I know … another fish in the net picture, but believe me, it was tough to manage a 2+ lb. Connecticut River brook trout in my net, my rod, my camera phone, and a cigar sticking out of my mouth all at the same time – this is the best I could do. This one (and the one before it) took a soft hackle hatching pupa trailing an olive woolybugger on a sinking leader on my switch rod.
This one was too good to pass up, because there’s several things going on here.
That’s our good friend Denis Fay with a beauty of a brookie on the Androscoggin River late last week. After all of the rain that we had early last week, the flow finally dropped on the Andro, allowing for nearly ideal drifting conditions out there for Jon Howe and his clients.
While the weather continues to be rainy and dismal, that hasn’t dampened the angling spirit of some of our guests here at the lodge. That’s Vivian Hernandez with a large Lake Francis Inlet lunker brown that she took on a wooly bugger on sink tip line yesterday – what’s even better is that this big guy was released!
That’s a picture taken by Ken Wilson on Sunday of the sign at the Lake Francis boat launch reminding snowmobilers that there’s actually a lake in front of them. For our purposes, it means that there’s a heck of a lot of water in the Connecticut Lakes right now.
Fantastic day on the good ole Connecticut yesterday – summerlike temps, in the 70s and low 80s, with plenty of sunsplash. Not the best weather for dry fly action, but boy, does it feel good. These are the waning days of summer, and it’s nice getting a reminder of what is almost over.