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The Swift - Late August Into September 

Posted by Millers River Flyfisher at 8:37 PM 
Shouldn't the Deerfield also be included as a tail water trout fishery in Massachusetts?


September 5, 2013 at 9:41 PM 
What size serendipty were you using? Thanks!

Bob Wilson

September 6, 2013 at 2:37 PM 

You have a point. Maybe we should consider the Deerfield a tailwater fishery. A cool water release from a dam(s). Sounds like a tailwater.


September 7, 2013 at 2:18 PM NHFFO said...

The Deerfield's less crowded and has more wild fish than the Swift too, but the Swift is pretty incredible, something about water that clear, it makes fooling the fish seem that much sweeter!

September 7, 2013 at 5:43 PM 
The Swift does have wild fish; at least in regards to brookies. I've always wondered what's in the backed up waters behind the 1st Bondsville dam up to the cottages that are downstream from Cady Lane. It's always cool, perhaps a few degrees warmer during the heat of the summer, and there's definitely a much more fertile river bottom to support insect life. I would bet one would fine some nice browns in there. I also think one would find some salmon living in there, at least what remains of the salmon that came down the spillway in November of 2011.


September 7, 2013 at 10:48 PM 
Rodney Flag of Flags Flies has told me of a friend of his that would canoe downstream from the boat launch and catch trout all summer. I know that the Harrison Brothers have guided down there during the winter and were successful. The Swift is full of native brookies all the way to Bondsville and one "local" told me that Brookie fishing is very good far downstream in the Fall.


September 8, 2013 at 6:25 AM 
Water is back down to the 50 cfs. Good news for all you dry fliers.
I've been having good fun, high or low, playing with a light caddis as evening falls. Though, I must say, last night, the first evening of the descent, the fish were spooky and, below the wires, were slurping small emergers which made the fist appear they were standing on tippy toes just to sip the surface. Pretty neat. Truly there are fish thoughout the river. Below the C&R and down to the impoundment to the infamous dam are many, many fish. Hoppers are still in season and will be till frost. Happy Fall!

September 11, 2013 at 10:25 PM YellowstoneBound said...

Just tried to fish the Deerfield. I've never seen such a massive kayak and raft hatch in my life. Made the Fife C&R section practically unfishable. They were even putting in at the warning buoys just below the damn. The state needs to do something about this. The river is far too crowded, and the C&R section is a joke if you can't fish it...

Lets hope traffic on the Swift never gets this bad
 flyfisher1000 said...

ahh...yes..the raft hatch!!
fun...isn't it?!! NOT !!

I was told by a raft guide that I have to move out of their way....even tho he could've gone on either side of me and I was on the Deerfield as well...he said.."i have precedence over you because I have paying clients and you are just a "stand-alone fisherman!!! WTF??!!

September 15, 2013 at 6:47 AM 
There's a guy on the Swift who has barked at me, 100 yards away mind you, that he has "paying clients" with him. Like he owns the damn river. A: Is that legal and B: Does anyone know who this classy fella is?

September 15, 2013 at 5:38 PM 

I have no idea who that could be. Was he drifting or wading??

I guide on the Swift but it is always first come, first served. You find a spot and fish it. You don't lay claim to spots because you're making money.

I'd love to run into that jerk!!!!

Yellowstone Bound,

They took a C&R section of the Deerfield that was used by common flyfishers and have turned it over to commercial interests. That's it. This will not happen again especially on the Swift!!


September 15, 2013 at 6:30 PM 

I guide on this river too but I pick an empty spot and then fish it. You can't lay claim to place where you are not currently because you're "guiding". I want to meet this jerk. If anyone knows who he is please email me.


Commercial interests have taken over the Deerfield while the average fisher, who pays for the trout that are stocked, get the leftovers.


September 15, 2013 at 6:36 PM 
Yep, I was pretty put off, I fish the Swift less and less now. I actually prefer the Deerfield, I can always find fishable water with nobody else around, and the rubber hatch is there, but most people are pretty courteous and avoid my fishing area. Besides, fish on that river are so used to boats they aren't boat shy really. The guy was a wading guide and was literally yelling on the section above rte. 9. I spoke to 2 other guys who had experienced his courtesy as well. One said he was from NH, which breaks my heart as a lifelong NH resident.

September 15, 2013 at 10:55 PM