Was able to leave work early last Friday and fished the Willi above and below the old bridge. Does it count as a fish in hand if you hook them on their underside? :holy: Felt sorry for the little rainbow, but I was fishing with a barbless hook, so hopefully it will recover. Still had plenty of...

first catch of the season 4-14-11 Finally brought a couple trout to hand yesterday. TMA area near I-84. I was working a nymph and noticed some fish rising across the river. So I first tried a hendrickson, but after 15 casts or so, switched to a blue wing olive emerger. Three casts later...

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Got out on the Willimantic this morning. Early, around 7:30am. Didn't see any fish rising so I fished the bottom. Caught a bunch of baby rainbows, even caught two at the same time, one on my main fly and one on the dropper! I did land a big beautiful brown, biggest fish I have landed in this...

The housy was amazing this weekend. Me and my buddy caught tons of trout and even some red eye bass and smallmouth. Mostly rainbows, only one brown trout. We fished the bottom with black stones or olive stones. Dropper with rockworm imitations, and scuds. They seem to like flashy colorful...

Hey fellow posters, Going to the housy this weekend and bringing a canoe. Can anyone give me recommendations on good sections to float? Somewhere around Cornwall bridge section. Your help would be much appreciated.

This weekend I will be fishing the Housatonic river. Just wondering if anyone can suggest good fly patterns for this time of year, both nymphs and dries. Your suggestions would be greatly appreciated!

Hello fellow posters, I got out on the willimantic lower TMA section last Sunday around 2-4pm. Lots of fish rising, I caught 5 or 6 on a hendrickson. One was a nice 10-12 inch brown. My first decent fish from this river. I will start to bring a camera with me now that I know their are fish...