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blog BY chris_hunt ON June 14 - 0 COMMENTS
Costa's "Films on Tap Tour" under way
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If you're an avid fly fisher... a wannabe fish bum... and you haven't seen the suite of Costa films yet, here's your chance. Through July, Costa and its sponsor Budweiser are taking the renowned films "GeoFish" and "Jungle Fish," as well as it's series, "The Take," on the road to craft breweries [ READ MORE... ]
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blog BY flyfishingct ON September 4 - 2 COMMENTS
Mouse Fishing - Farmington River CT
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Poor mice! Toss a big deer hair mouse on the water, make it skitter and skim and all the sudden an explosion of water. Big browns love the dark. Get out on the Farmington after hours for your best shot at a 20-30-inch fish.
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blog BY flyfishingct ON September 4 - 0 COMMENTS
Night Fishing - Farmington River CT
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What do you get when you mix big articulated streamers, a new moon and the Farmington River? Big browns on the prowl. Night fishing at its best, as Chris shows here.
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blog BY flyfishingct ON September 4 - 1 COMMENTS
Magazine shot - Farmington River CT
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I guess we'll have to qualify what counts as a "big brown" but I thought this shot was just too good to leave out. At around 16 inches, this guy gave a good fight and posed for some glamour shots.
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blog BY flyfishingct ON September 4 - 0 COMMENTS
Carl's Brown Trout - Farmington River CT
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It was his first fish of the day. Third cast. Size 18 Quasimodo Pheasant Tail. I looked at Carl and said "Well, we may as well get in the truck and head back home, cause you're not going to beat that trout!" He didn't but he brought more than a dozen more to net. I'd put the Farmington up against [ READ MORE... ]
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blog BY flyfishingct ON September 4 - 0 COMMENTS
Norwalk River CT
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Nothing pretty about this fish - a 10+ pound breeder stocked into a local stream. What makes this fish great, however is the fight I had getting it in on my 7-foot, 4-weight Orvis TLS Power Matrix. Try battling a big fish in small water on a rod that's bent tip-to-butt section! My buddy was too [ READ MORE... ]
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blog BY flyfishingct ON September 4 - 0 COMMENTS
Farmington River CT
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Yup, it's a stockie - but a holdover so it almost counts. The embedded marker behind its eye told us it had been in the river for two years when it was caught. Still trying to get my 30-incher on the Farmington!
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blog BY flyfishingct ON September 4 - 2 COMMENTS
Elk Creek PA
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Out to Elk Creek in search of steelhead, this bruiser brown was a nice treat. Coming up from Lake Erie to spawn, it had great colors and plenty of fight - we were about a 1/2 mile from the river mouth.
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