New year, more fly fishing

So I have all but abandoned my spinning gear in favor of a fly rod. I still go out on the bass ponds once in a long while, but the fishing has been so lousy lately that I haven't caught ANYTHING on spinning gear this year. Instead I have just been going out for trout on the salmon river in Colchester as much as humanly possible. It's about half an hour from my house, and the fishing is generally good.

Over the past few months I've caught numerous brown and rainbow trout on flies I've tied myself. My most successful patterns are my flashback pheasant tail in sizes 12-18, and a woven caddis nymph pattern that I adapted from one that was given to me earlier this season. That said, I've also been doing well with zebra midges and a few streamers. I have yet to hook a trout on a dry fly, but I remain hopeful. The current hatches are size 20 caddis flies, which I did my best to match using cdc feathers and dubbing. 

My best trips are always on rainy days. I love fishing in the rain. It seems to deter a lot of other fishermen, and the fish are my apt to eat my fly if the water is moving a bit faster. 

Here's are some of the beauties I was lucky enough to catch this season.