It had to be the the reports in my comments section by Chico and Parachute Adams and others about the fishing down in the Bondsville section of the Swift. Now, I know the area well, fished it years ago and did well this past Spring but I had not been there since early June having gotten under the spell of Cady Lane. So that's why my friend Brad and I found ourselves late Tuesday afternoon knee deep in this very interesting place.
First off the water temperature was 65 degrees which is excellent. Second, as the Swift below Route 9 looks different than the section above Rt 9, Bondsville is different than Cady Lane. First, it has pools, pockets and riffles. Secondly it is devoid of weed growth as commenter Chico noted. This may be because of the 4 mile long ponded area upstream acting as a barrier by settling out any vegetation drifting downstream (just my theory). Anyway, you will have found yourself in a bona fide New England trout stream, a shaded oasis and you will have it pretty much to yourself.
Brad went downstream and I worked a 50 yard flat that began as a good riffled run at it's head. The bushy dry fly was cast to likely spots and it began to connect with brookies. I went into the double digits with most of the brookies being around 10 inches with one in the 6 inch range. I took one rainbow and broke another off in the short 2 hour trip. It was certainly worth my while and I'll be back.
The Drought - we got a few breaks in the past week or so but the extended forecast says "DRY". I need to hit the Millers and I'll do that next week!!!
Ken
6 comments:
Ken
I've been following the comments and they seem positive about Bondsville. You fished it when the water was up. How do you thing it will be at 45 cfs?
GW
GW
It should be fine with a stealthy approach. I would expect more surface action.
Ken
The Bondsville section appears to have minimal and difficult access to the water. I am very intrigued about checking out this section of the Swift, but can you perhaps point to an access point? Behind the apartments on Main ST? There seems to be a lot of little dams/falls in this section as well.
Joe,
Look for a bridge just downstream from where you mentioned. Start from there.
Ken
Ken,
When you mention the Bondsville Section, are you referring to the section between the two dams --- the one above and below the fire station.
Tom Perry
Tom,
When I think of Bondsville I start where you mentioned and go all the way down to where the Swift River meets the Ware River. It's a fairly big place.
Ken
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