An Opportunity Knocked

I have a wonderful opportunity to fish a special conserved area. Tomorrow I shall do just that. The area has some brook trout streams along with the beautiful habitat that comes with the brook trout who do not live in ugly places.

I've been attempting to see this place for some time now...I know it will be good. Report coming.

Fifteen years ago I bought this LL Bean rain jacket in the bargain store at Bean's in Freeport Maine....the other day I retired it.

I bought this LL Bean Trail Model rain jacket..much lighter and has every thing a good jacket should have. Here's to another fifteen years old Bean.

In The Riffles

Riffles, did I ever mention it's my favorite place to fish, especially on a small stream. These swift water gems not only produce fish they also provide a sense of security to the trout. You would be amazed at the size and amount of trout that find security in a skinny riffle.

They will be found to the left, to the right, in the little plunge. At times they will be in the upper part of a riffle and other times at the tail. But be assured they are there.

This guy was taken from the riffle above along with a few others.

I poked several trout in this 4 foot riffle. They splashed and jumped and as much commotion as they made they did not stop the others from striking the fly.

Do you know why trout like to spend time in the riffles?

Lift up a few rocks in a riffle....man there's a buffet there. There were nymphs of various sizes, lot's of aquatic worms and some other strange life forms.

There were plenty of these to, why they were under the stones beats the hell out of me.

So guys next time out don't pass up the riffles.

The LL Bean Fish and Game by Angus Cameron has a great section for "camp cooking"...lots of good stuff. I picked this one out of a few and we enjoyed it tonight.

Small Stream Journal, 5-3-17 A State Of Euphoria

Yesterday Rowan and I got together to fish a couple of small streams. Again I must tell you that the both of us were in an euphoric state upon seeing just how beautiful the waters were, and then when the flies hit the water the euphoria grew. Skies as blue as they come, water so very cold, a breeze entered from time to time and that managed to keep the mini-flyers at bay. Spring in the woods of Connecticut and it does not get much better.

The brookies were incredible...fat and healthy. Rowan had one strip line from his reel, he ran upstream and downstream, so very tenacious.

Rowan with a fall brookie, "what" he actually was in spawning color.

The brookies were taken on a variety of flies but the "Bomber" was the best.

There were trout in almost every pool.

The "Great Survivor"

Rowan "stalking" wild brook trout.

Photo, RM Lytle

One of my better brookies taken that day.

The "Cinberg" Revisited

A couple of years ago I did a post on a dry fly that is of Catskill origin. The fly known as the Cinberg, so named for the man responsible for its creation, Dr. Bernard Cinberg. I don't know the exact date the fly made its debut on the Nerversink River, but some say about 1950 or so. There are a few die-hard anglers who fish this fly, and I'm becoming one of them.

I have put together a series of photos on how to tie this fly. It can be somewhat of a pain to get the wood duck to tie in properly. Consolation even the messed up ones work.

Materials needed are, lemon wood duck, natural fox squirrel belly dubbing. coq de leon fibers for the tail, and brown dry fly hackle.

I am not going to describe how it's tied for the photos tell most. If you have a question I'll be happy to answer it.

The completed Cinberg.

Some results using the Cinberg over the last week or so.

A well used Cinberg...they get beat-up pretty good. Just take it and bring back into shape and go catch more.

A great fly with some wonderful history.