I arrived yesterday to the Hawes Campground, and made my way down to the campground pool in the early evening.
There wasn’t too much going on at the surface of the water, but every few minutes you would see a rise. The water temperature of the farmington river there was between 49 and 50 at the surface. I hooked up a descent size trout with a Blue Wing Olive (BWO) Parachute Dry fly, but in the excitement I tried to muscle him in, and broke the leader. It was the first fish on of the season, and the first on a new fly rod, that is a bit longer than the rod i’m used to. Excuses excuses right? If i didn’t have them, I guess I wouldn’t be a fisherman!
Today I’ll probably head down to the church pool, which is just below where I saw the DEP stocking fish yesterday on my way in to camp.
The forecast shows a chance of showers later in the day, which may make the evening hatch a difficult (and cold) time to fish, I will probably start with the sinking line and some nymphs if nothing is going on on the water when I arrive.
See you out there!