Swift River Float 8/5/12

[Simms]

A good friend and Sgt. of the St Vincent's Hospital Public Saftey and I floated the lower Swift today. Since Monday, the boys at Quabbin cranked the flows up which made floating much easier. Some minor blow downs we had to navigate through due to Irene and the whore she was, but other than that it was 48 degree water and will trout all day long.

At first fish wanted SMALL tailwater type flies such wlats worms, rainbow warriors, brassies and the sorts. Down lower they want a stripped olive bugger and closer to the take out they want a SMALLLLL hornberg stripped on a sink tip haha

My buddy crushed some nice fish! Was a great day to be out! Had some of my favorite craft beers, saw some old, dried up hatchet wounds in kayaks, no hooks in my finger this trip, and saw a hippo!!

As soon as we took out, the skies opened up!

Keep it up rain gods. We need a storm to park over Harriman Ressie for days to fill that fucker up for fall....

Enjoy the pics!


























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[Trout Guy]

Nice report man, looks like u had a better time than what you experienced yesterday.

When you said "hippo" i was imagining something COMPLETELY diffrenent untill i saw the pic... I know u like them chubby's..LOL

[beeber]

Nice pics Chris. I had a 3 philosophers over the weekend too, good stuff, but very potent.

[Philthy Phil]

Nice report!
Some of the background scenery looks like its from Tom Sawyer or something...we're those people on the porch playing a banjo?

[Rambler23]

ohhhhh Cady Lane, i miss that place

[Simms]

There was one individual who must have went 3 bills, and insisted he sit there on his deck, BUD ICE IN HAND, shirtless....Although no banjo, he was the gem who put the fake hippo in the river.

[CTobias]

That hippo is funny. Definitely thought you meant a fat chick.