Fly Fishing Guide to the Battenkill
Complete Guide to Locations, Hatches, and History
Published on 5. September 2023
288 pages
978-0-8117-7196-2 (ISBN)
Description
The main stem of the 60-mile-long Battenkill forms from the confluence of the East and West Branches in downtown Manchester, Vermont, home of the Orvis Company and the American Museum of Fly Fishing. Though notoriously challenging to fish, anglers from all around the world ply its fabled waters for brook trout (it's rare for a river this size to have strong populations of brookies) and large brown trout that swim in its waters almost as far downstream as its confluence with the Hudson River in New York.
In Fly Fishing Guide to the Battenkill, local expert Doug Lyons covers the fishing access, hatches, patterns, and strategies for both the Vermont and New York stretches of the river, as well as its major tributaries, including both its East and West Branches near Dorset and Roaring Branch, Green River, and Bromley Brook.
In Fly Fishing Guide to the Battenkill, local expert Doug Lyons covers the fishing access, hatches, patterns, and strategies for both the Vermont and New York stretches of the river, as well as its major tributaries, including both its East and West Branches near Dorset and Roaring Branch, Green River, and Bromley Brook.
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Language
English
Place of publication
PA
United States
Illustrations
1 Charts, 236 Color Photos, 8 Maps, 7 Tables
File size
39,25 MB
ISBN-13
978-0-8117-7196-2 (9780811771962)
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09/2023
Stackpole Books
€33.50
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Person
Doug Lyons is a board member of the Battenkill Watershed Alliance and part of an ad hoc advisory group helping to guide the activities of the Battenkill Home Rivers Initiative, which he helped launch. He was the vice president and president of the Southwestern Vermont Chapter of Trout Unlimited in the mid-2000s, where he helped fundraise for early habitat restoration efforts on the Battenkill. He has written for the Manchester Journal, the Orvis.com fly fishing blog, and UpCountry magazine, and presents to local clubs on the Battenkill. He splits his time between Maynard, MA and his camp in Shushan, NY.
Content
- Intro
- Acknowledgments
- Foreword
- Introduction
- The River at a Glance
- PART 1 The Vermont Battenkill
- The West and East Branches
- THE WEST BRANCH
- THE EAST BRANCH
- Union Street to Lower Richville Road
- Richville Road to Hill Farm Road
- Hill Farm (Sunderland) to Roaring Branch Junction, Arlington
- Arlington to Eagleville
- ARLINGTON RECREATION PARK TO WEST MOUNTAIN BRIDGE
- WEST MOUNTAIN BRIDGE TO BENEDICT'S CROSSING
- BENEDICT'S CROSSING TO COVERED BRIDGE
- COVERED BRIDGE TO STATE LINE
- PART 2 The New York Battenkill
- Special Regulations Area-State Line to Eagleville Covered Bridge
- Eagleville to Pooks Bridge
- Pooks Bridge to the Trestle Pools
- Trestle Pools-Shushan to Rexleigh Covered Bridge
- Rexleigh to Battenville
- Battenville to Greenwich, the Final Miles
- Tactics, Equipment, Etiquette, and Expectations
- GUIDE INSIGHTS
- ANGLING ETIQUETTE ON THE BATTENKILL
- EXPECTATIONS
- Hatches
- EARLY SEASON MAJOR HATCHES
- MIDSEASON MAJOR HATCHES
- LESSER FLIES OF LATE SPRING
- THE FLIES OF SUMMER (MID-JUNETO MID-AUGUST)
- TRICO TIME
- THE BOUNTY OF SUMMER (MID-AUGUST TO MID SEPTEMBER)
- LATE SUMMER LEFTOVERS
- FALL'S HARVEST
- WHEN THE BUGS AREN'T THERE
- PART 4 History and Conservation
- A Select History of the River
- THE INTRODUCTION OF THE BROWN TROUT INTO THE BATTENKILL
- THE 1930s AND 1940s: EARLY DEVELOPMENT SCHEMES, LEE WULFF, AND TEST WATER RESULTS
- THE 1950s AND 1960s: SPIN FISHING AND EARLY ATTEMPTS FOR SPECIAL REGULATION
- THE 1970s AND 1980s: CHANGES IN FISHERY MANAGEMENT AND DAM DEBATES
- THE 1990s TO EARLY 2000s: TROUBLE BREWING AND BABY STEPS TOWARDS RESTRICTIVE MANAGEMENT AND RESTORATION
- Decline and Recovery: A Conservation Story
- ACTION
- A COMPREHENSIVE CHECKUP OF THE RIVER AND ITS ENVIRONS
- ADDITIONAL FINDINGS
- Tracking Trout
- Spawning Redd Surveys
- Predators
- Water Flows, Water Temperature, and Bugs
- Fish Health
- THE BATTEN KILL WATERSHED ALLIANCE AND OTHER PARTNERS IN RESTORATION
- RESTORATION: PUTTING SCIENCE INTO ACTION
- Project Design
- Confirming a Hypothesis
- The Cost of Habitat Restoration: Prohibitive or Not?
- ENTER THE HOME RIVERS INITIATIVE: 2020 AND BEYOND
- A Review of Fisheries Data
- CATCH RATES
- TROUT POPULATION ABUNDANCE AND SIZE RANGES: EARLY 1970s VS. LATE 2010s
- THE 2009 NEW YORK CREEL SURVEY: A DIFFERENT ANGLE
- Wrapping Things Up
- Appendix: Atherton and Oatman Flies
- JOHN ATHERTON: ARTIST AND TIER OF IMPRESSIONISTIC PATTERNS
- Dry Flies
- Wet Flies
- Nymphs
- LEW OATMAN: TIER OF EXACT IMITATION STREAMERS
- Index
