Look at this beauty that Mike Holt landed, yesterday. Trout fishing is phenomenal up at Shawmut. Yesterday afternoon, I drove up to Mike Holt’s Flyfishing Only – Orvis Shop – in Fairield, ME. The Fly fishing Only Shop was loaded with flyfisherman – all asking Mike the same question, “What are they taking.” Well, the answer might surprise you and if you want to know the answer – you gotta stop into Fly fishing Only and ask Mike. The shop is only a stones throw from the best fishing spots and Mike will definately get you into the fish. Ask him about his drift boat guide services. Nobody guides like Mike Holt and his guides (Marshall and Jimmy). Through the years they have acquired infinite amounts of river knowledge and they have landed tons of fish. So – stop into Flyfishing Only and Mike will hook you up. So anyway – Mike hooked me up with the right flies and told me where to fish. I walked out into the river and rising fish were everywhere. WHAM – A nice brown took my dry fly. As I was releasing the fish, I could see a big fish feeding off in the distance. Of course, he was in a harder to access spot. So I waded my way to feasable casting spot, stipped line off my reel and through out a nice cast. The fly hit the water, started to drift downstream and as soon as my fly started to drift over the hot-spot – WHAM. A beautiful, big, healthy rainbow took my fly. What a feeling! In my opinion that is what dry fly fishing is all about. Rather than casting aimlessly and habitually – I much prefer a more tactical approach. I love to stop fishing and watch. I watch the river for signs of a feeding trout. I then approach a particular fish. I then take my time preparing to cast to the fish – cause I know he ain’t goin nowhere. I then cast to a particular fish. If a little luck is on my side and I am successful at throwing out a nice cast and presenting my fly naturally – I catch that particular fish. Of course, if there ain’t any fish feeding on top – I don’t follow this methodology cause I will start to fish subsurface flies.
