Mike Stevens posted on June 25, 2010 11:38
Well, turkey season has come and gone. The BWB crew is still reaping the rewards of the season, as Big Woodie has his hands full, editing and producing the hours of video we captured while harvesting truckloads of longbeards in Maine & New Hampshire. I hated to see the season end, but like all good things……well, you know the rest.
Now, my attention turns towards flyfishing. There is nothing like sitting on a remote mountain pond at dusk, casting to rising brook trout in the fading light of a summer day. My son Cam and I just returned from a week of flyfishing and guiding around the Jackman, Maine area. The fishing was great !! We caught and released over 250 trout, while bouncing from pond-to-pond in my old Tahoe. On one particular evening, along with our two clients, we boated over 85 brookies ranging from 6 to 14 inches.
Caddis and mayflies are hatching daily now, bringing wild trout to the surface each evening. Popular patterns, like muddlers, hornbergs, blu duns, elk hair caddis, green drakes and others entice hungry trout & supply fishermen with fast action. Most trout stay in the deeper water during the daytime, meaning fisherman must dredge deep to get action but, when the sun hides behind the western horizon, these fish will cruise just under the surface, ambushing hatching insects. The “famed” hex (hexagenia mayfly) hatch happens in early July, meaning huge (3-4 inch) nymph stage insects rise from the silt bottom of selected ponds, releasing the largest of all mayflies off the surface. This hatch will bring the biggest trout in the pond to the surface, hammering the big bugs before they fly off. If you’re a flyfisherman and never experienced this hatch, you don’t know what you’re missing. Hal has got reports of these rascals are already hatching on some waters up here, so I’ve got the canoe loaded and the truck pointed north.
I encourage all fly fishermen to stand by, as my next report will come from a little known pond, where the hex’s hatch heavy and the trout are HUGE !! I can assure a fish story or two…
Keep your rod tip down and get the net !!
GuideMike
BWB Pro-Staff