big Fish: the Androscoggin River
I fished the Androscoggin River on Saturday with the usual motley crew. It was a perfect fall day; the foliage was in full display, bugs were popping everywhere, and the fishing was great. It wasn’t long before I landed my first fish, a nice brown. Over the course of the next two hours, each of us
Some Catching Up to Do
Sorry guys, I’ve been swamped. Between classes and other commitments, I haven’t been able to get very much sleep let alone blog. Somehow, I found time to fish. 9/16/17 I called an audible. My plan was to stay local and explore nearby trout streams, but my friend Matt wanted to show his dad, an experienced