The rain ended early sunday, just in time for the field trip session of the two day "Lets Go Fishing" fly fishing class at Plymouth State University. Located within minutes of the Pemigawasset, it seemed an appropriate place to start. Water levels rapidly increased due to the previous nights rain. Large boulders provided a variety of different water for the first timers, enabling them to experience different current speeds, seam and foam lines, and drag free drifts. After a couple hours of basic casting and learning to read the water, lunch provided a break for the students to rest their arms, and thus allowing the water to calm back down. After lunch, we lined the sandy shore and began to take a more serious approach, tossing a variety of flies that seemed approriate for the water conditions. Another teaching instructor fished the seam of a large pool and was rewarded with a nice brookie using a hornberg. Not long after, a second instructor reeled in another brookie downstream on a black woolly bugger.
Producing no fish for the beginners, we decided to switch gears and head to Sky Pond down the road. Upon arrival, everyone noticed the hungry trout exploding on the surface, offering everyone with some primer dry fly action. Dries were the ticket for the first half hour with elk hair caddis and beetles. Brookies were later brought to the net with woolly buggers. A very successful day for "first-time" fly fishermen!
Producing no fish for the beginners, we decided to switch gears and head to Sky Pond down the road. Upon arrival, everyone noticed the hungry trout exploding on the surface, offering everyone with some primer dry fly action. Dries were the ticket for the first half hour with elk hair caddis and beetles. Brookies were later brought to the net with woolly buggers. A very successful day for "first-time" fly fishermen!
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