Bill's River Blog
Sunday June 10, 2007
Hello to one and all, Greetings and salutations. I hope your lines are tight and loops are small.
What's floating the boat? Well what's going on in the North Country? Rain, high bright sunny days, cold evenings and the possibility of frost, as of right now the is no sign of snow in the immediate forecast but the" weather guessers" haven't exactly been accurate as of late.
Despite all of this, and with some of the change of pressure systems the fishing has been fairly well predictable. Although there has been an evening recently where the fish just did not want to cooperate, (I hate when they do that.) I'd like to forget that one.We've been spending our days out and just about everywhere. The fishing has been very rewarding and also very challenging at times.There seems to be so many options for whatever seems to be your fancy, your never stuck into just one place to fish.
Most of our ponds up in the North Country are now absolutely loaded with Brookies and Rainbows and some of which are wonderful specimens. We've had warming water temps in some ponds that are starting to reach 64 degrees. There has been some cool nights to drop the morning temps. As of recently there has been some morning hatches of Caddis and B.W.O's. We have heard of reports of some eager anglers having caught up to 50 or 60 fish in one outing. "It is possible, it may not be a FISH story" I guess we'll have to get out and find out for ourselves.
The Androscoggin early this week had just recently started to really hope with much better numbers and very consistent fishing through the day. Albeit more recently the rain has brought the water levels up a little high for what we like for drifting. So we'll give the trout a little breather for a while.
The lower Connecticut has been drifting very, very well. It has been consistent fishing with some dry fly activity to test your skills and patience. The water temp is about 59 degrees and the trout for the most part are very energetic and eager with a good presentation. There has been a few beautiful Brookies and some wonderful Brown caught and released over the past week.
The small streams are fishing wonderfully when the rain hasn't made them high or discolored. Which happened this past week. The Brookies in these streams are absolutely beautiful and very eager to please.The temps have crept into the 60's and the the Caddis are starting to pop. It's a great way to spend the days and a nice place to go to get away from it all.
Where are we going to fish next? Who knows? Do you want to try something different?
PEACE tight lines, BILL
