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

On the Saco

Fished the Saco this morning. Started off slow with a couple brookies taken on a hopper. Then switched to a Cooper John and got a few more. Around 8 they started rising but couldn't see what they were going after so put on a size 20 Adams and that was the ticket. For the next hour it was a blast!!!! All brookies. Around 9:30 the kayak hatch started and that send the fish back to the bottom. Caught a few more with nymphs but the river started to get too busy for me so came home. Another nice morning to be out on the river.

Brook Trout Fishing in Maine

Went for a couple days in Maine fishing for brook trout. Had a great time. We used large streamers in hopes for the big ones. The water was fast and high do to the release of the dam during the day but at night they decreased the flow and the water calmed down so it was a bit more manageable. We were able to get a few larger ones to take the fly. Great trip and hope to soon go again.

Mouse Flies

Gave a shot at tying a couple mouse flies today. Here's the first try. Kinda look like mice. Hope they'll fool a couple fish.