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The quiet jolt at a perfect site for fly-fishing
It's that moment when a trout grabs your dry fly. It starts when you see the trout rise before you feel the grab. A millisecond later, the trout jolts you, and it's almost an electric sensation, as if you are wired directly to the fish. For a lot of people who fly-fish, it's the single most exciting moment in all sport. This is better than watching any sport because here you are the participant, not the observer. And the way you take this to the highest level is by casting a dry fly to wild fish in a pristine wilderness stream. That is what has always led me back to the Middle Fork San Joaquin River, high in the Sierra in the Ansel Adams Wilderness, the best place in the West to try and catch the grand slam of wild trout in a single day: rainbow trout, brook trout, golden trout, brown trout and a strange-looking hybridized mix I called the "golden-brook." Even though the trout are not large here, you have a chance to get 20 to 50 grabs in a day.
Berkshire Trout Hatchery to stay open
NEW MARLBOROUGH This is a fish story with a happy ending. Yesterday afternoon, a representative from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service signed a Memorandum of Understanding with representatives from the Berkshire Trout Hatchery Foundation to allow the foundation to run the hatchery, keeping it open for the foreseeable future. The Berkshire Trout Hatchery, in the village of Hartsville, is, in many ways, one of the most important places in Berkshire County, not to mention one of the least known. It is one of the oldest trout hatcheries in the United States, created in 1914 through a gift from the John Sullivan Scully family. But the hatchery was privately owned for several years before that, according to LeRoy Thorpe, a member of the foundation's board of directors. "It's more than 100 years old, easily," he said.
Cool nights bring trout back to the forefront
Hearing there is 60-degree water in the streams is more than enough information for a bonafide trout nut to stumble through the closet or garage to look for fly and spin tackle abandoned after the spring stock. Rivers are low, clear and finally cool thanks to night time temperatures that have provided a bit of chill to the drink. Bass fishing has taken a backseat for many, as fishing has just experienced a revival for juicy holdover trout. The morning bite has been steady with nymphs and midges and again at dusk as big Isonychia, hexagenia and yellow drakes rise from the water and into the sky. Surface action at this time can be stellar, as these are some of the biggest flies of the year. A big Adams or Olive in a size 10 will mimic the general outline and produce.
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