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Autumn On The EB
Thursday, October 25, 2018
The Millers, The Swift And Book Me
"There is a lot of room for good lures in our trout fly boxes, as the purpose for them will exist as long as there are trout. And designs meant to be swung (as opposed to dangled under a bobber) will always fill a sporty niche." The Soft Hackle Journal - Trout Spey And The Art Of The Swing
At 660 CFS one would have an outside chance of catching something so off to the the reliable Bridge Street Pool of the Millers on Tuesday morning. The flow was manageable if I didn't wade too far out and the hunch paid off with two browns coming to the net within an hour. It's a big difference from the last two years where low flows kept the trout schooled up and double digit numbers were easy. This year you have to hunt for them. As it turned out the flow increased overnight and is now running over 700 cfs. I'll keep the faith and hope that November will be good on this river. It always has.
Big Browns - Browns are not like rainbows. They will not be found swimming around in the open especially in broad daylight. Instead they seek the cover of brush piles, logs and undercut banks. If you are not seeing big browns you are looking in the wrong places. Also, the rise form is discreet, almost dainty and one would think that a tiny brook trout was at play until 18 inches or more of brown trout explodes across the pool. Book Me - We still have a good month of good conditions. The Swift, EB and Ware all have great flows and have been stocked so what's stopping you? Contact me!
Since Monday we have spied browns on the Swift that were in the 4lb range and have hooked and or landed browns in excess of 18 inches and all of them rose to size 20 to 24 BWO!!!
Made a couple trips down to Bondsville this week and while the water appeared to be void of fish myself and my wife we're fortunate to net a few 12-14" browns down near the 2nd industrial park. Haven't explored much of these waters but there are so many nice looking runs, pools and undercut banks I plan on testing out this fall.
Well on the EB early, my reward ICE in my guides, I don't like it the end of the season is coming. But let's look to today, walked 3 miles of the river worked a bunch of spots but nothin not even a bump. Walking back to the jeep a spot I have never fished caught my eye, OK a couple more casts, put a #10 black stonefly on and bang it fooled an 18" brown, saved my day and made up for the ice.
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Made a couple trips down to Bondsville this week and while the water appeared to be void of fish myself and my wife we're fortunate to net a few 12-14" browns down near the 2nd industrial park. Haven't explored much of these waters but there are so many nice looking runs, pools and undercut banks I plan on testing out this fall.
More rain on Saturday??? That's all we need!!
T.O.
Ross,
You are the 2nd person to say that they did did well with browns down there within the last week. Go for it this Autumn!!!
Ken
Well on the EB early, my reward ICE in my guides, I don't like it the end of the season is coming. But let's look to today, walked 3 miles of the river worked a bunch of spots but nothin not even a bump. Walking back to the jeep a spot I have never fished caught my eye, OK a couple more casts, put a #10 black stonefly on and bang it fooled an 18" brown, saved my day and made up for the ice.
Yes, that rain is ominous! They are predicting 2" in Boston. I hope it's less out on the rivers!
Cheers,
David
Gary,
don't worry, there will be some pleasant November days where a not-so-early start will pay off.
David,
6am and it's not raining yet.
Ken
What is a Frozen Barbie Attractor Fly????? A blonde colored fly with big boobs and goose pimples??? I think I'll pass on that!
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