Saco River, Conway NH

Got up early and went up to the Saco today. Needed to get my fishing done by 9:30 before all the tubers and kayakers got on the river. Once they start you can't really fish. So the bite was quite good. They were hitting bead head nymphs and hoppers. Caught 1 brown and a lot of brookies. Did a lot of site fishing since this is a very clear river. Found a couple spots where they were stacked up. Another great morning of fishing!

Pittsburg NH

Just got back from a fishing trip with a couple friends to Pittsburg NH. What a blast we had. Fished every day from 7:00 am till 8:30 pm. The fishing was great. Fished rivers, streams and ponds. Everywhere we went we caught fish. One pond we hit in the evening and the rainbows were crazy. Couldn't keep them off our lines. Caught brookies, rainbows and salmon. What a place!!!!!!!!

 One of the many native brook trout caught.

 

Great scenery!

Mark and Matt fishing the Conn. River

One of the many rainbows caught.

Another Friday Night

Fished another pond Friday night that I've never been to. Wind was blowing strong which made a good workout in the kayak. Was able to get a couple tiger trout. First time I've ever caught one. Also caught a yellow perch and a smallmouth. All but one trout came on a Prince nymph. That one trout was caught on a small dry fly. This has been a fun time hitting a new pond every Friday night.

This Weekends Fishing

Well tried a new pond Friday night for brookies and got completely skunked. Beautiful pond but for me it wasn't happening.

Saturday did some smallmouth fishing and was able to land a couple on a crayfish pattern I made up. The surprising thing was in the evening we hit the shallow areas again for the smallmouths and too my surprise caught a 12" rainbow. Never has that happen in the area we were fishing.

Finished up the weekend fishing a couple rivers but again we got skunked. It was a nice morning to be on the water but I hope my luck changes soon.

Friday Night Fishing League

Well the local fly fishing forum I'm on has started a new activity of visiting a different pond in the state each week on Friday night. This is a great way to fish new waters that I would never have fished and meet new friends. We've gone to two different ponds so far and haven't been disappointed. Last night I caught several nice brook trout on a sinking tip line using a size 12 bead head prince nymph. Once the wind died down the fish started to hit the surface so changed over to a floating line with a size 18 fly I made up that looks something like a mosquito. This has been a great time.

Friday Night Fishing

Fished Friday night a local pond. Good time with some new friends. Was able to catch three brook trout. The wind made it a little difficult. Still was better than being at work

Trolling in the new kayak.

One of the trout Marc caught.

New Kayak, First Bass

I've been having trouble being able to sit for a long period of time in my old kayak so started looking around for a new one. Needed something that had a comfortable seat so the old back could handle more than an hour fishing. Hated leaving the water so soon because of the pain. Well I tried the Native Watercraft Ultimate 12 and really liked it so home it came. I spent the afternoon paddling around and fishing without any discomfort. Now I have a new fishing boat. The lake is still quite cold so the bass aren't really biting hard yet but I did manage to catch one on a green wooly bugger. So the kayak even has fish smell in it!

 

 

 

The new kayak

First smallmouth of the year on a wooly bugger