The fishing season is grinding away here in northern New Hampshire, but there’s still about seven weeks left to pursue trout and salmon. Don and I were fortunate to get out on a drift with Bill Bernhardt of Lopstick Outfitters, and it was an interesting and enlightening experience as always.
Summer keeps plugging along here on the upper reaches of the Connecticut River, and it won’t be long before we’re feeling the crisp fall air and all that comes with it. There have been some slightly chilly mornings lately, but the fishing remains pretty good nonetheless.
River flows went back to “normal” on the Connecticut River’s Trophy Stretch this past week – 147 CFS as of the moment, a very comfortable wading flow. The fishing has been solid since the drop, as people have been landing and releasing a majority of rainbow and brook trout from the reports we’ve heard. Nymphs, as usual, are doing the most damage, but those anglers that like to sling foam terrestrials have been having a good time too.