Just a few quick photos from a lovely late season river!
long overdue….
this post is long overdue…. that’s all I am going to say! But lets talk about whats going on here and now! We have entered into the brilliance of fall and waiting for just a little bit of rain to “mix it up”! the rivers and streams of Vermont are on the low side and it looks like there might be some changes in sight! We seem to be going into a wet period with some possibility of some wet snowflakes in the mountains, I hope to see that we get some precip just for the sake of the browns and the brookies to have full access to better spawning grounds. the bigger rivers which are holding landlock salmon have actually been fishing quiet well thanks to the heavy rain back in late august, however that being said I have a feeling that there are fish holding at the mouth of the rivers just waiting to to move up into better spawning grounds. one river particularly seems to be having a great comeback and I hope that a little weather doesn’t throw it off this year! I spent Saturday on the aforementioned river and had a stellar day landing six beautiful salmon and losing one monster which before I saw it I almost stepped on! I did quietly back out of the spot which i was standing and crept back upstream to a more advantageous spot, did a little leader,tippet and fly work and made one cast, two cast and on the third cast hooked into the fish that gave me the ride of the season only in the end to have underestimated it size and to have it break me off in a stellar feat of acrobatics! lesson learned! go for the heavier tippet and work smaller if necessary! on to the next spot! there were fish all through the river and sight fishing was as good as it gets, I stood apon many large boulders peering down through the windows of the river looking for hulking salmon and planning my approach! whata blast. I am always a bit forlorn to see other “catchers” carrying these beauties off the river for the sake of their grills and often times feel that if we just gave them a few more years of catch and release pressure we would have an even better fishery. In the case of this river there is a month of C+R before the season closes so “tralah tralah”. I do have some time available if any one is interested on doing a trip so feel free to give me a call! Often times its not streamers that does the trick with these fish its more like size 16,18, and 20 nymphs and that’s a thrill! As far as the trout are concerned on the “back 40 waters” the fishing has been pretty good, I have seen a lot of browns in transition and have had some great days, but the days a finicky. Vermont is know for its ever changing weather and those fast changing conditions will greatly affect activity on the water, making way for observation and quiet contemplation. Sit, listen and observe and often you will be rewarded! let me again say that I hope to tend to this blog a little better and hope that in the future I can become disciplined enough to open up the laptop and give some more time to it! Maybe I can carry this sucker onto the river for those quieter times…..NAH!
Be Well and tight freakin’ lines!
Dave Aronson
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