Liset: There is a certain mystery surrounding bamboo fly rods, stemming from a trove of misinformation about them.
Liset: Fishing familiar waters has an advantage in that an angler usually knows what to expect. There are not many, if any, surprises.
Liset: After a couple of hours we called it. My mind kept going down the “What if” rabbit hole when I finally remembered Occam’s Razor.
Liset: In my mind, I was thinking about how I would explain to my wife how and why I got busted up when I was supposed to be fishing.
Liset: I saw fresh bear tracks and scat on my last trip recently, as well as moose and deer tracks; be prepared with extra clothes.
Liset: Little did I know as I went further down the fly fishing rabbit hole, I would become an amateur entomologist.
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Liset: I enjoy small stream fishing. Catching beautiful brook trout on a light weight fly rod is a joy.
Liset: My first hour on the water was about getting the kinks out and testing out my new equipment.
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Liset: The school's fly fishing club held a free fly casting clinic on the lower field, which bordered the UNH student recreation field.
Liset: Just when I think the weather is going to cooperate enough to get back on the water, another storm comes along.
Liset: February had its claws on the river. The banks were covered in snow and the edges of the river had ribbons of ice lining both sides.
Duplicating his freshman year success, Jaylen Bennett posts the best time in the 400 meters for 10th graders across the United States
Liset: This time of year, when the ice covers the river making wading treacherous, is when most fly fishers hit their bench to tie flies.
Liset: David Van Wie brings the reader down a different rabbit hole.
Liset: Fishing season is slowly coming to a close. Except for those few rivers that have special regulations.
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John has been my fly fishing mentor. John is partly responsible for my fly fishing addiction.
We pulled into the area around the Junction Pool and noticed a bunch of cars and the New Hampshire Fish and Game stocking truck.
Courtesy photo George Liset is pictured at the Carr Bridge, Pittsburg.
Liset: As I walked into the river, my mind was going through the “To Do” list. On the list was Father's Day.
Liset: The day was beautiful, and should I say it, almost Fall-like. In the back of my mind, there was an immediacy to that thought.
New Hampshire has a number of remote trout ponds and most are fly fishing only. There is an art to fly fishing these ponds successfully.
Writing On The Fly: Steve Angers' new book, "Fly fishing New Hampshire's Secret Waters," offers must-see locations.
Liset: Cabin fever led him to get out, in chilly temps, to fish on the Cocheco River recently.
Liset: Orvis Light-Weight Wading Boots, Douglas DXF 4104, reels, and other items were essential purchases last year.
I also fished some different rivers and streams that flow into the Connecticut River. The Cold River and the Ashuelot River were enjoyable.
Writing On The Fly: I am usually a utilitarian shopper. I know what I want and I get in and out of a store rather quickly.
Writing On The Fly: I received a text message that gets a fly fishers heart jumping — it is similar to the feeling you get on Christmas Day.
Landlocked salmon are heading to rivers to spawn but they can be tricky to trick while casting hundreds of times to catch them.
"It was probably the most disappointing thing I could have heard," said senior Ben Ernest.
Writing On The Fly: When a fish fights to get away, kicking like crazy, it can be an interesting experience.
Writing on the Fly: Sometimes they just aren’t biting, I guess.
Writing on the Fly: Sometimes work, school, family get togethers have prevented us from making the trip. But we manage to find our back.
Writing on the Fly: When my good friend Jeremy gave me a call to go out and hone his fly casting skills I couldn’t say yes fast enough.