Here’s an amazing guest post from Jay Hale. You can follow him on Twitter. With a prolonged ice fishing season and an early June trip to the Connecticut River headwaters on the docket this year, I knew I wouldn’t be hitting the trout waters hard in late March and early April. Combing through my list
Getting Up to Speed on the Farmington River
I’m new to the Farmington. If you are, too, and want to get started, here are some resources I’ve found as invaluable: Click here for a river report. It’s hosted by one of the best fly shops I’ve ever visited. It has the largest fly tying selection I’ve ever seen. They know their stuff and
Combat Fishing on the Nissitissit and Squannacook
On Sunday, I hit the Nissitissit and Squannacook. The Nissi was a tough experience. I was nymphing a run, and a guy with worms walked over and started casting downstream of me, about ten feet away. He said he had been there earlier and landed three fish. Then, he moved upstream of me, again, about
Two 15" Brutes
I fished the Quinapoxet and another stretch of a local river, about which I unfortunately am sworn to secrecy. Landing some good-sized fish on my 3-wt. and 6x/7x tippet made them feel like absolute brutes. At the Quinnie, I hooked three and landed a 15″ rainbow on a swinging white streamer. I’ve often had good