Browns are in

This past week, I was on the Piscataquog in New Boston. The stocking truck must have been there earlier in the day. Brown trout in one pool and rainbows in another, hitting most anything that came by.

I was glad the rains came to push the fish downstream. Too many worm fishermen are setting up rods and cleaning out pool after pool, filling their 5-gallon white buckets.

Last week, I ventured to The Pond. Nice day with a few fish rising. Fished a stimulator with a #16 BH hare's ear. Picked up a nice tiger trout. The osprey is back catching more fish than I was. The mosquitos were in full force having replaced the black flies.

The recent rains should give the rivers a nice shot in the arm. Next week should, once again, be prime conditions for fly fishing in NH.