PLEASE BE PRO-ACTIVE
IF WE DON'T BRING
AGES 15 yrs - to 30 yrs
All
the work done over the last 70 years:
Re-introduction of
trout/salmon etc.
River Restoration
Local/National Clubs
Fly Fishing orgs.
Shops - CFR - FFF - TU
It will all disappear
Please Help!
August 14-15
–
Women’s Weekend
(a weekend dedicated to the
“softer side of
Cabela’s)
August 21-22
–
First Weekend of Fall
Great Outdoor Days Sale
Events
(second biggest sale of the
year)
August 28-29
–
Second Weekend of
Fall Great Outdoor Days Sale
Events
|
2010
click here for calendar of
events
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You pay "2007" rates in 2010
"Let me
help make your fishing dreams come true!"
ALASKA, CHILE, LABRADOR, MONTANA
click here for info on trips
It's about not taking yourself
too seriously, nothing anal. Keeping things light, fun & having
confidence in yourself.
"Remember, this is fly fishing, NOT brain surgery"
"Positive Fly Fishing"
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Published by Lyons Press
Authored by : Marla Blair
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(Deerfield River- dam release info)
"This
information courtesy of Zoar Outdoor"
Links
for
fishing licenses
in
Mass
& CT.
https://ct.outdoorcentral.net/InternetSales/
http://www.sport.state.ma.us/
Farmington River, CT.
FISHING LICENSE FEE'S REDUCED!!!
Non-RES
- 3 DAY 32.00
Now $ 22.00
Non-RES
- Season 80.00
Now $ 55.00
Learn more about the survivor program
click on
July 18, 2010
Water:
240 CFS
(Farmy & Still combine) = OMG! It's freakin
awesome!
Temp: 64
Clarity: CLEAR
6/1 - Tan Caddis,
Black Caddis, Winter Caddis, Isonychias, Sulphers, Baetis, BWO's, don't
forget terrestrials, and the water is
fantastic!!
Summer fishing
is here folks, Be Safe and release the fish, unharmed..
POACHER HOT
LINE - 1-800-842-4357
"Your Safety is most
important, then Safety of the fish, de-barb all hooks and protect the fishery!
Wade where worn, light gravel paths show up ONLY.. DON'T WADE IN THE HATCH BEDS (fish food).
FYI
- When you wade a river and decide it would be better to stand where no
one else does, you may be walking through where the bugs hatch and the fish
hold. You need to educate yourselves on how fish hold in water and learn how NOT
to disturb the food source for trout. The Farmington had a much larger
"Hold-over population" a while back due to all the efforts of the FRAA, CFFA, TU
and the EPA, UNTIL the river became over-crowded with new and un-educated
anglers.....We all come from the same beginnings as fly fishermen/women, but it
is UP to us to educate ourselves so that we continue the long and constructive
efforts of these great clubs and orgs.
If you are
not sure where to wade..ASK! We will all appreciate you for doing so..It doesnt
make you stupid for asking, it makes you stubburn and an "A- - - - - e" for
hurting all the hard work that went into making the Farmington River, what it
was and can
grow to be again.
PLEASE Practice
Catch & Release, de-barb your hooks, only touch fish with wet hands and keep
them in the water as much as you can. Save our resource and educate when you
can....WE are responsible to keep this sport alive and the fish whole.
LEAD-WINGED COACHMAN ARE HATCHING!
(ISONYCHIA BICOLOR)
Size: 12 - 8
Best Time to Fish: 4:00 TO
DARK
Best Flies to Use:
ISO Nymphs, Zug Bugs, Dave'Goulet's Dirt-Diver, Mahogany Blair's Emerger, Iso
Emerger,
Para-dorito, Iso Usual, Iso Parachute, Iso Comparadun,
Iso CDC , Giant Rusty Spinner ,
Iso Spinner
are Hatching
(Tricorythodes)
Size: 22 - 28
Best Time to Fish:
6:30am - 10:00am
Best Flies to Use: Mahogany Blair's Emerger,
Trico
Emerger,
Trico CDC , Trico Spinner, Sparkle
-Winged Spinner
NEEDHAMI'S
are Hatching!
(Ephemeralla Needhami)
Size:
26 -28
Best Time to Fish:
9:30 - 11:00
Best Flies to Use: Mahogany Blair's Emerger,
Needhami CDC
Emerger,
Needhami CDC , Needhami SPinner, Rusty Spinner
Picture by Thomas Ames Jr
VITREUS
are Hatching
(Epeorus
Vitreus)
Size: 14 - 12
Best Time to Fish:
5:00pm till Dark
Best Flies to Use:
Pheasant Tail Nymph, Gold RIbbed Hair's Ear, Mahogany Blair's Emerger, Vitreus
Emerger
Para-dorito, The Usual , Vitreus Spinner
Cream
Cahills
(Stenonema Ithaca, & Stenacron Interpunctatum
(Light Cahill)
Size: 12- 10
Best Time to Fish: Late
in Day thru Twilight
Best Flies to Use:
Pheasant Tail Nymph, Gold RIbbed Hair's Ear, Mahogany Blair's Emerger,
Light & Cream Cahill Emerger, Light & Cream Cahill Parachute, Light & Cream
Cahill Comparadun,
CDC Light & Cream Cahill , Light & Cream Cahill Spinner
Light Cahill Dun & Spinner
Sulphur's
are Hatching
(Ephemerella Invaria & Dorothea)
Size Invaria
- 16 - 12 Dorothea - 18
-
16
Best Time to Fish - 1:00pm till 5:00pm
Best Flies to use - Mahogany Blair's Emerger, Pheasant Tail Nymph,
Copper John, CDC Sulphur, Sulphur Comparadun, Sulphur Parachute, Sulphur Spinner
BLUE QUILL
ARE HATCHING!
Also called "Mahogany Duns"
(Paraleptophlebia adoptiva)
Size 18
Best Time to Fish -
Mid-Day
Best Flies to use - Mahogany Blair's Emerger, Pheasant Tail Nymph,
Copper John, CDC Paraemerger Blue Quill, CDC Mahogany Dun, Mahogany Dun
Parachute, Rusty Spinner
Pictures by Thomas Ames Jr. Author of "Hatch
Guide For New England Streams"
Pictures by Jason Neuswanger (TROUTNUT.COM)
Pictures by Thomas Ames Jr. Author of "Hatch Guide
For New England Streams"
Blue-Winged
Olives
are Hatching!
(Pseudocloeon - 24
- 26 & Baetis-Vagans - 16 - 18 )
Have 2
tails
(Drunella - Cornuta, Cornutella, Attenuata, Lata - Have 3 tails -
Size: 16 - 28
Best Time to Fish:
Early morning and
Mid/Late day
Best Flies to Use:BWO
CDC Emerger Jailbirds©,
Mahogany Blair's Emerger,
BWO Parachutes, Pheasant-Tail Nymphs,
Para-doritos, BWO CDC,
Brown para-emerger, BWO Comparaduns,
Olive and Rusty Spinner
Pictures by Thomas Ames Jr.
Pictures by Thomas Ames Jr.
Pictures by Thomas Ames Jr.
Caddis
are hatching!
Winter Caddis
Size: 20 - 24
Best time to fish:
All the time
Best flies to use:
Foam emergers,
Elk Hair Caddis
Tan Hi-Viz Caddis, Caddis pupa parachute, Black Hi-Viz Caddis, Green Caddis Pupa
, Tan CDC Caddis,
Jailbirds©
, Amber Caddis Pupa Parachutes
Para-Dorito's, Mahogany Blair's Emerger
Pictures by Thomas Ames Jr.
Pictures by Thomas Ames Jr.
The Pattern
The Jailbird
©
is a fly I invented back
in the early 90's while
fishing the Swift River in Belchertown. By clicking
on
the link, you are welcome to the recipe.
Tie it and kick ass, fishing it!
jailbird
© info.txt
**NOTE: Remember! If you hook a tagged
fish, give the "tag
number",
Only, DO NOT
TAKE THE TAG OFF THE
FISH!!" , location, and size
of fish to Dave at Classic and Custom Fly
Shop, so he may log the information, for the
trout research program. Thank you.
Hello, Mr. Brown Trout"
SWIFT
RIVER, MA
Click on link for details
Water:
100 cfs = Moderate
Temp:
59
degrees
It's smart NOT to play the fish for long. Bring the fish in fast and revive
before you release.
Fish Tan Caddis, Sulphers, Midges, size 24 -28, BWO CDC size 22 - 28, Emergers size
18-22
size 16 - 18 Jailbirds ©, San Juan worms.
POACHER HOT
LINE - 1-800-632-8075
Last
year, a band of Europeans, came in with their trash bags with the whole family.
Everyday, around 4-5pm, for a few weeks, these greedy people took 3-4 dozen fish out of the lower half ,
around the "Hatchery Hole" and down stream. The rangers were called, however,
the poachers had someone up in the parking lot and if anything looked to her ,
to be a bust, she would honk the horn like crazy or set off the car alarm and
the poachers came running and got out of there, before the rangers could get
there. Do all you can to protect our fishing and our fish, from these law
breaking pigs. Get a license plate number, call the poacher hotline, do what you
can to help, keep this from happening. Thank you.
July 1st is the date when the lower
portion of the river,
below the RT-9
bridge to Cady Lane,
becomes "catch & release" until December 31.
Please obey and release the fish back into the water, unharmed.
Report poaching and NO LIVE BAIT!!!
POACHER HOT LINE -
1-800-632-8075
Pictures by Thomas Ames Jr.
PLEASE!
IT IS NOT SAFE TO WADE IN "ANY" RIVER, IN
HIGH WATER, WITHOUT A WADING BELT AND WALKING
STICK! A MAN ALMOST DROWNED IN THE
Y-POOL
BE SMART AND BE SAFE!
Be SAFE WITH FOLSTAF
KEEP
LOCAL BUSINESS ALIVE BY SPENDING
WISELY AND OFTEN!
The Deerfield River
1-800-452-1742 enter site code# 255123
"for water release recording"
"Understanding the Dam Release on
the Deerfield"
Great information- Click Here!
Fish at your own risk!
Flies to use
Stimulators, Tan Caddis, Emergers, San Juan Worms, Jailbirds
Picture by Thomas Ames Jr.
Call recording for information daily
WATER: ????????
TEMP: 62 DEGRESS
The Westfield River,
Water:
Main Branch -
564 cfs
= Beautiful!
Temp:
63
egrees
Wade Safely
BWO's, Tan Caddis, Emergers, ,Stonefly nymphs, San Juan Worms, Streamers.
All Pictures by Thomas
Ames Jr.
413-583-5141
marlablair@yahoo.com
Pictures of insect by Thomas Ames Jr.
From his fantastic book, and my bible
"Hatch Guide For New England Streams"
Click here to order his book
KEEP
LOCAL BUSINESS ALIVE BY SPENDING
WISELY AND OFTEN!