Farmington River Mini Report 4/11/23: Stockees everywhere and a surprise guest

I fished the lower Farmington River yesterday from 12:30pm-3:30pm. I hit four marks and found stocked fish in three of them ready to jump on. I easily got into double-digit numbers, mostly rainbows with a few browns and one brookie in the mix. The method was a long leader with a jig mini-streamer. The water was cold, 49 degrees, and a great height, 540cfs. Lots of caddis and midges out, and a few stray small olives. Fish on!

Just when I was telling another angler that it was too cold for Hendricksons, look who shows up! There were a few stray bugs that came off about 3pm. This was in Canton. I only saw one rise all day, and it was to caddis.

**Safely removed from a tree. And I got to carry a lucky bonus dead dried worm around for the afternoon.**

3 comments on “Farmington River Mini Report 4/11/23: Stockees everywhere and a surprise guest”

rich rubin says:

April 12, 2023 at 3:00 pm

Steve so do attach your “ Eurro” set up to your standard fly line?
Thanks,
Rich

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rich rubin says:

April 12, 2023 at 3:08 pm

Tungsten bead?

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Steve Culton says:

April 12, 2023 at 4:20 pm

Hi Rich, the leader is attached via a loop-to-loop connection. Yes, I’m using tungsten beads, and I like the rig heavy. I think yesterday I was fishing a 4.6mm bead. Gets down fast in fast/deeper water.

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