Ping Stan/Tim/George

[Gary M]

How's the Swift doing? This rain and the smaller matter of a
yet-to-be-determined amount of snow forecast for tonight has killed of
my chance of fishing the final day of trout season in Vermont for the
first time in 12 years. The secret spot may be the only secret game in
the secret town.

[Tim J.]

Gary M typed:
> How's the Swift doing? This rain and the smaller matter of a
> yet-to-be-determined amount of snow forecast for tonight has killed of
> my chance of fishing the final day of trout season in Vermont for the
> first time in 12 years. The secret spot may be the only secret game in
> the secret town.

Who told you about the secret spot?

The Swift is running pretty low - below average (seems odd to say with all
the local rivers raging.) I don't have *near* the leisure time as Stan and
George, so they can probably better answer how it's fishing. ;-)

I'd join you, but I've got a rotten head cold. Wouldn't be prudent at this
juncture.
--
TL,
Tim
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[Gary M]

Timmay wrote:

>I'd join you, but I've got a rotten head cold. Wouldn't be prudent at this
>juncture.

Sorry to hear that. I'll probably try to sneak by this weekend sometime
assuming it holds up. Thanks for the update.

[George Adams]

Gary,

The Swift *was* running low until today, when Quabbin began to
overflow. It's still not bad....63 CFS is actually a good flow, but, as
is normal for the season, the river is full of leaves, twigs, pine
needles, and assorted other junk. Given that the Swift will likely be
the only fishable stream in New England this weekend, I expect it will
be a bit crowded. (even the "secret spot") I haven't fished it in a
couple of weeks, but I had two really good days just before the rains
started. If the weather improves, I'll give it a look over the weekend,
but if it's as crowded as I think it will be, I'll likely pass on it.
Maybe I'll see you there.

[Gary M]

George Adams wrote:

> Maybe I'll see you there.

Thanks George. I'll send an email before I go in any case and leave it
to circumstance as to rendezvousing. I seem to remember a good day last
year in November.

Gary

[Stan Gula]

George Adams wrote:
> Gary,
>
> The Swift *was* running low until today, when Quabbin began to
> overflow. It's still not bad....63 CFS is actually a good flow, but,
> as is normal for the season, the river is full of leaves, twigs, pine
> needles, and assorted other junk. Given that the Swift will likely be
> the only fishable stream in New England this weekend, I expect it will
> be a bit crowded. (even the "secret spot") I haven't fished it in a
> couple of weeks, but I had two really good days just before the rains
> started. If the weather improves, I'll give it a look over the
> weekend, but if it's as crowded as I think it will be, I'll likely
> pass on it. Maybe I'll see you there.

I had a report from Sunday that the water was higher than expected at the
Cold Spring bridge - my friends didn't want to wade it. I agree with what
George says about it being crowded on the weekend. The last time I was
there (first weekend of October, even saw George in the parking area) the
water was really low and there were 4 guys at the secret spot - and many
more fishing upstream from the Route 9 bridge. I would plan on going
further downstream, but you never know - people might hear rumors about the
water level and stay away. I would head to Cady Lane and start from there,
but if the parking area was crowded, I would bolt directly to B*ville (which
is rapidly becoming as crowded as the secret spot).

If you want to drive farther and the water levels come down (as they should)
I've heard that the Gorge was fishing well 2 weeks ago - of course, the
flood probably washed any fish down to Long Island Sound last week...
--
Stan Gula
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