OMR, Kevin O’Keefe and I drifted the Connecticut River yesterday and we weren’t expecting to see rising trout with the bright sunshine and air temperature in the high 70s. Not only were there rising trout, there were BWOs coming off as well. It was a great day, other than Kevin (accidently) pulling out the boat plug, Charlie going overboard trying to land my fish, and nearly breaking one of OMR’s rods. Thank god, we caught lots of fish. Our top flies; CDC Baetis, Traditional BWO, Cinnamon Ant, Conehead Gray Woolybugger and the Zoo Cougar. Jon was Top Rod with a gorgeous 15 inch brookie.Water temps in the Connecticut River range from 56 degrees in the Trophy Stretch, to the lower 60s above Colebrook. The Connecticut River is fishing great right now.

Back Lake has really slowed down because of the warm water temps. We did troll the lake a few nights ago, using  full sink lines and Conehead streamers and we did pick up several trout but right now it’s important to land them quickly to not stress them too much.  This has been an unusually hot summer but I’m loving it.  Cold weather isn’t far away and our winters are so long.