Contoocook River, NH

I spent a couple of hours fishing the Contoocook River between Hillsboro and Henniker NH this evening. It was overcast when I waded into the river and started to rain just enough to get wet once I got situated. By the looks of the riverbank, the water was about 18" over normal conditions, due to all the rain we have had this June. I fished a 7wt sinking tip WF line on a 5wt Orvis Trident TL rod. It actually did real well! I wanted to stick with streamers. Caught a smallie right off. The next two fish were nice rainbows, both fell for a size 4 black ghost streamer, which i tied myself. The water temp was 68 degrees. Tough handling a camera, standing in the middle of the river in the rain with a fish on...

Halls Brook NH

June 24 fished Halls Brook with brother Dan. Its runs along Halls Brook Road in West Rumney NH. Steep little brook that runs along the road. Its got nice little deep pools of fast running cold water. Each one contains a nice 4"-6" native brook trout. The little devils pack more ambition than many trout found in our larger rivers. I was using a size 16 Prince which took this nice handful. The weather was overcast and had been raining off and on for the last 7 days. Weather report today stated we have 2X the normal amount of rain for June this year. Close to a record established in the 1965. Although I did not feel the brook was higher than normal for this time of year.

Baker River NH

I fished the Baker River just off the Mt Moosilauke Highway in Wentworth NH on June 23 2009 with my brother, Dan. The day was overcast, being on the tail end of seven+ days of rain and somewhat breezy. Little to no trout, although it was pretty close to noon before we waded into the river. The flow was pretty slow with the majority of the water cutting along one side of the river. Dan picked up a nice rainbow by repeatedly enticing it with a Royal Coachman. The trout was tucked under a huge undercut log jam. Dan just kept at it, knowing that if there were any trout in this river, one was in here. It finally took the fly! No pictures... what was Dan thinking! I was using a hares ear nymph and a elk hair caddis, with no luck. There was no hatch underway and little sign of any insect activity.