Cindy Howe (chowe) is the owner of Tall Timber and a regular contributor to Tall Timber's Fishing Blog
It was a beautiful day in Pittsburg today and Jon & I finished off our day with a gorgeous evening fishing on Back Lake. The fishing was fantastic with a huge Brown Drake hatch coming off that provided great dry fly fishing.
Our friend Henry Longmire loves the winter fishing up here in Pittsburg on the Connecticut River and he works hard at it. This beauty was landed last Thursday. Nice one Henry!
I know, I know…we’ve been slacking on updating our blog…It’s been super busy around here… So here’s the skinny on what’s been happening up here.
The Trophy Stretch continues to fish great . Actually, I’ve heard it’s AWESOME!
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!
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.
It is dry fly time on Back Lake! The Brown Drake and Yellow Drake hatches have started so it’s time to be out on Back Lake especially in the evening.