Where Are The Rains?????

Where Are The Rains?????

Biggest Brookie Of The Day Out Of Pond

Very Nice Pond Brookie

After much rain in forecasts lately. We have only got .8"s here in Southern New Hampshire, but the temps have been dropping at night time. Tonight we may get some of the that blessed wet stuff. Cross your fingers!! On to yesterday's report. Started out with a 2hr drive for me at 3am to my managed trout pond. Got to pond at 5:10am had first fish on at 5:22am. Bite doesn't last all that long there. Had many hook ups and ten fish to the net all Brookies. 3 of them were in the 1LB + range the rest cookie cutter 1 year stockies. So I rolled out of there at 8am. Decided to stop at a few spots on the Pemi do some scouting. Got into some beautiful wild Brookies. Later in the afternoon after a little nap I headed out with my buddy Brandon to my secret cold water spot here in Southern New Hampshire. He had just picked up a sweet little 3wt Bean rod. Was itching to get his first trout on it. We walked down to the edge of the river. I had already seen a fish rise. No sooner than I got all the way down hill and into place to start casting. He casted twice and bam fish on. He looked at me with a smile yelled across river it's a brookie. I laughed and said I know. I have always got Brookies right there not usually anything else.  Early in season I sat there and pulled in 30+ fish cast after cast.  We worked our way down stream. He picked up a nice bow and I got a healthy looking Salmon parr. Once we got out of the cold section we temped river at 74 felt out of cold area. decided to work our way back up stream to cold area again just about the time the hatch started. Was some tiny Bwo's and big caddis in the air. I picked up a nice brookie and had many hits or tail smacks. Funny this season I've notice the Browns on the piece of river tend to tail smack the fly before coming back to take it. Tomorrow we are planning to head to the pond again, and Spider Ally along with some other spots some old some new. Look for a report Monday some time.

Pemi Native

Brandons Southern Brookie

Brandon Southern Bow

My Southern Brookie

Fly Menu For Yesterday:
Big Olive with Brown Hackle Buggers w/ gold flash
Medium Black Bugger w/ gold flash
Mini Quinni Bugger Olive and Black ones
Stimulator
Elk Hair Caddis