The Connecticut River watershed is slowly (emphasize SLOWLY) returning to a semblance of what it usually is at this time of year. There is light at the end of the tunnel, but we need a dry stretch of weather to really get things back to the way we want them.
Our fishing on the Connecticut River in New England is now officially “suspended”, as the river has risen to flood stage throughout the watershed. Unceasing rainfall over the last six weeks or so, especially in the last two weeks, has filled the lakes and then some, creating dangerous flood conditions in and downstream of our area.
It’s been quite a forty-eight hour period that we just had here in northern New Hampshire. Lots of rain fell, maybe 4″-5″ of it total, which has dramatically changed our opportunities for fishing in our area.
We all lost a good friend and fly fisherman this week. Jon Howe, our “Guide Emeritus” at Tall Timber, net man for his wife Cindy on their many fishing trips, and my brother-in-law, passed after a long illness. He was a special person – universally liked and respected by everyone that met him, either personally or professionally, and so his passing is a hard one for those of us that knew him.