A lot of anglers ask us a very common question, “So, what’s been the hot fly?”. It’s a good question, and sometimes knowing what they’re taking is half the battle in fly fishing. Perhaps of more importance however is how and where successful anglers are fishing. If you’re not fishing the right water, or presenting your fly incorrectly, the “hot fly” probably won’t achieve the desired outcome.
It’s beginning to look a lot like fishing season, everywhere you go …
Okay, so I may have substituted a couple of words from that venerable Perry Como crooned yuletide song, but you get my meaning. It’s June, there’s bugs around (lots of them), and the fish are looking upward for their next meal here on the upper Connecticut River.
It can be spectacular, not only for the fishing, but the scenery is pretty special as well. The trout are almost as brilliant as the frequently drifting leaves that never cease to attach themselves to your fly. The weather is usually comfortable, though there is occasionally the spike of an indian summer or the plunge of what’s coming next … winter. It’s never far away here in northern New Hampshire.
It’s hard to believe that there’s only three weeks left in the New Hampshire fishing season (ends Oct. 15), but that’s where we are. The season has literally flown by. Nevertheless, the fishing has been good on the Trophy Stretch the last couple of weeks. Here is TTL guest Paul Bohn with a beautiful rainbow, caught and released under the expert direction of NH Fishing Guide Mickey Cunliffe – nice catch, Paul!
The fishing’s been pretty good and the weather has been fantastic lately here in northern New Hampshire – it seems that there’s been plenty of caddis, mayfly and stonefly hatches happening, and lots of hungry fish harassing them in turn …
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 …