If you are anything like me, and I know I am, you are just about ready to give up on winter fishing for trout. I know, I know…. Nearly every day those guides and their clients on Instagram are holding up fish so big and beautiful that even Herman Melville wouldn’t have words to describe
Category: Willimantic River
Trout Stocking Update and Our River Guides
The stocking trucks in Massachusetts and Connecticut have been rolling (updates, respectively, here and here). The trout season in New Hampshire ends October 15. So, prepare to fish! As of yesterday, the Deerfield, Farmington, Nissitissit, Squannacook, Swift and Westfield have been stocked. The Millers, Quinapoxet and Willimantic (among many others) are on deck for when
At the Willimantic River
With most rivers blown up and cold, I took a risk and went to the areas north of, and within, the Willimantic’s Cole Wilde TMA. I thought I’d explore one of the brooks around there with the theory that tributaries clear out faster than rivers. I ended up doing more walking and scouting in the
The Willimantic River’s Cole Wilde Trout Management Area
I first learned about the Willimantic by going through CT DEEP’s Angler Guide. As you may know, the state does a great job of classifying various waters. There are “trout parks” for easy catching, “Class 1” areas that feature wild fish and are not stocked, and various Trout Management Areas, or TMAs. View this post
