"Game fish are too valuable to be caught only once" - Lee Wulff
Note: The Squannacook was stocked 10/3/17
I'll come right out and say it. The most beautiful browns in Massachusetts reside in the Millers. These trout, either stocked last May or of holdover status, have taken on the most beautiful dark, glowing color that you could imagine. I could best describe it as butter that's been left in a saute pan too long. And the neat thing is that these fish sailed right through the Summer and this September drought with flying colors and are there to be caught. BTW, This weekend the high water temperature on the Millers hit only 62 degrees. We fished some deep runs with good holding water and took fish swinging soft hackles.
Now, if everything goes to plan, the Millers will be stocked Friday October 6. The usual popular spots will get crowded but I know this river well (30+ years of fishing it) and will get you away from the crowds and into fish. Play some hooky during the week and we will have the place to ourselves. Book ME!!
We are seeing the start of the brookie run on the Swift as they are staging into some traditional spawning areas. Hopefully we will get some rain soon to lower that Quabbin release.
Stay tuned!!
Ken
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Millers TU will be assisting with the stocking on Friday, 10/6 at Holtshire/Orcutt starting at 9:30am. If you have the time or desire, come on up. All are welcome.
Those are some nice looking browns! Any openings around Thanksgiving break?
Thank you Bill!
Ashutosh,
Sure, just shoot me some dates!
Ken
Those browns are indeed brown and spotted as can be. I wish the DFW stocked more of them in our streams instead of rainbows. Don't get me wrong, the rainbow is a fine trout, but the browns are hardier and hold over better from what I have read.
Sam,
This is a never ending discussion with the DFW. Many of us want browns for the reasons that you mentioned but the DFW claims that the general fishing public wants bows because they can grow them bigger. The DFW says the public (and sportsmans clubs) will squawk at smaller fish (browns take longer to grow). What they forget or don't realize is that Mr. General Public quits trout fishing by Memorial Day but we FLYFISHERS NEVER STOP!!! They know damn well that bows don't make it through the summer on the Millers and that browns do. So why stock rainbows????
That's why the Farmington is so popular.
Ken
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