Time for Social distancing and wild/native brook trout

It has been too long since I have updated the fishing reports page. In honesty I have been wrapped up with the birth of our second child Ellis Johnathan Hill, born April 17th, 2020. Of course the Covid19 pandemic has also been on our minds and we have been diligent about staying isolated over the past 7 weeks. Fortunately, part of that isolation and focus on family has given me time to take my daughter, Vivian, fly fishing for wild brook trout. This has given me a chance to share what I love with my daughter while also allowing me to find some new (to me) native trout waters that I am excited to share with clients this spring!

Over the past ten years I have been exploring NH’s lower elevation spring fed wild brook trout streams and ponds. Most of these aren’t on the state’s stocking list and are off the radar of most anglers. While I have waters that I’ve been returning to for years I also find new waters every season. Last year I found a few new streams that have some of the highest densities and biggest average sized wild brook trout I have seen in NH. 

While I have also spent a good deal of time exploring our bigger rivers, for trophy sized “big river trout”, I never get tired of trying to find the elusive small stream trophies. A foot-long wild brook trout is an amazing creature to behold.

A fine specimen caught last week.

These trout have been special to me since I first started fishing. As a kid I caught them on a spin rod and I can remember their dark silloutes dart from under rocks to grab my rooster tail spinners . The sense of exploration I felt as a child has now been heightend as I explore new waters with my own child. I relish in her shreaks of excitement as we catch trout and I savor the serine calm she has,, only when on the water.

Enjoying the peace of nature.

Wild/ Native brook trout are highly atuned to water temperature, water quality, food, and safety. This makes them highly migratory. Each spring I check and re-check spots new and old to see where and when the brookies are present and feeding. This year I’ve found some reliable spots that have already turned on, as well as some new spots that are fishing well. Some spots that were not fishing in late May 2019 are already providing red hot fishing this spring. It looks like things will only get better from here on out!

If you’d like to experience the thrill of being a kid again, or just get away from people, but also from the house and television, now is a great time to book a wild brook trout trip. Please see our home page for our current Covid 19 protocols and give us a shout. We can’t wait to spend time with you on the water again!

Tight lines,

Nate, and Viv

Vivian in awe of a big native brook trout.

The Pre-snowmelt bite

Ask most anglers if they would rather fly fish in March or May and the unanimous answer is May. Afterall May is when Mayflies hatch, right? On some years early May in the mountains is prime for post-snowmelt fishing. On other years rivers are still choked with snowmelt in early May. March on the other hand often means warming water before the big snowmelt kicks in. This pre-snowmelt bite can be a great time to target the biggest fish in the river that take advantage of the first bump in water temps after a cold winter.

Here in the Northeast dates vary as to when snowmelt starts and ends. Beginning as early as mid-March it can sometimes start in late April and go into late May. The pre-snowmelt bite usually starts a few weeks to a month before snowmelt. What follows are some tips about how to hit and fish this bite window that falls somewhere between the bitter cold of winter and the mud choked streams of spring runoff.

Warming before the melt

While it is true that trout can be caught at almost any water temperature they are most likely to feed as water temperatures climb. It doesn’t take much of a temperature bump to motivate winter trout to perk up for a meal. In my experience any increase in water temperature can produce a bite window. On some tailwaters like the White River in Arkansas winter water temps stay in the 50’s F. For a northern freestone stream to reach 38 degrees in late winter it takes sun and moderating air temperatures. Sunlight is far more important for water to warm than air temperature. While a 50 degree air temp will warm water at 50 watts/m2 sunlight alone will warm water at 1366watts/m2. Luckily sunlight alone does not melt snow. If you can follow this theory, weather that is good for maple sap gathering is good for fishing. Night time lows below freezing followed by daytime highs in the 40’s. This allows water temps to rise without a warm enough air temp to melt too much snow. If you can combine this scenario with a low-pressure system arriving in the afternoon you have a “best case” scenario for pre-snowmelt fishing. Conversely if it gets too warm snow melt will overtake the warming effect and shut off the bite completely. It should be understood that bumps in water temp typically start mid-morning and go through the afternoon in March and April. It is imperative to understand that you might not get a bite window early in the day, typically 10am to 6pm is when water temps will be at their warmest.

Expect Slow fishing

In our neck of the woods, even during “good” pre-snowmelt bites the fishing is by no means fast and furious. On more productive days you might get four or five chances at fish. My friends and I consider any day with multiple fish landed to be great and any day with at least one good fish landed worthwhile. Over the years I have noticed that bite windows come and go throughout the day and most “windows” only mean one or two chances at fish. There is often a bite right as water temps start to climb around 10 or 11 am, another when water temps hit their peak at around 2 pm and a bite anytime the sun falls behind trees or is covered by clouds. As stated earlier the best fishing days are often those coupled with a low pressure system arriving after water temps have warmed under a bright sun.

Have a few confidence flies

In May and June when bug activity is high it is common to rotate through a variety of nymphs dries and streamers to stay on fish. Conversely, the early spring bite is slower but more predictable. Aside from an occasional early dark stonefly or midge hatch, fish are going to eat the same stuff nearly every day that is fishable. A box of sculpins, buggers, crayfish, and juvenile trout patterns will often do the trick for streamers. A box of stones, worms, eggs, prince nymphs, and pheasant tails will cover your nymphing needs. While I don’t typically think of dry fly-fishing during pre-snowmelt some rivers have midge and stonefly hatches that get fish to look up, so if you want, throw a few Griffiths gnats and dark stonefly dries in the mix.

Fish deep and stay in the strike zone

I tend to fish heavier streamers this time of the year. The reason for this is two-fold, first I want my flies to get down quickly to where most winter trout live and I want my flies to move slowly and stay in the strike zone.

Match the streamer hatch

While big flies can take fish during this time of the year I have done just as well with medium sized streamers in the 2” to 5” range. The key here is to simply match your fly size to the size of forage fish around. In a river like the Saco that is full of a variety of dace and sculpin I fish 2-5” sculpin and dace patterns. For color pay attention to the water color, color of the river bottom and sunlight. Nine times out of ten your bait fish will match the lighting and river bottom to stay camouflaged. For sandy bottom rivers I tend to fish tan and brown streamers. If it is bright out I go lighter in color and if it is dark I go darker. When lighting and river bottom seem to vary, I like to fish neutral colors like olive that can work in a variety of light and water clarities.

Find the warmest water

You know those shaded places with fast water where you can catch fish even on a bright summer day? That isn’t where you want to fish pre-snowmelt! Focus on slow deep runs and pools. Sometimes places where you can only catch warmwater fish in the summer are the best places for winter trout fishing. Everyone knows big trout like banks but they also like mid-river structure, drop offs and inside seems. Mid-depth and mid speed water with a variety of structure is a good bet of where the most active fish in the river will hold. With open water warming the fastest big trout even cruise open sandy flats.

Cover water or dissect a prime lie

If I can I like to float long stretches of water during pre-snowmelt. this allows me to cover as much winter holding water as possible. If I can cover a new fish during each bite window I’ll get multiple shots at different alpha trout. If I don’t have time to float I will choose a high probability pool and fish it during the best few hour of the day, covering every inch from top to bottom.

Gear:

I typically carry two different rods for early season fishing. I pack a 10 foot 4 or 5 weight rod like an Orvis 10ft 4-5wt H3F or Thomas and Thomas Contact or Zone 10ft 4 wt, as well as a 6 or 7 weight streamer rod such as an Orvis Helios 3D or Thomas and Thomas Exocett SS 200 or 250.  If I’m floating I will load this streamer rod with a 200 or 250 grain full sink streamer line such as Airflows streamer max or Orvis Depth Charge. If I am wading I will fish a type IV 10 to 15ft sink tip with a 9ft leader of 10lb to 15 lb fluorocarbon to a small spro swivel to 10 to 8lb fluorocarbon. I especially like Cortland top secret fluorocarbon tippet for euro style jigging as it has a high strength to diameter ratio. At 9.2 lb test the 3X can handle almost any trout you will encounter.

 An early season trout that ate just as the water warmed in the late morning of a sunny day.

In Conclusion:

While the pleasant days of dry fly fishing might still be weeks or months away, there is no reason not to cure your cabin fever right now! Early season fishing is as my good friend Bob Mallard likes to put it, “Gunning for Glory”. You may not catch many fish but when you do it will be well worth the effort. Keep casting, keep the faith and catch and release!

Tight lines,

Nate

Streamer Fishing: Imitating The Vulnerability Of Death

The Streamer Craze

Fishing big streamers to large predatory fish is hot right now. Whether to target trophy brook trout, browns trout, musky, pike, or mako sharks, fishing large streamers is in. It’s cool and it’s sexy. Big flies have taken over social media, but despite the craze there are relatively few anglers catching big fish on big streamers. With streamer fishing being all the craze why aren’t more people successful fishing this way?

It took me two full seasons of streamer fishing for trophy trout before I caught my first big trout on a streamer. And when I did it wasn’t the glorious violent visual strike that I had imagined. I was floating the Saco river with my good friend Milan. I’d been working a white sex dungion across the river for hours without a bite. I’d just taken a break, turning to ask Milan if he thought we should switch tactics, when a 21” brown trout inhaled the fly… I’ll get back to this story in a little bit.

The Missunderstanding of Targeting Aggression

Modern streamer fishing was popularized by the romantic idea that the biggest trout in the river can only be caught by triggering their dominant, territorial behavior. Flies with names like the Home Invader and intruder speak to this philosophy. The idea, that the biggest baddest fish in the river need to be antagonized into eating, has motivated alot of anglers to tie boisterously large and bright flies. Many streamers I have seen tied commercially and recreationally are so big and bushy that they cast like wet towels and move through the water like gobs of hydrilla.

Unfortunately many anglers do not fish with the vulnerability of death in mind. Ripping streamers accross the current with frantic strips that lack pauses. These hyper retrieves can work on aggressive trout, specifically trout in pre-spawn mode. However overly aggressive streamer retrieves will work far less often than retrieves that thoughfully mimic prey in distress.

The innovators of streamer fishing, like Kelly Galloup and Tommy Lynch, designed flies to show the vulnerability of death. Flies like the Sex Dungeon by Galloup and Drunk and Disorderly by Lynch, are tied with deer hair heads and lighter back sections that are meant to “kick” to the side when stripped. If you have ever seen a dying minnow you will notice that they make quick movements but then turn broadside. It is this broadside motion that imitates death and causes fish to strike. The other thing that dying minnows do is rest in areas of vulnerability. While healthy minnows and fish dart through areas of danger to areas of safety, a distressed fish often doesn’t make it out of the danger zone before losing energy, needing to pause when they shouldn’t.

The Dangle

Looking back at my first big brown on a streamer this is what happened. When I turned to talk to Milan my streamer stalled, immitating a struggling baitfish. Without knowing it I was using a technique my good friend Jon Zukowski, (owner of Mountain High Fly in Lincoln NH) calls the dangle. John likes to fish weighted streamers on floating lines, after every retrieve he lets the fly swing to a stop so that it dangles in the current. This technique is deadly when targeting large trout that hold mid-river in the head, inside seams, or tailouts of pools.

Client Dave Warlick with a two foot beast of a rainbow that ate a baitfish jig swung to a dangle at the inside seem of a large pool.

The Pop and Stop

My good friend and fellow streamer junky Bob Mallard first introduced me to the pop and stop on the Kennebec river in northern Maine. The kennebec has miles of classic undercut banks that hold trophy brown trout. Enough good bank water that you can spend a day moving down river fifteen feet off the shore casting tight against the bank in anticipation of large golden brown boils. My first day on the Kennebec was fruitless until Bob took the front casting position and began working casts tight to the bank, retrieving with a quick “pop” of the rod tip, followed by a pause while he retrieved the slack caused by the pop followed by another pop and stop. While tripping and pausing can create a similar action, the pop and stop results in an exaggerated kick to the fly that turns it broadside. Bob proved the effectiveness of this technique on his third cast when a 20” female brown inhaled his white sex dungeon. It was the fish of the day and it took Bob three casts to catch her. This technique works best when fish are pressed tight to banks. It is key to fish this technique from a moving boat with a cast aimed downstream of the boat so that as the streamer is retrieved it will move accross the river. Unweighted or lightly weighted streamers with deer hair heads such as zoo cougers, sex dungeons, and Drunk and Disorderly streamers and unweighted Double Deceivers work well for this technique.

This fish ate just as this Drunk and Disorderly streamer turned boradside on the stop. First strip off of a rip rap bank.

The Down Stream Death Jig

When I first fished the White River I was adimant about using the pop and stop to cover the banks. That is until I fished with guide Barry Annalaura. Barry fished streamers differently than I had ever seen. Instead of casting large deer hair flies tight to the banks on a downstream presentation he did what seemed to be the opposite. Fishing sparsly tied double decievers weighted with a large fish skull, he cast them upstream and stripped them downstream retrieving with a solid strip followed by a long pause before another solid strip. Barry had figured out that, on the White, more big browns were going to eat dying rainbow trout tumbling down the river five to ten feet off of the bank than prey fleeing from the bank. This technique is best used on big water when prey are dying in the drift. In the case of the White River that bait fish comes in the form of dying 8-12 inch rianbow trout often the victims of being gut hooked by bait fishermen. Scuplin, crayfish, and a variety of minnows can be fished similiarly depending on your rivers forage.

The authors version of the death jig streamer. Tied with craft fur this fly is aerodynamic and falls through the water column quickly.

The Roll Cast Reversal

My good friend Milan Krainchich has been guiding in Idaho at Teton Valley Lodge for the last six years and spends almost all of his free time throwing streamers to alpha brown and cutthroat trout on the South Fork of the Snake River. The South Fork has a high density of whitefish and Milan has done well fishing a pattern called the goldie to mimic this common forage fish. The goldie is a lightly wieghted aerodynamic streamer and Milan has good luck stripping the fly off of the bank with a strip pause retrieve before making a half roll cast to send the fly back towerds the bank before again retrieving towards the boat. This quick back and forth motion drives big fish crazy as they see a minnow in serious distress. The one downside to this technique is that you must be ready to strip set right after the roll cast as the fish will often eat as the streamer turns back towards the bank.

Milan with a winter time Goldie eater. Focusing on what prey items live in your watershed is key to streamer success.

The Dead Drift Of Death

While much less exciting than the act of stripping a streamer and feeling the slam of an aggressive fish, dead drifting streamers can be a lethal technique. My friend Jeremy Hunt of Flies and Guides out of Branson Missouri has sold thousands, maybe millions of flies. One of his most popular patterns is called the megga wrom. While the mega worm looks like a white or pink caterpillar what it is really imitating is a dead fish or piece of fish. The shad kill on the White is legendary and when it happens floating a foam wiggle minnow with a white mega worm jig as a dropper is a deadly combo. There are times when fishing sculpin, crayfish, dace, smelt, shad and other normally swimming prey items on a dead drift, will outperform actively fishing the same patterns.

The author with a late winter brown caught tight lining a sculpin pattern through a mid-depth boulder field.

When To Use What Technique?

While the above techniques are all effective they are effective under different conditions, at different times of the year on different waters. So how do you know what will work best where you are fishing? To determine this one must consider the following:

Water Temperature: when water temps are coldest fish are less likely to chase bait and more likely to choose smaller, easier to catch prey items. Techniques like the dangle, death jig, and dead drift tend to work best. When water temps are warmer both prey and predator are likely to be moving around more so pop and stop presentations and the roll cast reversal may get more attention than the slower presentations.

Flow: When water levels bump, and water temps are good small fish will move to the banks, the pop and stop can work well under these conditions as can the roll cast reversal, and the death jig. Under higher water conditions the key is to cover water with whatever technique you are using. Under low flow conditions fishing faster riffles with the dangle, dead drift of death or death jig can work effectively. Fishing slower water at low flow is most effective done at night with a mouse or streamer on a swing to dangle, or during winter months when large trout hold in slow water.

Low Light: Typically I can get away with more animated retrieves like the pop and stop when there is good cloud cover. But really any technique can work under cloud cover, as most fish feel more bold to eat streamers under low light conditions.

Bright Light: Streamer fishing is typically not as effective under bright light but fish can still be caught on streamers under direct sunlight. Downsizing your offering and using slower presentations like the death jig, dangle and dead drift will take fish under the sun.

In Summary: Energy Input Must Exceed Energy Output

The above advice is all based on prior experience, and will often work. Of course there are going to be times when fish seem to break all of these logical rules. The most important thing to remember in fishing streamers is that, for a trout to survive, energy input must exceed energy output. When water temps are prime, 50 to 65 degrees, a fish’s metabolism is high and they can afford to move further to catch prey items. Conversely when fish metabolisms are slow fish will expend less energy to obtain food. This is also why a larger trout is more willing to move further for a larger prey item. Keep the vulnerability of death in mind the next time you streamer fish and you might find that you get tight more often by convincing trout that their energy input will exceed their energy output.

Tight lines,

Nate

A guide to winter Fly Fishing

Happy New Year from HCG!

We would like to wish you all a happy new year. We wanted to let you know that all NH trout waters are now open to fishing ! With a mild winter so far fishing conditions have been surprisingly good. Last weekend I had the pleasure of fishing with my brother and we managed to hook six large trout landing four fish over fifteen inches with two browns of eighteen and nineteen inches. Never been winter fly fishing? Enjoy the following guide to hitting the water this winter!

Why Winter?

Winter fishing is a classic example of hard work paying off. Fishing can be slow but if you put in the work you are often rewarded with larger than normal fish. While cold weather, lack of bug activity and competing winter activites prohibit many anglers from fishing in the winter months, winter can be your best chance at a trophy trout.

Why is this? First, large trout tend to be more pisciverous , eating other fish and larger prey items. Due to dropping water temps many smaller fish die giving large trout easy meals. This is especially true in tailwater rivers where schooling fish in the reservoir above fall into a lethargic state and get sucked through the turbines to the delight of trout in the tailwater below.

Second, large trout need to eat more often than smaller trout in order to keep their body weight up. While all trout metabolisms slow in the winter the biggest fish will need to eat the most, they are therefore more likely to be caught.

Lasty, while large alpha trout tend to be nocturnal during the spring summer and fall, they are more likely to feed in the middle of the day during the winter as their metabolisms are highest when water temps bump a degree or two.

Jordan Hill with a fine male brown trout caught at 2:30 in the afternoon on a sunny fourty degree winter day.

Nymph for Success

Nymphing is key in the winter as fish are less likely to chase their prey and more likely to take advantage of food that is brought to them. While large trout do like large meals it is also possible to hook very large trout on egg patterns, midge patterns and a variety of common mayfly and stonefly nymphs as these food items are always available and make for easy meals. Nymphing streamers can also be deadly in the winter months, especially below tailwater dams.

Winter Hatches:

While not as common, hatches do occur in the winter. Midges are the most common bug to see when the snow is flying but small dark stone flies are common on New England Rivers as well, especially in February and March. Carry a good supply of small dark nymphs and pheasant tails to match this hatch. Another hatch to consider is that of baby trout. From February through April baby brook and brown trout are often hatching. Egg, Alvin and fry patterns can be deadly at this time of the year.

Think Slow

On average you will catch far more fish in slow water than you will in the fast riffles and runs you focus on during the rest of the year. Don’t overlook that slow deep tailout where you are used to seeing nothing but fall fish or bass. This is where big trout live in the winter and it is where you will often catch them.

Milan Krainchich with an impressive male taken on a tough day of fishing from a very slow inside seem.

Think Sun

I seem to catch most of my fish in the winter when I focus on the water where the sun is shining. This water will change with the sun angle and I have done well to follow the sun around the river. Obviously you can’t play this game on cloudy days, but if the sun does get a chance to peak through, be ready! While warmer days tend to out fish colder winter days. It does seem like you can still do well on colder days if the sun is out. Beware of very warm winter days, especailly later in the winter. Excessive warmth can cuase an influx of snowmelt which will drop water temps and turn the bite off. I prefer air temps between 35 and 45 degrees.

Patience is Key

Patience might be one of the most overstated attributes of a good angler, but there is good reason for that. In winter it is common to go hours without a bite. Not getting bites can have little to do with where or how you are fishing and more to do with the small bite windows that open and close during this dark time of the year. Thus it is key to know where fish hold in the winter and ply smaller stretches of productive water with a variety of flies until you figure out what works. Switching flies can be more important than switching presentations, the key is giving the fish a meal that they are seeing this time of the year. Fish through all hours of the day and you will bump into a bite window or two. It can be very educational to see fish suddenly bite the same fly you have been fishing in the same run after hours of nothing.

Winter Gear

Rods and lines,

In winter I often simplify my gear. I tend to fish 10 foot 4 and 5 weights as the majority of my fishing is done with tightline and indicator nymphing techniques. These rods also work well to jig streamers and I can dry fly fish with them if need be. I typically carry two spools of line, one cortland level competition nymphing line and one Orvis Hydros textured trout line. If I’m fishing from a boat I’ll set up two rods, one with a jig style streamer on the level line and an indicator nymph rig on the Hydros line. I prefer a long right angle nymph rig for my indicator rig. This allows me to switch between jigging streamers and nymphing until I figure out exactly what the fish want.

Flies:

You can slim down your fly selection for winter fishing I typically carry the following:

midge larvae (rootbeer, ruby, zebra, purple) size 16-20

prince nymph jigs size 12-14

Jiggy egg: size 12-14 in yellow, orange, pink

sac fry: Size 12

flashback hares ear nymph size 12-16

lightning bug size 16-18

pheasant tail jig size 12-14

slump buster jig size 6-8

olive leach jig size 6-10

mopfly jig size 6-8 (tied with baby blanket yarn*)

grayfish jig size 4

sculpin jig size 4

*While this is a breif list I often change the color of these patterns to keep fish guessing.

*I tie my mop flies with olive, tan and chartreus baby blanket yarn. This material allows me the versatility to change the lenght of this fly. I’ve also found this material effective for baitfish patterns.

Clothing:

Because I am a skiier I will often wear insulated ski pants or fleece pants under my waders in the winter. You can also wear neoprene waders but I like the versatility of adding layers under a brethable wader, and I often find that I stay plenty warm if I layer correctly under my waders.

For boots it is a good idea to invest in a good pair of cleated soles. Walking on ice and snow is common when getting to the water and these soles won’t ice up as easily as felt. I like the heavy duty spiked soles sold by Korkers and I prefer Korkers boots for their versatility ing eneral. As I’m often guiding in and out of a boat it is nice to be able to switch from felt to rubber, to cleated rubber soles.

Winter hat and layers of fleece or wool are key to stay warm. I definitly prefer more layers to heavy layers as I often find the need to shed layers when I am hiking or rowing. A winter hat is great and if you can find one that fits nicely over a ball cap you will have good sun protection and warmth.

Gloves are key and there are many optoins. I prefer neoprene fingerless gloves with a flip mitten both Simms and Orvis sell these. If you are comfortable fishing with full finger gloves a light pair of cross country ski gloves work well. I’ve also seen anglers wear black rubber gloves under their fingerless gloves. Although I have not tried it myself this looks like a great combo. It is a good idea to carry multiple pairs of golves as well as a warm pair of mittons to ensure you can keep your hands warm. There is nothing that kills a day of fishing more than not having dexterity in your digits. For an inexpensive mitton visit your local hardware store and pick up a pair of Axeman mittons they have a durable leather outter layer and warm thinsulate inner. I love the leather for the grip I get when rowing with these mittons.

Provisions:

The number one food item you will bring in the winter is anything hot. Take the time in the morning to temper a few thermoses and fill one with a hot drink and another with hot soup. Bring some extra cups for your friends so they can last as long as you do on the water! In general I like easy to eat items in the winter that don’t force me do de-glove:pre-made wraps, trailmix, beef jerky, snickers bars all fit the bill. Of course you could go all out and bring a propane grill to make a huge meal, for me I’d rather spend time fishing , after all, winter days are short enough as it is.

If you are interested in learning more about winter fly fishing or would like to book a trip feel free to shoot us an email at info@whitemountainflyfishing.com.

Tight lines,

Nate

Nate Hill with a solid female brown that ate a hares ear nymph drifted through the center of a slow run.

2019 Wrap Up, Winter Trips and Gift Certificates

2019 Wrap Up

This was another season for the record books with more fish over 20” landed in 2019 than any prior year. W are very excited to be able to provide world class fly fishing here in New Hampshire and we look forward to another epic year in 2020. We want to thank all of you who spent your hard earned money to fish with us this year. It is truly an honor to be able to share the river with so many great people. We are blessed to have the river as our office and we have our loyal customers to thank for making this possible. I hope you all have a wonderful holiday season!

Winter Trips!

That being said we are now offering winter fly fishing trips in 2020. These trips are for anglers looking to target trophy sized trout and will run on weekends and some weekdays weather dependent. Please give us a shout if you would like to book one of these trips. We have figured out when, where and how to catch these fish and we are confident that we can get you on these fish in the right conditions. If you book one of these trips we will plan to fish as long as air temps are reasonable and water flows are conducive to catching fish. We will only take payment once trips run! We want to ensure that if we go out you are going to get good chances at large trout.

Gift Certificates: Pre-Christmas offer and Cyber Monday/ Tuesday Bonus Deal!

Right now we are offering a free HCG hat with the purchase of a gift certificate or booking for 2020. This offer will go until Christmas Eve or while supplies lasts. As a cyber monday bonus get 10% off the purchase price of any gift certificate or booking. This bonus offer will be good through Tuesday December 3rd ! Give the gift of experience this holiday season! Please shoot us an email or give us a call to take advantage of this offer! nate@whitemountainflyfishing.com or 603-835-3358.

Here are some pics from this past season! Looking forward to seeing more of these soon!

HCG Guide Kevin Gordon with a fine specimen

Yours truly with a nice one…I do get to fish once in a while!

Jordan Hill with a thick fish.

Kevin with a two footer.

Kevin with another pristine specimen

Kevin fought this guy for nearly ten minutes!