Lewis Pond, Etc.

Yesterday, we were supposed to float the Connecticut River with Bill, starting in Canaan. Got to Solomon's at 8am only to find that the night's rain had turned the river into chocolate soup. As we pulled up to Bill, he asked, "Plan B"?

Plan B turned out to be a trip over to our neck of the woods to find Lewis Pond. After stopping for a VT license for Bill at Priscilla's, we headed over the East Branch logging road down to route 105. From there, a right turn, and then the next right brings you into the Silvio Conte WMR, which has been in existence for about 10 years but about which we are just learning. They've got new signage up that lead you fairly easily to Lewis Pond, especially if you have a gazeteer. Lewis is beautiful and we popped the drift boat in and set out to explore. Seemed like it was good brook trout water, although the fishing was not particularly good, but it was a bright day in the middle of the day, so I'd try it again.

After a few hours in the sun, we repaired to the Lewis Overlook for lunch. This apparently is one of the best spots in Vermont for viewing fall foliage -- I can believe it.


After lunch, we explored around the black branch of the Nowhegan River, which had a lot of water coming through it. Looked like beautiful trout water but Alan says he never had much luck fishing the east branch as a kid -- so we don't know what the story is. Back at camp, we said goodbye to Bill, and headed over to Jackson Lodge to see Serge and Donna and to have a nice meal.

Another excellent day in Vermont!