Great afternoon today on the Connecticut River – sunny, but with some momentary cloud cover, and lots of BWOs coming off. Today was also an early glimpse of our “Cast & Blast” season coming up in October for myself and the dogs, as we were out scouting for grouse and woodcock.
Sorry about the “fish in the net” picture, but that’s the only way I could get this shot today – while not big, this brown was spirited. While there were some rising fish this afternoon, I chose to go back to nymphs today, which I hadn’t done in a long time. Far and away, the combination of a beadhead Prince trailed by a Jailbird was the big winner today. A couple beautiful rainbows and a nice brookie were tricked by the Jailbird, and the Prince actually helped me land a nice brown as well.
The river flows remain constant and very easy for wading, but this has made the fishing on the Trophy Stretch pretty challenging for our guests lately. Low water means that the fish are stuck in the pools and are pretty skittish once fishermen start doing their thing. My advice, make a few casts, hopefully catch a trout or two, and keep moving …
On another note …
The reason for making the “Cast & Blast “ reference is that Rudy, Monty and I got in the woods for a couple hours of scouting this morning, and it was great (this might be a pretty good year, but I’ll keep my expectations in check). Rudy was first out of the truck this morning and in only one hour, he pointed / encountered 8 woodcock and 2 grouse. Monty’s hour in the woods yielded 3 grouse and 1 woodcock, so in only two hours, we moved 14 birds, which is an exceptional amount. We hope this continues this fall.
We still have a few openings this week and next week for lodging, so give us a call at 1-800-835-6343 if you can make it up here before this fishing season ends.
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By: bs
Tom Caron dispenses advice, wisdom, and bs in the pursuit of trout and salmon daily for Tall Timber guests.
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A Glimmer of Hope
Eric
August 22, 2012 — 4:29 pm
No rubber net…?
Double nymphing…
My old net is swiss cheese from cutting the hooks out. The rubber net makes life so much easier.
bs
August 27, 2012 — 11:20 am
right on, but much like a wading staff, I have yet to buy one …
Ken Wilson
August 26, 2012 — 12:03 pm
Who says the fishing is slow this time of year? Friday, we both caught and released a dozen or so Brookies at Karen’s favorite spot, a couple of fine Rainbows in the Trophy Section later in the day, and
bs
August 27, 2012 — 11:25 am
The fishing has been a little slow for those that haven’t received casting instruction from the master caster of the Connecticut River (O.M.R.)!
Actually, we did hear some positive reports on all sections of the river this weekend, so maybe things are heating up a bit. It should just get better as we go into September.
Ken Wilson
August 27, 2012 — 11:32 pm
It wasn’t the casting, it was the mending. You should change your initials from B.S., although that is appropriate, to S.A.
Bruce
August 31, 2012 — 4:48 pm
How is the fishing in the small fly fishing only ponds? And what would be the recommended flies to use during the first and second weeks of September in those ponds?
bs
September 1, 2012 — 8:25 pm
Bruce –
thanks for the question, which is a good one. We haven’t had many guests fishing the ponds lately (mostly the river), so it’s hard to tell … but, I would go with BWO emergers and dries of various sizes for the ponds, Adams, and even Hornbergs for the ponds. We are starting to have some cooler nights now (45 degrees for tonight), so I’m sure that the brookies will be coming back up to the top over the next couple of weeks.
Please stop in and give us a report when you’re here, and I’ll certainly pass something along if we hear of anything.
Bruce
September 2, 2012 — 3:12 pm
Thanks for the advice.
B