If there’s one piece of gear that I can’t leave home without, it’s my car rod holder. This is a slim rectangular block of rubber or foam with slits that is magnetized on one side. After parking, you slap it on the side of your car towards the rear by the gas cap. After assembling
Situational Awareness: Targeting Spring/Summer Stripers
I’m a pretty fickle person when it comes down to my favorite species to fish for. Usually I’m having so much fun catching whatever I’m after, that in the moment you’ll probably hear me say things like “these brown trout are the best” or “man, there’s nothing like steelhead.” I guess I never grew out
Farmington Water Flows and the MDC
Something’s not right with the Farmington’s water flows. But let me start first with some good news. With the spring semester over, I am back down to one job and decided last-minute to book an Airbnb for a few days and fish the Farmington. It was DYI food-wise each day: a simple breakfast, a simple
Guest Post: Walt Randall’s ‘First Strike’
I was fishing what we called the “Nursing Home Hole” of the Farmington River in New Boston in early spring of 1972. My father’s fishing buddy, Barbara, was with me as we worked this large, wide and deep spot in the river. I don’t recall where my Dad was…upstream? Working at Milhenders and thus not