Swift River

[capecodkid]

Were gunna try and get sum trout on the Swift river at the end of february. Ive heard this time could have midge hatches. Anyone got any thoughts on hatches that will be there? Im open to any suggestions of this. Thanks Guyys

-cck-

[Jed]

Its midges or midges or ... you get the idea. Small brassies work well. It its bigger than a #22 or your tippet is larger than 7x don't count on much action. Small and light is the ticket.

jed

[bonefishdick]

Haven't fished there in many years, thinking about going back again though. Sort of stopped trout fishing since the stripers came back, however when I did fish the Swift I had luck with small pheasant tails, Griffith's Gnats and black midges in size 24. Also had luck with wooly buggers and small Brook Trout streamers.

Sometimes used to use a Glo-Bug. That however seemed to really upset some of the other "Fly Fishermen" on the stream, they used to say it was like fishing with bait and that they would kill the fish. Some would even try to say the fly was illegal on the river. Never heard of a fly being outlawed before. Never had a fish swallow a Glo-Bug either ,they were always hooked in the lip because of the way they took the fly because it was all sight fishing. I did however wonder about some fished that I released that did take a regular fly down to deep( Not just on the Swift).

I have heard that lately when you enter the river the fish will move in right at your feet and begin feeding and you won't be able to see what they are on. Good luck, hope you have some success and some good weather..

[BobG]

I have heard that lately when you enter the river the fish will move in right at your feet and begin feeding and you won't be able to see what they are on

That's been going on for years, and it can be maddening! (#$119) I haven't fished the Swift for some time now. But the last time I was there was a cold day in mid March. I waded into the water above the "Y" pool, and the trout moved right into the mud/gravel I disturbed with my boots, and began feeding on these invisible 'things' right at my feet. I ended up backing up, and trying to drift tiny nymphs in the knee deep water in which I was just standing.
Of course without success. :rolleyes:

[Go Fish]

Search:

Miracle Nymph

WD-40

RS-2

Krystal Nymph

Tie them in 18, 20, 22 and 24....fish an amnesia/indicator rig on 7X and use a weighted nymph as your deep indicator and weight.


Or rip a black #10 wolly bugger with lead eyes through all the good looking water you can find.

[teflon_jones]

The best luck I hear of from other people is on egg patterns. Micro midges are the next most successful fly. I know very few people that have much success on nymphs, but those that do use tiny ones.

Personally, I use mostly streamers with an occassional woolly bugger or sany juan worm thrown in. My best outing was 8 trout one day last fall, which is pretty darn good on the swift. All but one were nice rainbows. One was a 15-16" brookie.

[Strat]

You might want to look at the farmington instead. The swift gets pounded so hard these days that I swear the regulars have names for all of the trout. There are a group of people who fish there daily in addition to the weekend onslaught. The fish tend to congregate in certain areas making them easy targets.

I have met a bunch of the regulars there and most are classy guys. But it's not uncommon for someone to move in about 5 feet to one side of you and start casting to the same fish you are. Not very sportsmanlike and for this reason I have all but quit fishing there.

There are probably still some fish in the Y pool but last time I checked the areas downstream of Rt 9 had been cleaned out pretty well.

If you go down there in May whhen the stockies have spread out and you fish a hatch, it can still be good fun.

[BobG]

Why do we hear so little about the Deerfield?

[sped]

...because it's kind of far and is filled with rafters, yakkers, and innertube floaters during the prime months.......also the way they release the water from the dam is pretty nutty......like once a day, from 10am to 5pm the water level rises and falls 4 or so feet......wacky.....Sped