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Tuesday, April 14. 2009

Walking the Stream

On the weekend before trout season opens, our hunting and fishing club Chairman, the Fishing Chairman, and our manager perform the annual ritual of walking the length of our stream checking the beats, the conditions of the pools and of the paths, and generally making sure that things are up to snuff. We have a mile of this stream in CT, with some larger ponds and beaver marshes in it.


This was Friday, on a narrow section of the stream -



 

Posted by Gwynnie in Hunting, Fishing, Dogs, Guns, etc., Our Essays at 05:05 | Comments (7) | Trackbacks (0)

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Heh, out here we call that a crick. You guys actually fish that drainage ditch? Or is that just for keeping the beer cold?
#1 bob on 2009-04-14 05:55 (Reply)
You are a cruel man, Bob!
#1.1 Bird Dog on 2009-04-14 06:02 (Reply)
Agree it's a crick - actually the top quarter-mle of the headwaters to a tributary of the Connecticut River (for which you probably don't have a term - see photos at http://maggiesfarm.anotherdotcom.com/archives/8217-A-Connecticut-April-Show-and-Tell.html - as it makes most "rivers" look like cricks).

Typical of Eastern flat-land streams, it's cold into July, and then the fish move downstream. What the photos don't show is that those little black holes are 4'-6' deep, and so are usually fished with a weighted wet fly. Nothing like our (native) Western mountains, but, hey, it's fishing!
#1.2 Gwynne on 2009-04-14 10:29 (Reply)
We keep our boat at a marina in Chester - what a lovely part of New England.
Your "crick" looks very nice, never thought of having ours inspected, but here in Maine things are a little different.
#1.2.1 teresa on 2009-04-16 20:14 (Reply)
come on Bob. BD has been practicing his roll casting all winter in his garage. dont harsh his mellow.
#2 Dave J on 2009-04-14 09:51 (Reply)
Some nice little pools there. Do you guys stock it or are there natives?
#3 Santay on 2009-04-14 10:10 (Reply)
Sad to say, no native Brookies left in CT. Not for a long time.
#3.1 bd on 2009-04-14 10:36 (Reply)

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