tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5461245170077475695.post2905067213275210107..comments2024-03-27T06:26:32.724-04:00Comments on Welcome to the Millers River Fly Fishing Forum : Remembering Winters Past - 2011- 2112 SALMON And An UpdateUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5461245170077475695.post-15518019761527111682017-01-09T18:06:53.948-05:002017-01-09T18:06:53.948-05:00The following spring is when I first started fishi...The following spring is when I first started fishing the swift was sad to see the salmon go as I did not catch any but I suspect a few large rainbows made the plunge as well. That same spring above Cady lane a big red side bow probably pushing 30 inches scared my brother out of the water as it took a swipe at the streamer he was fishing one of two very large trout I've seen in Mass streams...the other was a brown on the Quinn that honestly could have been 20lbs eating smaller browns during a sulphur event. He hung out for a minute then swam upstream towards the quabbin outflow. I feel lucky just to have seen this fish... I think this spring Ken I'll be focusing more on some of these " marginal" rivers as you have put it... Id love to run across one of those browns that find their way into smaller creeks or catch any trout in an unstocked body of water... Any suggestions on how to find such streams I know there are gems in this state and those are the places that I want to fish more <br /><br />Paul FayAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5461245170077475695.post-27894172980009613902017-01-09T04:42:49.545-05:002017-01-09T04:42:49.545-05:00David Powelstock said....
Thanks for the great po...David Powelstock said....<br /><br />Thanks for the great post, Ken! I ordered myself a copy of the Farmington guide, and it really is terrific. As a beginning fly fisherman, I cannot tell you how grateful I am for the generosity of folks like you and the authors of that guide who put their love of the sport and eagerness to share it ahead of their egos.<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5461245170077475695.post-77043371916331463082017-01-07T22:14:16.309-05:002017-01-07T22:14:16.309-05:00Ken,
I fully intend on swinging!
LennyKen, <br /><br />I fully intend on swinging!<br /><br />LennyLennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08103319077043860277noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5461245170077475695.post-82456661321719072342017-01-07T21:43:38.680-05:002017-01-07T21:43:38.680-05:00Sam,
My Mom did the same thing with the little br...Sam,<br /><br />My Mom did the same thing with the little brookies that I would bring home plus the horned pout and the perch too. I'll never forget it.<br /><br />Lenny,<br />The Cascapedia!!!!! No fly fisher has really lived until that first salmon hits! And you will not do it by tight line nymphing!!!!!!!<br /><br />KenMillers River Flyfisherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07834066906971183890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5461245170077475695.post-24473239241058665112017-01-07T21:02:02.545-05:002017-01-07T21:02:02.545-05:00That salmon or trout could have indeed been a brow...That salmon or trout could have indeed been a brown trout, Ken. As a youngster I caught a nice brown, a plump 14" one, out of that little stream from an undercut bank on a worm. I was proud and took it home where Mom fried it up for my brothers and me along with a couple of eggs. Good times.<br /><br />Sam Samhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08858232423819687001noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5461245170077475695.post-47378074162772014212017-01-07T16:54:13.889-05:002017-01-07T16:54:13.889-05:00Ken,
Planning on going to the Cascapedia over th...Ken, <br /><br />Planning on going to the Cascapedia over the summer! Can't wait!<br /><br />LennyLennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08103319077043860277noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5461245170077475695.post-12120998275152273722017-01-07T16:05:02.289-05:002017-01-07T16:05:02.289-05:00Bob O,
I have saddles that go back 40 years and s...Bob O,<br /><br />I have saddles that go back 40 years and some are top notch BUT the best deal going are the packages of dry fly hackles such as Whitings Farms. Everything is pre sized so much of the guess work is out. A package of long #18 hackles will tie a hundred dries. Color depends on what pattern you are tying but I seem to use mostly dun (gray) and brown.<br /><br />KenMillers River Flyfisherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07834066906971183890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5461245170077475695.post-28729424630929938152017-01-07T15:50:28.571-05:002017-01-07T15:50:28.571-05:00That was a winter to remember. The section below ...That was a winter to remember. The section below the wires at times looked like a little 'Pulaski'. Elbow to elbow. The salmon and lakers were quite willing to put a bend in our rods. And we had a ball.<br /><br />Ken, I have a couple of questions for you about dry fly hackle. I'm thinking of getting into tying dries. What color hackles should I start with? Are capes or 1/2 capes best to start with ? Thinking sizes 14-22. I've also seen 25 and 100 packs. <br /><br />Thanks for your input.<br /><br />Bob Onoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5461245170077475695.post-54377504778002250212017-01-07T14:48:57.191-05:002017-01-07T14:48:57.191-05:00Unknown,
You mean Etiquette, right? Glad you comme...Unknown,<br />You mean Etiquette, right? Glad you commented. We all fish this river. I think we all love this river.Millers River Flyfisherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07834066906971183890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5461245170077475695.post-47445485262915104362017-01-07T14:44:11.349-05:002017-01-07T14:44:11.349-05:00Lenny,
It's never too late as long as you'...Lenny,<br /><br />It's never too late as long as you're doing it. I'd drive my junker pickup to the Miramichi River over 35 years ago for a chance at SALMON thinking I should of done this three years before. The thing is I did it and I'll never forget it!!!!!<br /><br />Ken<br /><br /><br />Millers River Flyfisherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07834066906971183890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5461245170077475695.post-1984579331149840732017-01-07T13:38:16.124-05:002017-01-07T13:38:16.124-05:00Great to see all them young fishermen down river.V...Great to see all them young fishermen down river.Very polite an good fishing edakit.Im a bait guy gave me a different perspective this year catch an release good luck Swift river fly fishermen.Baitslingerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13041045805102115943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5461245170077475695.post-87323108691465256672017-01-07T11:15:05.168-05:002017-01-07T11:15:05.168-05:00Thanks for the reassurance Ken! We will see in two...Thanks for the reassurance Ken! We will see in two weeks if they take exception. It'll be cool to two hand swing for them, hopefully in some light snow. It looks like I started fly fishing 3 years too late! Not like I had a car to drive to the swift back then anyway. <br /><br />LennyLennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08103319077043860277noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5461245170077475695.post-60266335078550777652017-01-07T06:13:28.887-05:002017-01-07T06:13:28.887-05:00Sam,
Your friend's fish was either a LL Salmo...Sam,<br /><br />Your friend's fish was either a LL Salmon or a big brown trout. Those wise old browns show up in some strange places.<br /><br />I'm surprised that they appeared to be gone within a year.<br /><br />KenMillers River Flyfisherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07834066906971183890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5461245170077475695.post-40676912149582875302017-01-06T20:12:23.385-05:002017-01-06T20:12:23.385-05:00Great story on the salmon, Ken, most especially on...Great story on the salmon, Ken, most especially on a winter night as I read it. Catching those rascals on a fly rod must have been a blast.<br /><br />I wonder what happened to all of them and if any survive to this day?<br /><br />A friend of mine who has a house along a brook that runs into the Chicopee River claims that he caught a 24"er in the brook 20 years ago or so. He called it a trout, but my guess is that it was a salmon that got spilled out from Quabbin after a similar big rain event.<br /><br />It would have had to make its way through Red Bridge pond and over that dam too, but who knows, maybe it could have happened that way.<br /><br />Regards, Sam Samhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08858232423819687001noreply@blogger.com