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   Well we've staggered through another week up here on the Connecticut river. Things have been going famously. The fishing has been great even though the river is getting a little crowded with the end of the season hoo rah. And I can't says a blame ya! Heck yeah, there are some decent fish out there and our weather has been absolutely spectacular,( almost to nice ). We've been fishing all over the place and finding fish everywhere. 

   Still one of my favorite spots is down below Murphy dam. They have lowered the water which make wading a little more accessible. When I head down there I'm not looking for many trout I'm looking for one Big one. The Brown's seem to be getting a little more excited this time of the year, and if you fish it hard it can some times pay off.

   The trophy stretch has been a delight as of late with the flows lower and the ability to walk and get away from people can be very fruitful at times. With the weather we've had and the foliage it's hard to think of another place where I'd like to be. 

   They say we're are supposed to get more into a seasonable weather pattern as of the weekend. Nasty weather is never fun but you have pay to play and we've been playing a lot lately.

   There is one question that I have to throw out there, which I just don't quite understand, maybe you all can help me with this? The reason that they have been dropping the lakes and consequentially giving us higher water flows, (from what I understand) is that it provides better habitat for the Lake trout to spawn. I do find this very proactive and very conservation minded. But what I don't understand is that now they have dropped the lakes and have cut back on the water flows in the rivers between the lakes. This doesn't seem to be very conducive to the Salmon or the Brook trout to spawn. (Which happens before the Lake trout.) There are areas where I have fished this past week and have seen where the fish have already started building there redd's, that are now (with the water lower) almost completely exposed. We have one of the few areas in New Hampshire with a wild and naturally reproducing population of Salmon and Brook trout. Are they putting the Lake trout on a higher pedestal or they more of an economic draw to the North Country? I don't think that we should ignore the Lakers what so ever but I do think this could be managed a lot better to provide the best spawning habitats for all the species. I just don't know how to go about doing just that?

   That's my rant for this week.