OMR guided Ginette White and myself yesterday on the Connecticut River. We did the upper drift from Canaan, VT to the Rest Area just north of Colebrook. We had a fabulous day. Lots of fish, especially at the top end of the drift.

Jon had us running two nymphs, a TH Pheasant Tail up front, with a BH Dirty Bird as the dropper. The Dirty Bird (OMR’s go to nymph)slayed em and the PT picked up a few nice trout as well.  There were a few caddis around.

We picked up lots of really nice rainbows in the 13 to 14 inch range, a few brook trout and one brown.

We also ran into a few rising fish. We noticed Blue Wing Olives coming off also.  My BWO dry fly of choice is the Challenged Pheasant Tail and it worked great on those feeding fish.

We got several more trout in the afternoon still nymphing but then I did decided to change it up and bang the banks with a Zoo Cougar. The Zoo Cougar moved a few fish and I landed several nice rainbows.  I did hook a monster Brown??? that was laying by a log jam. That got my heart pumping.

Next time Mr. Brown……I know where you live!July 22 drift 3 (618x448)

We had a great shore lunch, with some adult beverages and the weather cooperated too. It was a great day to be on the Upper Connecticut River.

The Trophy Stretch is still fishing well and the water flows are great from all three dams in Pittsburg. Cold water too.

If you can sneak away, especially mid week, come on up for some great trout fishing.