With all of the rain this winter and spring, the Quabbin Reservoir has been spilling since January. I have not been fishing the Swift River, but the flows have made for good sightseeing at the spillway. I’ve taken a few walks along the river and learned where the trees have been removed (or deposited). When
Miss Piggy
It was a lot of driving for not many fish. I was hoping for Hendricksons. Nope. With a stiff, cold breeze and water at 44 °F, not many fish showed themselves. I didn’t see any anglers with fish on, but I decided to keep at it to get some payback for all the drive time.
Is Euronymphing Really Fly Fishing?
Kelly Galloup of The Slide Inn recently posted a video that has created quite a stir. He asks if Euronymphing is really fly fishing, among other things. I agree with a lot of what he says, though I don’t think he realizes that Euro can involve streamers and dries, as we have documented on this
The Golden Hour
It’s Patriots’ Day in Massachusetts. Rather than deal with the Boston Marathon traffic, it was a great opportunity to leave early to fish. There were surprisingly few parked cars when I arrived at the river, and I decided to hit one of the stockie zones. Fishing was slow to start, and I tightlined all of