Big day on the lower Connecticut River for drifting and casting streamers. A couple of groups of fishermen were out there on the drifts yesterday, hitting good amounts of trout between West Stewartstown, NH and Colebrook, NH, and south of Colebrook as well.

Yes, Jon gets pretty amorous when there's a big fish in his hands ...
Yes, Jon gets pretty amorous when there’s a big fish in his hands …

That’s our own Jon Howe (Old Man River) with a couple of beauties that he hoisted and released yesterday on the lower drift. The beadhead Madonna was the fly of choice, and through careful experimentation, they determined that the color yellow was a key ingredient to any streamer fly choice. Sinking line completed the proper set up for yesterday’s fishing on the Connecticut River.

Sounds like there’s good reports out there on the Trophy Stretch (nymphs are working best) and below Murphy Dam as well (streamers and nymphs).  The hefty rainbows that were stocked by the Pittsburg Anglers Association (memberships, hint, hint) have been decently active on the Trophy Stretch over the last couple of days.

It was in the upper 20’s this morning up here, and it has remained very windy today, so there’s not much going on for hatches at the moment. The blustery weather is going to stick around for a couple more days too.