Those little streams are my favorite.....no one around, easy to navigate and many surprise fish ......always was partial to the native brook trout streams. When I lived in CT, Glastonbury, we had a brook trout stream next to the property....caught and released many many bucks with hook jaws. We live in PA now, left CT in 2001....too many taxes and expenses owning a business. Came back up end of last year and cleaned up at the Farmington river....23 bows all released for someone else to catch. Spent two days hammering CT and RI shore for stripers and blues, only caught two hickory shad, not like it used to be. Saw your black and olive wooly buggers, two of my favorite all time flies. Have tied probably 1000 of both along with many other patterns. Tight lines bro.
Awesome brown...fished sandy brook last weekend myself. Amazing how theres no parking on the Farmington but you can get and entire small stream to yourself
Hey thanks! I wouldn't have been surprised to get a 14" or 15" brown, but that fish has definitely prompted an adjustment to my expectations for the Blackberry in the future.
Always enjoy your videos, they are excellent. Can you provide detail on the spinning set up in the last part of the video? What were you fishing and how was it rigged?
Sorry, I don’t know why YT didn’t give me notice of your comment! My spinning setup at the end was a 6.5ft medium-light rod with 4lb test. I tied on a #4 or #6 Sculp Snack, which is a streamer generally intended for fly fishing (I tied it myself, but you can look them up online and probably buy them, as well). I fished it on spinning gear by simply adding a sufficient amount of split-shot maybe 18” from the streamer to permit reasonable casting distance and get it down. In most cases it’s just one or two medium-sized split-shot, depending upon depth and water speed.
@@paulpaul1815 yes! I was scanning the state records last year and thought," What a ridiculous brookie that must've been! I need to see this Blackwell Brook." So I went there. And I mean... it looks okay... by no means did it strike me as a Blue Ribbon brook trout fishery. Then again, a 9lb brookie is entirely unnatural for our area anyhow. It was undoubtedly a hatchery broodstock fish that got dropped in there that year. It must have been a hell of a rush to catch it. That said, I'm left wondering what the state record brookie would be if somehow only wild fish were considered. We'll never know, I'm afraid.
Hey man I’m relatively new to your channel I would say, but I’m hooked on your content. Fishing these small streams is so fun with incredibly low traffic. I live in Tolland Ct, I don’t know if you’ve ever fished eastern Ct, but there are some great spots. There are some class 3 WTMA only 20 mins from house and I catch wild trout there all the time. I was wondering if you ever came up to the east if you would want to go fishing some time. I know the Willimantic River, Fenton River, and Salmon River like the back of my hand. And now I’ve been experimenting with the Salmon Brook too. I know social distancing makes it a bit weird to fish with other people, and if your not comfortable with that it’s completely fine. I think fishing with you could be a blast and make a great video while your at it! Hope you see this!
I never have, though I may have to check out the waters there one day. Funny side note: I've only been to Thompson one time, having made the haul there from Western CT for an obstacle race. Ever since, Thompson in particular is always the town I use to downplay the length of a drive in Connecticut: "I mean, hell, it's only a 45-minute drive... it's not like we're trekking out to Thompson!"
Nice video, like to see those small streams, no one around you got it all to yourself. Can really hear the sounds of stream, birds and the rest of the woods around you (if you can get far enough away from the road). Add to that that nice brown you got at Blackberry river. How did you find it moving up along the rivers, paths along the river or did you have to travel along the shore and wade the whole time?
You're so very right; there's something addictive about that small stream experience! In the case of the stretch of river you saw me fishing early on, it would be conceivable to walk the rim of the gorge and only descend to cherry pick high-probability spots. In this case though, I traveled upstream, prospecting as I went. That's the method I prefer, as it encourages more experimentation with spots that might not look perfect from a distance. When I wade upstream like that, I'm usually I'm hanging off to the edges of the stream as much as possible, especially in a place like Blackberry River where there are surprisingly deep pockets in unexpected places.
You bet, though I don't get there often... usually once every year or two. I actually went out there in February this year only to find most of the pools still frozen over.
Connecticut Angler I have lived in Madison for the past 6 years but just got back into trout fishing this year. Lots of fish in the 10-14” range but hear there are some real giants here.
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Those little streams are my favorite.....no one around, easy to navigate and many surprise fish ......always was partial to the native brook trout streams. When I lived in CT, Glastonbury, we had a brook trout stream next to the property....caught and released many many bucks with hook jaws. We live in PA now, left CT in 2001....too many taxes and expenses owning a business. Came back up end of last year and cleaned up at the Farmington river....23 bows all released for someone else to catch. Spent two days hammering CT and RI shore for stripers and blues, only caught two hickory shad, not like it used to be. Saw your black and olive wooly buggers, two of my favorite all time flies. Have tied probably 1000 of both along with many other patterns. Tight lines bro.
Awesome brown...fished sandy brook last weekend myself. Amazing how theres no parking on the Farmington but you can get and entire small stream to yourself
Great video
Great stuff man.
Good video that brown was nice
Hey thanks! I wouldn't have been surprised to get a 14" or 15" brown, but that fish has definitely prompted an adjustment to my expectations for the Blackberry in the future.
Nice! 17-18"! Wooooeeeeeee!
Nice catches 👌
Love your content
I love your videos bro
Always enjoy your videos, they are excellent. Can you provide detail on the spinning set up in the last part of the video? What were you fishing and how was it rigged?
Sorry, I don’t know why YT didn’t give me notice of your comment! My spinning setup at the end was a 6.5ft medium-light rod with 4lb test. I tied on a #4 or #6 Sculp Snack, which is a streamer generally intended for fly fishing (I tied it myself, but you can look them up online and probably buy them, as well). I fished it on spinning gear by simply adding a sufficient amount of split-shot maybe 18” from the streamer to permit reasonable casting distance and get it down. In most cases it’s just one or two medium-sized split-shot, depending upon depth and water speed.
Nice brown. I believe I remember reading something about 15 or 20 years ago that someone caught an 8 lb. Brown out of the BlackBerry river.
I may have been mistaken it could have been the 9 lb brookie taken out of Blackwells Brook in 1998.
@@paulpaul1815 yes! I was scanning the state records last year and thought," What a ridiculous brookie that must've been! I need to see this Blackwell Brook." So I went there. And I mean... it looks okay... by no means did it strike me as a Blue Ribbon brook trout fishery. Then again, a 9lb brookie is entirely unnatural for our area anyhow. It was undoubtedly a hatchery broodstock fish that got dropped in there that year. It must have been a hell of a rush to catch it. That said, I'm left wondering what the state record brookie would be if somehow only wild fish were considered. We'll never know, I'm afraid.
Hey man I’m relatively new to your channel I would say, but I’m hooked on your content. Fishing these small streams is so fun with incredibly low traffic. I live in Tolland Ct, I don’t know if you’ve ever fished eastern Ct, but there are some great spots. There are some class 3 WTMA only 20 mins from house and I catch wild trout there all the time. I was wondering if you ever came up to the east if you would want to go fishing some time. I know the Willimantic River, Fenton River, and Salmon River like the back of my hand. And now I’ve been experimenting with the Salmon Brook too. I know social distancing makes it a bit weird to fish with other people, and if your not comfortable with that it’s completely fine. I think fishing with you could be a blast and make a great video while your at it! Hope you see this!
Ever try fishing in Thompson ct
I never have, though I may have to check out the waters there one day. Funny side note: I've only been to Thompson one time, having made the haul there from Western CT for an obstacle race. Ever since, Thompson in particular is always the town I use to downplay the length of a drive in Connecticut: "I mean, hell, it's only a 45-minute drive... it's not like we're trekking out to Thompson!"
Nice video, like to see those small streams, no one around you got it all to yourself. Can really hear the sounds of stream, birds and the rest of the woods around you (if you can get far enough away from the road). Add to that that nice brown you got at Blackberry river. How did you find it moving up along the rivers, paths along the river or did you have to travel along the shore and wade the whole time?
You're so very right; there's something addictive about that small stream experience! In the case of the stretch of river you saw me fishing early on, it would be conceivable to walk the rim of the gorge and only descend to cherry pick high-probability spots. In this case though, I traveled upstream, prospecting as I went. That's the method I prefer, as it encourages more experimentation with spots that might not look perfect from a distance. When I wade upstream like that, I'm usually I'm hanging off to the edges of the stream as much as possible, especially in a place like Blackberry River where there are surprisingly deep pockets in unexpected places.
Ever fish the Hammonassett River in Madison?
You bet, though I don't get there often... usually once every year or two. I actually went out there in February this year only to find most of the pools still frozen over.
Connecticut Angler I have lived in Madison for the past 6 years but just got back into trout fishing this year. Lots of fish in the 10-14” range but hear there are some real giants here.
I also live in ct but more towards new haven county I’m having a tough time locating them any tips
Ever try nighcrawers or panther Martin spinners.
Im in south-eastern CT, near Old Lyme- hmu lol