Heading Out For A Day of Fly Fishing in New Brunswick
My wife Jenny and I headed out early Sunday morning for my first day of fly fishing in 5 years. There is no way she was going to let me head off into God knows where alone after taking so long to get my health back.
My goal for the day was to fish my butt off and her’s was to make sure I came home alive. Both our goals were met and mine were exceeded making me a very happy fly fisher.
First Some Pickerel And Bass
The first part of the day was spent fishing chain pickerel and bass but half way through the afternoon I started itching to fish for Atlantic salmon.
Half way through the day I was already bored with fishing for pickerel and bass although it was a blast and my arms and back were feeling the burn. I wanted to move on and maybe give Atlantic Salmon a try before heading home.
I also thought an hours drive would give my arm and back muscles a bit of a break as I haven’t worked this hard since my heart attack.
The Caines River
I suggested we take a few back roads and in less than an hour we could be at the Caines river fly fishing for Atlantic salmon.
Jenny smiled a weary smile, as she was pretty exhausted just following me around and agreed. We got out my map book and started planning the route we would take to get us there.
First we made a couple of peanut butter and jam sandwiches to fill our bellies while we were driving. I love peanut butter and jam, Mmmmm
We have had a lot of rain over the past two months with lots of flooding but I didn’t realize just how high the water was until I got right to the river.
Normally I can walk across the river but this day I had to look twice to be sure I was even at the right spot.
I was actually fishing for Atlantic Salmon but as they don’t eat once they hit the rivers to spawn in New Brunswick the brook trout don’t mind jumping in and taking the flies.
So, even though I didn’t catch or even see an Atlantic salmon I had a great time catching brook trout and they make such a good meal, almost better than peanut butter and jam.
All in all my first day out fly fishing in New Brunswick after 5 long years stuck at home was the best and I have to thank my wife Jenny for all her support.
