There are plans. Then, there are fly-fishing plans. The latter often don’t go as scripted. Yesterday’s didn’t, but what an evening Sulphur hatch. I like structuring my days and weeks and am partial to planning. But, as we anglers all know, there’s only so much planning that works with fly fishing. Due to luck or
Luck
Reading blog reader Nicholas’s comment (below the post here) made me realize something: there’s tremendous luck that goes with fly fishing. The luck happens when you fish a run that no one has yet hit and disturbed. It occurs when you are nymphing, ready to cast at the end of the drift…and, find a fish
Rising Fish, Wild Trout, and Torn Waders
I did an overnight trip this past weekend with a few buddies from Trout Camp. After a few weeks of saltwater fishing, we all decided that trout would be a nice change of pace. Since all of us had obligations on Saturday, we met up later that evening at a popular spot near Conway, NH.
Finding Mojo
Well, it was definitely a weird fishing day for me. Maybe it was coincidence, but two other blog team members, at a different river, reported the same thing: rising fish that were very selective. On Sunday, I again found myself stalking for morning trout with dries. It was very frustrating to see dimples and float