I injured my hand almost two weeks ago now. As such, I had to cancel some fishing trips and focus more on recovery. Luckily, the turnaround time is six to eight weeks, meaning that I will fully recover by the end of summer. Fortunately, I’ve had a great season so far, and it is far
Category: White Mountains
My Dream
Last night, I dreamt of my favorite White Mountains stream. It rises deep in the Pemigewasset Wilderness and is chock full of native brook trout. Like most White Mountains streams, it has high-gradient, small, and deep pools and heavily-weathered granite boulders. Similarly, its inhabitants run on the smaller side. Despite their small size, brook trout
Day Off at the Androscoggin
I took a trip to the Androscoggin yesterday. The section I fished is wild trout water and is not stocked. I started in a side channel of the river, and immediately landed two small bows and many fallfish in the first pool. The guy across from me even caught a nice bow on a wooly
Big River, Big Fish: the Androscoggin River
I fished the Androscoggin River on Saturday with the usual motley crew. It was a perfect fall day; the foliage was in full display, bugs were popping everywhere, and the fishing was great. It wasn’t long before I landed my first fish, a nice brown. Over the course of the next two hours, each of us