I hope everyone had a good Thanksgiving. I know that this year is an oddity in many ways, one requiring change and adaptation. One personal area of change for me has been this: I’m just not buying that much new fishing gear. Part of it could be that I’m up to seven trout fly rods
Salmon River Saturday
On Wednesday, Veterans’ Day, my fly fishing buddy Doover2 had the day off and explored the Salmon River in southeastern Connecticut near Colchester. Inexplicably, he was able to catch over two dozen trout without my help. He reported there weren’t many people fishing on the Salmon, even on a holiday. I couldn’t wait to go
Fall Father-Daughter Fun
We had a short camping and fishing trip planned for this fall. This one was special as it would be the first time my newly nine-year-old daughter Brooke and I would be out on our own together for a few days. We are lucky to have a great family unit, but I feel that one-on-one
The EB and D2 and Me
On Sunday, Doover2 and I took a trip to the Chesterfield Gorge to fish the most beautiful trout river in Massachusetts: the East Branch of the Westfield River (our overview here). In the seven years I’ve lived in New England, I’ve averaged five to six trips a year there, but this year with the drought