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Author:
RobO
Date:
Oct 18, 2010
Subject:
Farmington River 10/16/10
Message:
Hey trout fans, My buddy and I decided to get some trout fishing in on Saturday morning. We headed up to the Farmington River at Satan's Kingdom. We got there at about 6am and it was still dark. While we were putting our waders on it started to rain. The wind was blowing pretty strong and you could hear it howl in the trees. My buddy said " man it sounds like the river is moving hard and fast.. I said no.. it's just the wind in the trees. Well I was a dumbass. He was right. We walked down to the bridge area and the water was definitely moving way too fast to try and wade. We decided to try and fish from the bank a pool that I have had success with in the past. (Pool x.. Just kidding..The pool near the bridge) It was very difficult since the water was so high. After about 20 minutes of not getting any bites we decided to head north. We fished an area near "the wall". Again the water was high and moving fast, but we were able to wade it. I had just purchased a wading stick, and I was so glad to have it. It saved my ass from falling numerous times. I suggest everyone get one if you wade strong water. So on to the fishing: I tried using meal worms, but the water was too fast and kept ripping them off my barbless hooks. So I switch to trout worms. I worked a hole for about an hour with no hits. My buddy caught two 9 inch browns in an area where the riffle and slack water met. He was using trout worms also. I moved to a different spot and finally hooked into my first of three fish. All three fish were caught on trout worms on a size 8 Eagle Laser red hook. I used two pea size split shots to just about be able to bounce the bait off the bottoms. The best brown was about 13 inches. All of the fish caught seemed to be freshly stocked trout. The Farmington is running strong and hard. Be safe! No fish porn cause the fish were too small to take the camera out and risk dropping it.
Author:
PECo
Date:
Oct 18, 2010
Subject:
Nice.
Message:
Thanks for the report RobO. I'm not a trout fisherman, but I live about 20 minutes away from Satan's Kingdom, so it was nice to read about what the Farmington River is like on that stretch.
Author:
asianfisher
Date:
Oct 20, 2010
Subject:
Re: Nice.
Message:
Cleats and carbide screws should be in them boots. I never use a wading stick cause i make sure my feet dont move. RobO make sure you invest in some really good ones for upstate NY.i change my carbide screws every 2 days i fish up there. But i scout alot of water to take people out. dad will change his every 3 or 4 weekends.... LOL.. they all follow my reports so them old asses dont have to do what i do. I dont mind tho rivers,stream, and creeks change alot every flood...
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