It's late October and the fly fishing experiences have been sublime. The Millers has been great for the past month and if the flows stay low the fishing, especially on the surface, will be good. But there are changes on the way! We are looking at a large coastal storm for Sunday night through Tuesday which could (will) put an end to the fly fishing season on this river. Once the flows go up in the Fall on this river they STAY UP!! Dredge the bottom if you like but....
The Swift - Storm Irene and the late October snowstorm of 2011 finally caused the Quabbin to overflow EXACTLY at the time that the landlockes and lakers were at the surface looking to spawn. These fish followed the current over the spillway and gave us months of great fly fishing. Will this predicted storm produce the same event? Who knows?? It's all in the timing. Stay tuned to this blog for information. If we don't have a "landlocked season" we will still have a "winter trout season" on this great river!!
Ken
4 comments:
Hey Ken,
I concur, picked up another fine kettle just above the UTD pool this past weekend. Most came to a Kate MacLaren either mid dead drift or dabbled back upstream. Mostly stockers but again a couple that appeared to be holdover browns.
Hopefully Sandy is more bluster than rain...
Scott
Sandy left scarcely a blip on the Swift River flow. Dreams of lakers and salmon over the spillway will wait till spring.
The flow's cranking on the West Branch of the Swift. Dreams of salmon just starting on that little gem...
~Pete
dream on for another day
Al
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