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On the way home I drove by my spot and my heart sank. It was a realtor’s “For Sale” sign. All I could think of was Joni Mitchell’s song “Big Yellow Taxi” and the verse, “They paved paradise and put up a parking lot.”
A couple of days of fifty and sixty degree weather has me shedding my winter coat and heading for the river to fight the crowd. The spring-like weather had produced a “Hatch” of fly fishers on the river.
Blue lining refers to the fact that the blue lines on maps indicate rivers and streams, which in turn means the possibility of fishy water.
You occasionally hear people complaining about the price of a New Hampshire fishing license. A resident fishing license is forty-five dollars, which breaks down to twelve cents a day. I spend more on coffee a day.
I love the six hundred dollar barn jackets and the one hundred dollar jeans. I’m sure I would cut a dashing figure on the river, but I don’t think they would help me catch fish. I am sure I would feel alot better about not catching fish if I did wear them.
As members of the University of New Hampshire Fly Fishing Club drifted into the meeting, club president Chris Chase sat with Master Fly Tyer Scott Biron and myself to discuss what streamer pattern Scott was demonstrating to the club that evening.
When it comes to fly fishing, there are a myriad of rabbit holes to go down. Whether it is tying flies, making or collecting fly rods and other paraphernalia or just visiting and fishing exotic waters; the possibilities are endless.
If you have spent any time on the water fly fishing, you’ve had one of those days. If you have spent a lot of time on the water, you probably feel like you have had more than your share of those days.
The University of New Hampshire Fly Fishing Club held a free fly casting clinic on the lower field which bordered the UNH student recreation field. It was a beautiful fall afternoon.