June was Great EVERYWHERE except for the Swift beyond the Y Pool. The Millers has been fantastic, the Ware has been very good, The WB Westfield has been good and the EB has been fair. (sorry EB fans but that's how I see it.) Some can only fish the Farmington or the Deerfield for reasons that escape me. Those tail waters are always there and mostly always the same. So why not test your skills on a difficult freestone?
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For your info - fish the top of the riffles at Bridge Street early with any weighted fly. Haven't missed yet!
Ok, The Swift gets stocked Friday June 29. My source was told this by hatchery management. Try not to crowd this place out.
The Millers has hit 300 cfs as I write this. High but fishable and very good news with this weekend heatwave coming up. The Ware has good flow and a low temperature for a freestone. The Swift is roaring at 133cfs and the EB is at 150 which is good.
Book me for July evenings. It's a great time to be on the Millers or the EB. Are you an early riser? Book me for a 6am (or earlier) start and we will certainly beat the crowds.
Ken
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just curious does anybody now what the water temp is on the millers river? thanx
Ken,
The best month of June ever on the Millers!
GW
Dalton Noel said...
Am I the only one who hasn’t seen the episode with ken? Saw the link above and viewed and and the episode was out on the cape using conventional tackle on trout ponds out that way.... am I missing something would like to watch it thanks!
June 26, 2018 at 5:16 PM
The last time I checked the temp on the Millers was June 15: 68 just above kempfield pool and 70 in the stretch under route 2 @ Wendell Depot.
Paul
I also checked that video link from a previous post but there wasn't any fly fishing for trout in it ....
fischmeister57,
I've been told that the youtube link will be coming up soon. Seems that the person who handles that is on leave.
bigmster127 and Paul,
I've seen temperatures on the Millers in the high 60's and even 70 but the trout fishing has been great. It's the same thing for the last 30+ years. Just don't play them out long. Get them into the net and then a quick release.
Ken
Re: the video. I apologize for the bum steer! In my excitement about the posting of the new episodes, I saw "trout" and did not read carefully enough. As Ken says, they are behind in posting episodes.
Cheers
David
Hi Ken,
Been a while since I posted, but I think I saw you for a fleeting moment Sunday when you were with a client at the Tree Pool..... saw lots of Brookies there of all sizes, and a couple of Bows. There was large Sulfur Spinner activity late morning where the trout were slurping (gorging!) to their hearts content, and then the pellet release activity, then it got quiet. But did have a question for you that perplexes me (and Sam too I believe...). Bondsville seems to be different this year....some occasional Brookies of fair size, but have not seen the real juveniles to speak of.... and of note is downstream there are some slow, deeper pools as the Swift heads towards the Jabish Brook confluence... the issue is this year's real lack of bottom weeds! There used to be real heavy, flowing weeds that provided a lot of cover, and this year it's almost non-existent (strange as we're heading into July!). The river there looks more and more like the upper Swift, almost sterile. Wondering why? Could it be this year's cooler temps? It's almost as if weed killer was spread throughout the river down there..... I'm sure it wasn't, but can't figure out why such a night-and-day difference from many previous years? It sure has changed the fishing there, and seems to limit the hiding places for little Brookies. Appreciate your insight...
Jim M
Jim M,
I've noticed the lack of weeds in Cady Lane. There has always been a winter die-off but they have grown back by now. Not so this year.
Ken
The 3 branches of the Westfield change every year, sometimes quite a bit, mother nature, weather, manmade. Sandbars disappear or appear, holes get shallow. entrances and exits to pools get smaller or larger, or that submerged tree that held fish under it is a mile downstream on shore. Well its fun to visit that different river every year and adapt. Now from what I've read weeds need 3 things to grow on the bottom of a stream, Nutrients, which tailwaters have a lot of, Sunlight, long summer days help with that, and No spring run-off to wash them away, which the dam controls. Which one of those 3 is missing or is it something else?
Gary,
Thank you for adding your viewpoint! One of the reasons the Swift has had such a brook trout population is that the thick weed beds provide sanctuary to the younger trout. If the weeds are not there it could spell trouble.
Ken
Responding to Jim M. I think Bondsville got frozen up pretty well with the cold winter we had. Fellows ice fishing between the dams in Bondsville, the stream below with ice dams during the negative temperatures we had for days on end at one point. It got plenty cold for a while last winter. When those ice dams let go I think plenty of scouring of the stream took place as evidenced by a few trees down that weren't in there before.
In winter's past I would fish Bondsville on mild days and connect once in a while, this year I didn't connect or even get a hit. The water was damn cold and sunk in quickly to make the legs numb in short order despite dressing for it.
I am glad to see some brook trout back from wherever they high tailed it to when the cold winter set in. In my experience fewer than last year and smaller too.
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