I had never caught anything on the Mascoma River before, and I didn’t expect to have that streak broken tonight. But on the second cast with a bead-head nymph on the end of the line, a small rainbow struck. What was going to be a two hour casting practice jaunt on the Mascoma River turned [...]
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Fishing the Mascoma River
Posted in Fly Fishing on May 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Fishing the Sugar
Posted in Fly Fishing on May 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I’ve never had much luck fishing out east. I should qualify that. I’ve never had uch luck fishing in rivers out east. Thankfully, as tends to happen from time to time, that bout of bad luck ended yesterday evening on the Sugar River. I’ve fished the Sugar River a few times before – it’s an [...]
Spring Break in New Mexico
Posted in Fly Fishing, Getting Lost, Hiking, Uncategorized, tagged cabin and trail, DOC, gila wilderness, spring break on April 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
A little over a month ago now I was on a spring break adventure in southern New Mexico. Needless to say there were many adventures, including some of the most horribly maintained trails I’ve ever hiked on, many trout for dinner, snow, sun, swimming, getting lost, finding cool rocks, fording streams, climbing to the top [...]
The Upper Rattlesnake
Posted in Biking, Fly Fishing, Montana on August 2, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Hardly anybody fishes Rattlesnake Creek. I’m not complaining – I love having a stream to myself. And if you take the effort to go above Beeskove Creek. That means either 6 miles of hiking, biking, or horseback riding. I prefer the bike. So up you bike for an hour, but [...]
Two Evenings on Belt Creek
Posted in Fly Fishing, Hiking, Montana on July 24, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
I’ve blogged on Belt Creek before, suffice to say it is a great little stream right by my cabin. And most fortunate this year, it is cold and remains cold. Most of the major rivers in the state have fishing restrictions because of warm water temperatures (70 – 75 degrees), which are not healthy for [...]
