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
Fishing Marginal Water
Spring is special. The earth erupts again with life, from birds chirping at dawn to refreshing April rain to outdoor scenery that beckons. In the spring, I try to hit freestones before they warm up and flows go down to trickles. There’s a particular stretch where I’ve caught all sorts of fish. It’s stocked with
Spring Scratches
With the Mrs. out with a friend this afternoon, on a lark, I checked the river gauges. Some rivers were starting to come down from all of the rain we’ve received. With the wind tapered off, it seemed like a good time to fish. I went to a Connecticut freestone that offers fishy water, scenery,