Freshwater: Updated 8/04/10

Location Conditions
Swift River


{110 cfs} Back up to 110. The fish are getting seasick with all this up, down, up, down lately. This is a great level for the Swift though. Terrestrials are still the name of the game here (Ants #14-#20, Beetles #14, even small hoppers #10-#12).
Farmington River


{200 cfs} Not much has changed on the Farmington as of late...Winter/Summer Caddis (#16) are doing the brunt of the damage here lately and seem to be the most consistent pattern. That being said, big terrestrials are accounting for lots of fish outside the TMA (try ants and beetles in the #12 range for some exciting topwater action.

Squannacook


{6.4 cfs} Brutal. Rain is in the forecast though so hopefully things can get back to some semblance of normalcy here if water levels rise dramatically.

Millers River
{59 cfs} The beauty of the Millers is that 1 inch of rain can translate into an increase of 500 cfs or more in certain sections overnight. The sheer number of feeder streams and brooks flowing into this river can transform it in the blink of an eye. Which is good because it certainly could use a transformation right about now.

Assabet River

(W.Concord)

{28 cfs} This heatwave has not been kind to the Assabet. Why not try your luck on some of the local ponds for warmwater species like bass, pickerel and panfish? We have been doing a lot of this ourselves lately and having a blast!

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