While my 3-day camping trip was ultimately cut short by bad weather, it contained all the ingredients for a perfect weekend, including . . . . . . . An early start . . . . . . Dirt roads just asking to be explored . . . . . . Rising fish and and [...]
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It’s hard to believe, but due to my personal schedule and the increased distance to really good fishable water, these are the first trout I’ve landed in 2013. Both were caught on the Farmington River using the same dry fly, which not surprisingly resembles a Hendrickson. The first was caught in a fast moving riffle [...]
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For the past few weeks I’ve been eyeing the narrow pond that lies behind a nearby industrial park. Sandwiched between an office complex and the state highway, it is heavily shaded on one side by pine trees rising above the steep landscape and relatively open on the other side due to clearing from residential development. [...]
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Got out on the local mill pond with the kayak for the first time this year. Due to strong winds it was a short trip, but you can’t pass up a 70 degree day, especially when you’re used to temps in the 50′s. Gave the new fiberglass rod a workout, missing a few strikes and [...]
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Admittedly the title of this post will probably draw some attention from non-anglers, but I wanted a description other than “New Fiberglass Fly Rod Build”. As I sat there on Sunday morning wrapping the guides onto the blank with black and then silver thread, I realized that, in essence, I was rolling my own fly [...]
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