Scheduled releases on the Fife Brook section of the Deerfield River end in October. With three weeks of travel for work coming up, I knew I would have to go this weekend if I wanted to catch one. When I saw a trip on one of the local Facebook groups, I decided to join. We had a group of 6 - 2 canoes, 2 kayaks and 2 paddle boards. With a small group things go fast, but we still spent a lot of time playing.
Only the two canoes ran Zoar Gap. I took my usual right-to-left line. I got spun around a little going into the big drop, but I was able to straighten it out before hitting the wave at the bottom.
You’ll have to trust me - no pictures of me or of the Zoar gap runs this time, but a few other pictures here:
Nice. I didn’t get up to the Deerfield at all the last two years. Several years back, I camped out at the Mohawk trail campground and got in some time flyfishing and boating the Deerfield. Quickly running out of time for this year though. NH trout river season is coming to an end soon too. Will be heading up the coming week for a couple of days. That’ll be it since I have family stuff over the Oct long weekend, which coincides with the end of the trout season.
More of a Mush Pit made when opening the autumnal gates of the streaming conscious, than a Slam Fest where I’m pummeled by those Rapmaster Hammers:
Was it stembound Venus trapping flying flies,
as all the trees took leave from a worried sky,
to run many rivers still spilling over,
our sighs of time falling to October?
Whereon whippersnappers will clock in motion
their lines that fly towards liquid motion,
to scratch at surface and hook the speckled trout
lurking deep recess of our alleged doubt.
I have spent years of my life in the fall and winter woods. They often come down after heavy rain followed by high winds. I do believe when a tree falls in the woods it not only makes a sound but often poses a danger to the one that hears it. Just ask the widows about that maker.
I think Brookies are the best dressed trout.
One I caught on the upper Chattooga River one November with Frank my fishing partner.
Wow. That is a behemoth for a brookie. Is it wild or stocked? Only naturally big brookies like that would be in the north woods of ME and NH. Nice catch regardless.
Seen videos of decent size wild brookie in the appalachia streams. Not with that depth in girth though.
A just-retired couple from the midwest happened by as I was fishing a small pool under a bridge. They snapped a pic and took video just as i was about to hook a 6" giant. lol!
They said their son is a flyfisherman but they have never seen a tenkara rod. They took a pic of my Wasatch Tenkara “Baby Rodzilla”. May be another tenkara convert in the future.
Last winter I picked up a Eruo rod to nymph with. It reminds me of using a Tenkara. I love the simplicity and portability of Tenkara. And usually have two of them with me when Tenkara fishing. Even when I use fly rods I have a pocket Tenkara with me. They are are great way to fish.
I have caught several big Brookies that size They fight differently from rainbow and browns. It’s hard to describe but I usually can tell when I have one on.
The weather is getting right to start trout fishing here in the foothills of the Appalachian’s of SC.
