We’re down to the nitty-gritty of the fishing season in northern New Hampshire – only five days (as of this writing) to get out there and be on the water. The season is officially over at the end of legal hours on Saturday, October 15, and we’ve generally had a good fall. The salmon are present in the Trophy Stretch, in ever increasing numbers, as well as some brook, brown and rainbow trout too.
More rain fell today, folks – nearly another inch of it, which is making it difficult to not only fish, but to predict when the river might get back to normal. There’s good news however, as it looks like things are headed in the right direction in the next few days.
Okay, we didn’t just have a flood in northern New Hampshire, but the rivers and lakes are high after a couple days of hard rain that we just had. Over three inches of rain fell between Monday and Tuesday in Pittsburg, and the corresponding actions of the dam company to restrict flooding downstream have limited the fishing options the last couple of days.
Unlike the majority of central and southern New England, we have been fortunate to receive rain at the right times of the season, as the Connecticut Lakes and Connecticut River are in good shape as fall approaches. We received somewhere around 4 inches of rain just this past week, so there’s plenty of water in our system, meaning that more water will need to be released from the lakes to achieve the desired lake levels this fall.
Nice brookie, caught and released by our guest Jeff Molesso, under the expert guidance of TTL Fly Fishing Guide Mickey Cunliffe. Let’s be honest, that’s a nice fish, but take a look at his nephew’s fish (Lucas, below), and you be the judge …
We’re in the tail end of the annual hex hatch on Back Lake, folks. While there were still some hexes coming off near dark last night, it sounded as though the numbers of hexes on the water were more sporadic than it had been earlier this week. There were still some nice trout caught by our guests though, so it was worth it, but there’s no doubt about it … the hex hatch will soon be at an end.