On my last outing, I was minding my own business. Fishing a local freestone. You know, nymphing with my usual stuff and having good luck finding trout of the holdover and stockie varieties. Just enjoying the great outdoors and flinging some flies. Then, this happened. A carp? An overgrown chub? Based on some online queries,
Lopstick
As you may know, I have a love affair with the Connecticut River headwaters up in Pittsburg, NH. It’s a great tailwater with an abundance of fish. It’s where I learned to fly fish. About 10 years ago, guide Bill Bernhardt of Lopstick put me on some trout. I think that first trout on a
Interview: Phil Monahan of Orvis
Phil in Norway If you follow social media for fly fishing, one name appears over and over again: Phil Monahan. He’s the person in charge the Orvis fly fishing blog, among other many responsibilities. So, I dug around and learned that he is a former guide, previously edited “American Angler,” and is a passionate fisherman,
Chasing Wild Browns
I’m a sucker for big brown trout. They’re tough to fool. Up above is a picture from Grant Figura, a guide who covers the Swift, Deerfield, and Westfield East Branch rivers. He recently wrote a blog post about chasing wild browns. While many anglers are chasing the newly-stocked trout, the idea of finding a quieter