Fished a stream in the Berkshires again today. The fish have officially begun to look up for food and dry fly fishing is on fire. 10-15 fish were brought to hand and at least three times that many were missed. I also managed to hook my finger pretty good today. I have never done that before and I never want to again. It was Karma biting me back as I had switched to a barbed fly an hour earlier in hopes of loosing less fish. With a fresh barb on the fly now lodged an 1/8th of an inch in my thumb, I had no choice but to push the hook out the other side so I could break the barb off the hook. Fun!
No pictures this week, forgot the camera at home.
5/3/09
Hit my local brookie stream, fish were still a little sluggish and bunched up due to low water levels. I did manage to catch a number of fish, most of them out of this hole.
5/2/09
Fishing is beginning to pick up as the water has begun to warm. In picked up my first fish on a dry fly last weekend on tiny stream in MA. This was a neat little stream that originates in a couple of beaver ponds. Played with a few brookies in the ponds but couldn't quite get them to take the fly. I can't wait to get back to fish the lower reaches of this stream.
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