Connecticut River near Colebrook, New HampshireImage via Wikipedia

There is a stretch of water on the Kennebecasis River system that I love to fly fish. I very seldom see another person and I like it like that just fine.

I can spend the better part of a day on the river catching brookies and in about a half hour I am back at my car. Not that I am lazy but by the end of a long hot day wearing chest waders it is rather cool to get back to the vehicle and hit the road. When it’s really hot the breeze of driving sure feels nice.

There are a couple of holes along the river where I see people have fished and it looks like they come to these spots with lawn chairs and just sit at the hole. What a boring way to fish, I have never been able to just sit and fish. I have to be on the move, even in a boat I can’t just dangle my line over the side of the boat. I have to be casting and feeling like I am active.

I don’t mind others fishing like that though as it leaves me with more water to fish.

Stoney Creek isn’t a wide or deep river but is perfect for fly fishing and wading and there are 8 to 10 inch brookies all through the system with plenty of larger trout, if you are stealthy enough to get close enough to cast to them.

When the water is high enough during certain times of the year, like July and August, you can have the time of your fly fishing life. I have taken a few friends to this spot and just happened to catch a Mayfly hatch in progress.

It’s just one of those times that makes you laugh out loud. An experience every fly fisher should experience.

My poor health may have kept me off the water for 5 years but I’m back and I am planning on hitting this little stretch of water a few times this summer.

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