Connecticut River Fishing Report: Final Edition

It’s always with a touch of sadness that I get that last fishing excursion in on the river to close the season. The river looks a lot like how it does when we fish it in March and April – similar water levels (albeit much warmer), and bare trees along the river’s edge. It’s beautiful in it’s own way and merely two and a half months until we can whip fly lines on it again.

The weather today was unusually warm (mid 60s) compared to the chilling temps we’ve been experiencing the last two weeks, so it was actually very comfortable for a while. In fact, I was glad not to be chasing bird dogs over hill and dale today, as it would have been warm for everyone involved. Though the action this afternoon wasn’t “hot and heavy”, it was steady for the first hour or so, as a couple of browns found their way on to my BH Prince– neither was huge, but they didn’t have to be – their brilliant colors were reward enough.

I also had one on my Egg Spawn briefly – with a shake he was gone, and hopefully he survives the winter so I can get a shot at him next spring. There were frequent fly changes too – San Juan Worm, Hatching Pupa, BWO Emerger, Glo Bug – none of them enticed any strikes.

As the weather turned quite cloudy, and eventually rainy, I changed up to my sink tip line with a White Wooly Bugger. This would be my last fly of the season on the Connecticut, and it worked – a colorful rainbow gave a spirited fight shortly after and was released to the deep for additional seasoning.

Eventually, the rain grew stronger, and that was it for me, for a couple more months at least.