Salmon river

[10x]

Took a ride to the salmon river and ended up at the fly zone to try some of the woolybuggers that I had tied the night before. tried the olive the brown and the black.And had a swing and a miss on the black.It was nice to get out and to see the river strat to come to life

[AaronJasper]

i guess they didnt stock it yet? i went there with torrey once before opening day. there were tons of freshly stocked trout in there. its a really pretty stream. i did get one large finless wonder aka. broodstock. it was a fun place to fish and i will definately go back there. 10x... when are they going to stock it?

[10x]

Aaron I herd it had a small stocking with in the last few days. There was five people there when I got there and I herd the guys talking about it .But I can say I did not see any trout being caught.

[AaronJasper]

i am sure that it was a shocker for the trout to go from 50 degree nice slow hatchery water to a near freezing environment. i am sure that the fish are adjusting then. did you try any nymphs like eggs or worms? sometimes the new trout cant help themselves from taking those two fly patterns.

[10x]

Aaron no I did not I am old school streamer fisherman in the spring.I just love the pull then the head shake ,but thanks for the advice I will try that the next time

[AaronJasper]

sometimes those "stupid" flies save the day!! remember that lol.

[Nymphmeister]

I've had some good days there in March, but I've had some very slow ones too. The closer you get to Opening Day and beyond the faster the fishing gets. The Salmon warms quicker than most streams in the state, and tends to fish better 'cuz of that. I've gotten temps Opening Day week in the mid 50's, and needless to say, the fishing was fast and furious. After the opener, I believe they stock the Fly Fishing area every week thru the end of May. It gets a ridiculous amount of trout in the C&R section, and lots of big ones. I've taken them to 7# there, and friends have caught them up to 10# and beyond. Breeder city! Lol. Great early season trout stream though, and one of the prettiest in CT.