Fishy Friday: 8/30
This one was too good to pass up, because there’s several things going on here.
A New Gamefish?
In response to some of the comments from my latest post, this is further proof that perhaps the chub needs to be considered as a prized game fish. The one in this picture was much sought after by our good friend Denis Faye with his bamboo rod no less …
Upper Connecticut River Fishing Update: Discovery
Good fishing and easy wading continues up here in New Hampshire’s north country. As a result of all of our great weather, the flows remain low out of all of the dams on the Connecticut Lakes, allowing us to access areas that normally are hard to get to.
Pittsburg NH Fishing Report 8/24/2013
Fishing has been pretty good up in the north country. The Upper Connecticut has been fishing well despite the lower water flows. The lower flows provide the opportunity to reach some spots that can be tough to get to when the water is high. You just might find you new favorite spot.
OMR, Ginette and I and of course Charlie did a drift a couple of days ago from Colebrook to Lemington, VT. As they say, “a good time was had by all”. A Black Crystal Woolybugger produced the most fish, and when we ran across rising fish, BWO patterns worked well. My new favorite BWO emerger patterns are the Challenged Pheasant Tail and the Smokejumper. Jon did well with a small (20) BWO and the Hatching Pupa.
The Trophy has still been fishing well. I’ve heard good things about the upper section and the in-between section. You might want to try smaller nymphs-Pheasant Tails and Soft Hackles-Hatching Pupa.
Back Lake has been on the slow side with the warm water temperature but the cooler nights should change that. Whenever we had a cool night the Hexes appear.
The outer ponds should be good in the evenings. The foliage is starting to change a bit up here. It’s hard to believe September is upon us. We have openings this week, so give us call. Hope to see you soon.
Upper Connecticut River Pittsburg, NH Fishing Report: 8/11
Further proof that the boys are always looking for good places to fish …
So, what’s been happening up here on the Upper CT? Nice weather, and even some trout doing their thing in the stretch below Murphy Dam at Lake Francis.
Hexagenia’s? Yup, there’s still a few at Back Lake!
Cindy took this picture the other morning after the cool night weather we just had triggered some more hexes to come off, and our resident smallmouth bass gorged themselves in to oblivion again.