OMR hit the Androscoggin today after the Connecticut turned out to be high and muddy, with some great results. Nymphing most of the way, his people landed quite a few nice fish, with the jewel in the crown being a 20″, 4 lb. brown landed by Bruce Pilch (one of our River Helpers from the C.F.R. retreat!). A beadhead flashback pheasant tail lured this big boy to bite, but there’s plenty more out there for sure.

Bruce put the "Vulcan release grip" on Mr. Brown

Putting the “Vulcan release grip” on Mr. Brown

River flows on the Connecticut River below First Lake and below Murphy Dam remain low and steady, and our weather is reportedly improving over the next few days, so the fishing should remain on target for this time of year. More cahills have been seen lately, and caddis remain the meat and potatoes of the local trout and salmon’s diets, so dries and emergers of both kinds are highly recommended right now.

No action yet for hexes on Back Lake, though there are some encouraging signs (a couple browns and a couple rainbows succumbed to me last night on a sparrow fly, a sometime imitation of a hex emerger), so we’ll update you as soon as something happens.