TL;DR: Great for new anglers, and you don’t need a guide. For flies, read below and click here, here, and here. For the Swift around Rt.9, including the Y-Pool, click here. The area below Bondsville is productive and faces much less pressure. Legendary angler Gary Metras has a special presentation on winter fly fishing at
Tips: Fall Trout Fishing
I ran across an article from Tom Rosenbauer. It has tips on fishing in autumn. It’s a very helpful set of advice, and so, I thought I’d pass it along. If you like fishing dries, pack your flying ants and small BWOs, as well as beetles and Stimulators. And, go for a 12′ leader. Or,
Trifecta and Flying Ants
I fished the Swift and landed a trifecta of trout: brook, brown, and rainbow. I hit the pipe area in the morning and headed in the afternoon above Rt. 9. Five fish came to the net, including a 15″ brown at the hatchery pipe area. I lost quite a few, as I am fishing small
Get Some Frog’s Fanny
As we head towards autumn and winter, most anglers will be fishing small flies. That’s because midges will be the most abundant source of food for trout. And, some are super tiny. If you can bear it, find or tie some midge flies down to size 32, the smallest hook size manufactured. On some days