Fly Fishing NH's Connecticut Lakes Region

Month: May 2017

Sunday Slab

Nice fish Griffin Nyhan! Yes, he’s a frequent flyer on the blog, and he caught and released this nice Connecticut River rainbow this morning.

Glad to see the C&R ethic is alive and well with the new generation of fly fishers …

Drifting through life …

It’s not a stretch now to say that floating a river in a drift boat may be my favorite way to spend time in pursuit of fish, or just to reset the “spirit meter”. Whether it’s in New England or out West (Montana), there is no substitute for seeing a river in this leisurely way.

Upper Connecticut River Fishing Report: May 23

Abnormally awesome weather weekend in the north country didn’t materialize in to many trout for the Green Mountain Project Healing Waters veterans that we hosted. This brown trout was the exception – 20″ and very healthy and swimming the depths again today.

Fresh fish!

Fresh Friday fish photo for you – a very healthy male salmon caught and released by guide Mickey Cunliffe this morning. Not sure where, but I have a suspicion where it could be …

Payback …

Payback for some tough days of fishing in the north country came yesterday – one of the best days of fishing that I’ve had in Pittsburg’s waters, and perhaps anywhere, for that reason.

Mickey’s beautiful and very energetic laker was the icing on our proverbial cake …