As of the middle of this past week, there were still a few salmon around in central Mass. I did a very short after work trip midweek, saw about a half dozen salmon and caught four (three males and one female). The hen was clearly post-spawn while the males, though still milting a bit, seemed
The Fish of the Day
Sometimes, I decide to fish but am not sure where. I just drive. On Saturday, I left the house before dawn with multiple fly rods in the car. I wasn’t sure if I would go to the Farmington or the Swift and, instead, just drove west. I do that sometimes. I wait and see which
Fishing Tiny Dries
I fished the Swift last Saturday with Alex Bagdonas. We started at the Pipe, where we ran into Jo. Early on, I took several bows nymphing with zebra midges. As the air temperatures warmed and fish started rising, I took more on a swung soft-hackle-and-midge set up, mostly brookies. Although all fish took the midge,
Post-Spawn Streamer Bite
It’s been a while since I set out with a clear plan to fish streamers. I had a successful nymphing session on the day before Thanksgiving, highlighted by a stout, multi-year holdover brown. After messaging with Andy Lyons about the likelihood of the fish being a wild specimen, the topic shifted to the movement habits