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MFF US Northeast => Massachusetts => Topic started by: bogtrotter on Apr 18, 2022, 08:59 PM
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I hit the South Hoosic today from 10:30 AM to a little after noon.
It was mostly sunny, and cool (started out 52 degrees and ended when it was 58).
I fished from Cheshire Harbor to a little past Elm Rock.
No action until I reached Elm Rock, where a good sized rainbow followed my line in, but spooked when it saw me, and didn't come back.
In the great tradition of "trying one last spot," I headed downstream and cast into the run below the small waterfall - - where I felt a solid strike when my line reached the end of its swing - - and reeled in a 16" rainbow.
That's the first trout I've caught in a river (as opposed to a brookie in a brook) this season.
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Way to get out Jim. 16" rainbow is good sized. I imagine it put up a decent fight. Good one to knock the skunk off.
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Early season is always feast or famine. I feel like late April early May things pick up a lot.
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Early season is always feast or famine. I feel like late April early May things pick up a lot.
Need the hendricksons to get popping. I'm sure Jim's piece of work is a decent imitation of some of the juvenile stages.
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I find when the water temperature reaches 46 deg. things pick up rather quickly! Good luck.
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Hendricksons and then caddis are my favorites. Then in the fall once we are in trico season I start to struggle again aside from mousing and streamers.
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Was lazy yesterday and didn't want to deal with waders so took the ultra light out. I was able to pick up another solid rainbow in the WB that jumped a foot out of the water about 5 times before he would come to the net. Things are slowly picking up.