This November has been one of the best in a long time or possibly ever. The number of fish above 10 pounds is mind-boggling, and now only if it’s above 15 does it feel worth mentioning. Absolutely incredible. What’s more, most of the beaches are fishing almost equally as well, making your odds of finding good fishing even better! 

Both the indicator bite and the strip bite remain excellent, with maybe only a slight advantage to the indicator on most days. Of course, the feeling of strip setting into a massive trout may even things out a bit for the angler. As expected, with last week’s full moon, the bite did slow a bit. But we are right back into the swing of things with endless reports of great fishing on any given day and location. There will occasionally be tough days in between, depending on weather and fish activity from day to day. However, 15-20 fish days with the possibility of one nearing 20 pounds are a realistic possibility. The bite window remains good most of the day, with the slowest fishing usually happening around 1-3 in the afternoon. But often this is when that one big bruiser cruises through and drops your bobber. 

When fishing under the indo, we have been mostly setting our depths at around 6-10 feet, spacing our flies out a few feet apart to cover a greater range of depths. If in doubt, the go to color has been any shade of black, but when the sun pokes out, olive, white or brown can out-produce the dark colors. When stripping your flys, one light color and one dark color is always a great way to maximize your color contrast on your presentation. So, start with one black bugger and one white or olive bugger. We have also been finding greater success in larger profiles for balanced leeches, buggers and beetles right now as they are coming off eating large bait most of the summer. As winter sets in out here and the abundance of food diminishes and angling pressure sets in, look to downsize your flies if you aren’t having much luck.