Presumpscot River

Today’s biggest catch was a nice landlocked salmon, along with more than a dozen brookies. The salmon jumped a few times and put up quite a fight though.

First trout of 2026 on a fly rod…matching my PB for a brown. Was targeting a small school of brookies trying to hide under the edge of some ice forming on the riverbank and this big brown came out of nowhere and devoured my fly. Wish I’d caught the eat on video!

Snow, sleet, freezing rain ain’t going to keep me away, and so glad it didn’t. This tank hammered a white woolly in the nasty weather. 😮

Heat wave of 50+ degrees here in Maine, along with torrential rain and 40-50 mph winds, but that didn’t stop me from throwing a few flies today. Managed to net one salmon and one brookie. 😝

New PB brown trout. I could see several brookies I was targeting and this beast came out of nowhere to hammer a purple and black wooly jig. So fun!!!

Did so well this morning I had to go back this afternoon, and found an even bigger brown!!! New PB brown for sure, and maybe of any species for me.

14 of these beautiful creatures to the net this morning. This is my favorite time of year for fly fishing here in Maine! Temperature goes down and almost everyone else stops fishing. lol

Two monster browns this morning. 😮. For those who didn’t know how to verify brown trout vs. salmon for sure, the last picture shows the vomerine teeth in a zig-zag row on the roof of the mouth, guaranteeing it’s a brown.