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Farmington River Report

Local Conditions

West Branch Farmington River
Riverton, CT

Still River
Robertsville, CT

Thursday 9/10/26 Farmington River Report: Nice Conditions and Great Fishing

Pictured is customer Mike Andrews holding on of the many quality brown he has caught recently. Hours: Monday to Friday 8am-6pm. Saturday & Sunday 8am-5pm. News: The entire upper 21 miles from the dam in Riverton down to the Rt. 177 bridge in Unionville is Catch & Release now, from 9/1 through the 2nd Saturday in April 2027. Steve [...]

Thursday 9/3/26 Farmington River Report: Flying Ants Iso's & Olives, Labor Day Hours

Pictured is a great Farmington River brown trout by fly tyer extraordinaire Nathan Mumford, caught on an Isonychia (Iso) spinner. Don't sleep on spinner patterns! Big trout love them. Hours: Monday to Friday 8am-6pm. Saturday & Sunday 8am-5pm. Labor Day store hours: 8am-3pm. News: The entire upper 21 miles from the dam in Riverton down to the Rt. 177 bridge [...]

Monday 8/31/26 Farmington River Report: Blue Winged Olives & Flying Ants

Pictured is a perfect Farmington River brown trout that Brent M. nymphed up on Sunday, it looks wild to my eyes (always an educated guess). The spotting patterns on browns are like fingerprints, every fish is unique. This one has a LOT of spots on it! Hours: Monday to Friday 8am-6pm. Saturday & Sunday 8am-5pm. This will [...]

Thursday 8/27/26 Farmington River Report: Flying Ants & Great Conditions

New Hours: Monday to Friday 8am-6pm. Saturday & Sunday 8am-5pm. This will be our schedule through the end of the summer. News:Longtime UpCountry employee Don Butler passed away this summer, and Grady wrote a nice tribute piece on our blog. Click here for a link to this post. Pictured up top is local guide Dave Machowski with a [...]

Monday 8/24/26 Farmington River Report: Afternoon Flow Update

A Tribute to the Fish Fox - Don Butler

Don Butler aka "The Fish Fox", was a fixture on the Farmington River for years, teaching others through his guide service and the magazine articles he wrote. Don worked behind the counter at UpCountry all through the 1990s and 2000s. His jovial laugh and varied tales were always entertaining when things were slow at the [...]

Thursday 8/20/26 Farmington River Report: Steve Culton's Farmington Book Signing Saturday.

New Hours: Monday to Friday 8am-6pm. Saturday & Sunday 8am-5pm. This will be our schedule through the end of the summer. News: Pictured up top is once again Jim DeCesare holding a beautiful Farmington River brown trout he fooled this week in the evening on a dry fly. For more fish photos, store announcements and river news visit our [...]

Monday 8/10726 Farmington River Report: Modest Flow Cut this Morning, Geat Water Temps

New Hours: Monday to Friday 8am-6pm. Saturday & Sunday 8am-5pm. This will be our schedule through the end of the summer. News: Pictured up top is a big brown trout tail that belongs to a hefty trout, caught by customer Brent M. With a motor like that, you know it gave him a good fight! For more fish photos, [...]

Thursday 8/13/26 Farmington River Report: In great shape for the weekend

New Hours: Monday to Friday 8am-6pm. Weekends 8am-5pm. News: Pictured up top is customer Alexis with a quality brown from yesterday on a nymph. This week we are taking an extra 10% off our USED, SALE and CLEARANCE Fly Reels. We have an entire cabinet of used and sale reels due to some collections we have purchased, along with lots [...]

Monday 8/10/26 Farmington River Report: Great mid August conditions

Hours: Wednesday 10am-3pm. Monday, Tuesday, Thursday & Friday 8am-6pm. Weekends 8am -5pm. We will stay on this schedule through the end of the summer. News: Pictured up top is an incredibly colored brown trout that Brent M. landed on Saturday, just a large and spectacular specimen of a trout. Maybe this fish colored up early for the October/November [...]

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