Reel Adventures of Fly Fishing
May is still deciding if it will yield to spring, alternating between 70-degree days and 30-degree nights. Today it rained off and on, only adding to the confusion. After a day indoors, I needed an outside adventure. This evening I had just enough … [Continue reading] about An Hour To Spare
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 … [Continue reading] about Overnighter
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 … [Continue reading] about First Trout of 2013
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 … [Continue reading] about Connecticut Crappie
Saturday was the Opening Day for trout season in Connecticut. My wife had a cold, so I took my two daughters to the local carnival. To make a long story short, the only fish that I saw that day were the two goldfish that my girls won in a ping … [Continue reading] about Opening Day 2013