This weekend is the last weekend that the Hawes American Legion campground is open for 2009. Tony and I will be camping there to close the season out with them. If you haven’t camped there before, it is an amazing place to stay. Not only is the river just yards from most of the campsites, the sites are secluded, and well managed. It provides the perfect base camp for a farmington river fly fishing trip.
According to Tony’s visit to the farmington last week, it looks like the fish are very active, and are hitting on the Pumpkin Caddis and Blue Winged Olive. For more information, take a look at his field report from the Farmington River in September.
I’m eager to see how busy it will be, with multiple fishermen surrounding the same pools this weekend, since it will be a holiday weekend. The Farmington river, as you may know can get quite crowded in spots, especially the well known pools.