First Atlantic Salmon

Fished for Atlantic Salmon with my son yesterday. Was able to get one to the net. Had another hit but couldn't attach. My son was able to get into one but it came off before he was able to land it. He got several other hits.

April 1st Salmon Season Open

Salmon season opened today and was able to get out this morning for a couple hours. Took the kayak since it was a beautiful calm morning. Sunny with temps in the 20s. Lake was 40 degrees. Glad there was no wind. Was able to catch 3 salmon and lost one trolling flies on the surface. Great way to start the 2012 season.

Fishing 2011

A little video of last years fishing.

http://youtu.be/Vc8eWwN8Xsg

My First of 2012

Thursday afternoon saw beautiful weather here in the Lakes Region of New Hampshire. So after work I headed to a local river to try to get my first trout on a fly for the 2012 season. Water was a little high so put on three different flies and weight to get them down. A soft hackle, hares ear and a olive feedinator. After about 4 casts the first rainbow was on the feedinator. A real nice fish. Fought him a few minutes while he made three leaps then off he came. After losing the olive feedinator to the trees I tied on a red one. Wasn't too long when I got another hit. This time I took my time and finally got him into the net. Another real beauty. Made my net look tiny. First fish of 2012, a 19 inch rainbow.

Sand Eels and Klinkhammer

Tied a few sand eels then did a few Klinkhammers. Both were fun to make. Can't wait to get out on the water again.

Winter Rainbow

Fish a river here today. I got skunked but my son picked up a nice rainbow.

Long Time

It's been a while since I last posted. Since then I've done a lot of fishing but now that the weather is colder I've turned to tying more. Here are my first attempts at tying some salmon flies. Looking forward to giving them a try.

Dick's Killer

 Green Highlander

Blue Charm

Mickey Finn