The outdoor community thrives on trust and ethics. Since those two traits are interpreted differently by each individual, how they get executed can span the spectrum.
For a significant portion of this angler’s life, pursuing brook trout meant getting to wild places. Like it was yesterday, the fishing trip into the wilds of Quebec where my dad, my uncle and I caught over 100 brook trout in an afternoon on a remote pond that was known by the number on the u…
Musings and observations as we countdown to the end of trout season in New Hampshire:
One mantra of the current administration at New Hampshire Fish and Game’s inland fisheries division is increasing opportunity for anglers. And at the turn of the century, inland fisheries began a program to designate and protect wild brook trout in New Hampshire. Thirteen waters were designa…
Labor Day signals the end of summer. Family vacations are over. The three-day weekend is a last chance to get out and recreate before the fall fishing begins in earnest.
Premonitions occur when we knowingly or unknowingly tap into our intuition. They can also involve our subconscious self, higher self, and other-dimensional beings, such as our spiritual guides.
The first time this angler fished Coon Brook Bog was in 1974. After years of hearing about the beautiful brook trout in the bog, Dad finally decided to take the K-5 Blazer and make the trek.
It is interesting how many people do not know that the White Mountain National Forest crosses over into Maine. Not just the Evans Notch area but a section that contains several waters managed by Maine Inland Fisheries for trout. Specifically brook trout.
As the Jeep turned off the pavement, the driver reached down and shifted into four-wheel drive. The road into the remote pond had deteriorated over the years and the days of using two-wheel drive and low clearance vehicles had long passed.
The first grasshoppers were spotted in the garden this week. That sighting quickened the pulse of this trout angler. Fly fishing with a grasshopper pattern is the last chance to cast big meaty dry flies for this fishing season.
Over the 50-odd years of fly fishing, there have been many fly patterns studied and tied with the hope of catching a fish. Some of these flies are one-hit wonders. They fish great for one season and catch nothing the next year. There are the tried and true patterns. These flies seem to work …
Musings and observations while anglers enjoy one of the nicest Julys that have occurred in recent memory.
Every year, after we have been operating the shop for seven days a week, ten hours per day and we return to the shop being closed on Tuesday, it has been tradition to take the day and go to Pittsburg and fish the favorite pond of my dad. As we have gotten older, it has turned into an overnig…
Happy Fourth of July and happy birthday, America. Many of you have travelled great distances to fish the beautiful waters of the Mount Washington Valley.
Fly anglers experience certain anticipatory events over the course of a fishing season. Ice out. Hendrickson hatch. Mirus hatch. Alder flies. But the most anticipated event of the season is the hatching of our largest mayfly, the hexagenia limbata.
Troutman pulled into the Old Timer’s driveway. He shut off the engine on the jeep and sat for a moment. For many years the two had spent Father’s Day fishing. Great fun and great stories always seemed to happen. Troutman was hopeful that this year would be no different.