Too Beautiful To Discribe

 "We fish for hours to hold a trout for a few seconds" - John Gierach

It's Fall in New England and if you can't be taken aback by the sheer wonder of this landscape there must be something wrong with you. Sure, there's leaves in the water but that situation will drift away in a week or two. Then we will welcome November which in my mind is probably the most underrated flyfishing month in New England.

Do you know what else makes these months special? No biting insects and not many crowds on the water. Yes, the Swift and the Farmie will still have their mobs but places like the Millers, the EB are rounding into form.  The Millers is at 656 cfs, the EB is at 1150 (high but dropping) and the Swift is at 56 cfs. (perfect)  Don't hit the Millers or the EB until they are around 500 cfs.

And don't forget the Ware!!!! Anything below 500 cfs will work.

Leave the Brookies alone

So, I've left the dark side and now believe we should practice not just "catch and release" for brookies but full blown "hands off" on the Swift for this species. Sure, there will be some "by catch" but leave the redds alone!!!!!!!  The Swift, in my not so humble opinion, is an absolute treasure and the best brookie fishery in New England.  Where else can you catch native brookies that exceed 20 inches and enough 15 inchers to where people don't even brag anymore????

If you don't like that then just chase the clonebows.  The DFW loves to stock them!!!

Ken