We spend all winter with building anticipation for our favorite species to get back within fly range — now that the days are numbered until their return, what are you doing to prepare?
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Category Archives: Trout fishing
Deerfield River Trout Fishing
Last weekend, my good friend Jonas and I headed to the Deerfield. It was cold, brutally cold. As I said to him, sometimes bad ideas make the best memories.
Read More >>Take Action: Development Threatens Red Brook
There are few success stories in New England like the success of Red Brook — and now it is threatened with possible destruction. Read more and action now.
Read More >>Big New England Brown Trout
To pre-empt the questions: Yes, these are wild brown trout. Yes, they were caught in New England. And no, I won’t name the river In protecting this particular spot, people become downright uncivil when it’s named.
Read More >>Best Golf and Fly Fishing in New England
Ok, I know, I know — golf? The headline might raise your eyebrows. But stick with me on this one, as golf and fly fishing have a lot in common. And I’m talking about more than a lot of old white men.
Read More >>Fly Fishing the Farmington River
The prior day’s temperature had exceeded 50 — balmy for January. Sunday’s forecast called for high 40’s. With the warm water, clear skies, and snow on the way, we headed south to catch what might be, we thought, one of the last opportunities for reasonably warm winter trout fly fishing in New England.
Read More >>Six New Years Resolutions for Fly Fishermen
Eat less. Drink less. Spend less. Another year, another set of New Years resolutions you may — or may not — keep. Instead of a set of fun-numbing resolutions to do less, why don’t you commit to a set of resolutions to do more? And to do more fly fishing?
Read More >>Boston Globe Article
To travel, write and photography — it sounds like a pretty good life, doesn’t it? Well, thanks to the Boston Globe, I got to do just that.
Read More >>Video: Floating the Deerfield River
Earlier this year, I went trout fishing on the Deerfield River in Western Mass. My companion for the day was my good friend Rob Robillard, the Boston Globe handyman columnist.
Read More >>Hiking & Tenkara Fishing in New Hampshire’s White Mountains
Once safely back at the base of the mountain, we did a little Tenkara fishing in one of the small rivers we passed on the way to the hike.
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