I fished the Deerfield on Sunday. It was a low-volume day. In fact, I did not hook a single fish in the first three hours. I tried all types of water, rotated flies, and adjusted weight, with only a handful of misses to show. Also, to make matters worse, Fife Dam released water an hour
Lance Egan: ‘Low and Slow Near the Riverbed’
Team USA member Lance Egan has written a great article in the Fly Fisherman. Link is here. He writes that it’s important to fish nymphs “low and slow” where the fish tend to hang out, near the bottom. A few years ago, I went down the Euro-Nymphing Rabbit Hole after reading a bunch about currents.
‘All In’
The hunt. The second guessing. The missed hook sets. We’ve all been there. Then, a perilous fish fight. Vindication. And, another fish. I love this video. I think it is one of the best I’ve seen in a while.
Post-Spawn Landlocked Salmon
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