Pittsburg is Still Paying Off!

Putting in time in Pittsburg is the best way to increase your odds of landing a monster fish.  I have been on the water a lot lately and have even got a chance to fish a bit myself the other night.  I had my cousin up and helped to guide his buddy from Michigan.  We started off in the Trophy Stretch and landed quite a few nice fish.  The water is still way down, 68CFS or so, but the fish are still there.  They are spooky, but willing in most pools.  My flies of choice for the Trophy have been the elk hair caddis and my Pittsburg Bugger.  After a while we decided to target some larger fish and Ben got into a beautiful brown trout!  I was happy to be a part of landing his largest brown ever. 

Ben with his personal best brown!  19"

 As I mentioned before, I was able to throw some flies around this week as well. Between exploring and just plain putting in hours in some of my favorite spots, I was rewarded.  I saw some scenic areas and some finicky fish, but in the end it is always worth the effort.

Hike random ponds!

Pretty Bow

Brookie slammed the Caddis dry!

One of my top 5 Connecticut River rainbows!  Tape measured at 21.5"  Estimated 6+ lbs.