Today I took some time away from guiding and treated myself to a couple hours fishing. Saturday I had guided on the Squannacook and Nissitissit Rivers and found a few fish in the slightly high water. Then Monday and Tuesday it was off to the Isinglass and Cocheco Rivers for some SE NH rainbows (and a brook trout!) My client is from Australia, near Perth, and attended a conference in Ottawa. He loved the foliage, the river and the fish. The trip for today was rescheduled for a couple weeks to let the water settle down and because it was forecasted to be mostly rainy. Well, the water was at a wadable level and 54F (perfect!) I only fished one spot in Bristol and found a salmon and a surprisingly large rainbow trout. The salmon took the Black Ghost streamer and the rainbow fell for the Mickey Finn. Take a look at the rainbow.
Tomorrow we pick up a couple grand-kids (and a grand-dog) in CT, while my oldest daughter and her husband visit Colorado for a week. I hope to be able to sneak away next week for a day of fishing on the Farmington River - stay tuned.
Also, my guiding partner Jim and I will be the featured presenters at the Boston TU meeting next Monday evening at Drumlin Farm in Lincoln, MA. Info and directions at:Greater Boston TU We will be doing our Fly Fishing in NH presentation that covers just about the entire state of NH. Hope to see you there.
Gerry,
ReplyDeleteI am surprised that the water on the Pemi was wadeable... That's cool. I figured that stretch would be dangerous as hell.
You never know what you are going to find below that bridge. I picked up a bow and brown there when I was going after broodstock once. The brown was quite a shock to me.
-Eric