Pursuing Trout on a Picturesque, Mountain Top Pond
with Fly Fisherman Shayne Olmsted
Imagine yourself floating along in a McKenzie Drift Boat on the beautiful Upper Valley Section of the Connecticut River while fishing for Smallmouth Bass or on a Picturesque Mountain Top Pond in the pursuit of large Brook & Rainbow Trout. My Speciality is Fly Fishing and Light Spinning with twenty six years experience offering fully guided,safe and comfortable outdoor adventures. All equipment is included along with friendly and relaxed expert instruction. I accommodate beginner thru advanced, 9 - 90.
My new book Fish On! is now available. It offers Techniques, Tips and True Life Experiences which Highly Benefit the beginner through intermediate Fishing Enthusiast. A detailed description of Fish On! can be viewed at Amazon.com.
A free copy of Fish On! will be given at the end of every float!
You can also purchase Fish On! at Amazon.com.
Fishing Trips and Scenic & Birding Floats on the Connecticut River
River Excitement is John Marshall of Hartland, Vermont. I have
been guiding on the Upper Connecticut River for over 25 years and know the waters and the habits of its trout and smallmouth bass!
Join me by yourself or with friends & family for fun, relaxation, great food, beautiful scenery and superb fishing this summer. I'm a graduate of the Culinary Institute of America, Hyde Park, N.Y. so you won't be disappointed if you choose the streamside lunch option. Contact me today to find out what openings are available for this upcoming season.
New Hampshire Wildlife Journal: Host Willem Lange sets out on the Connecticut River for Smallmouth Bass with Fishing Guide John Marshall
Intimate knowledge of what fish want in what weather, season, and time of day
Professional Licensed Registered Fishing Guide who is fully insured, CPR Certified, and First Aid Certified
35 years of fly fishing experience and 26 years of
guiding on the Upper Connecticut River
Quality Equipment - Fly Fishing or Spinning
Our Scenic Nature Floats offer Steiner Optics
Culinary Institute Graduate - Impressive Streamside Lunches
Digital Camera - Photo Emails
Safe & Comfortable - Custom Built McKenzie Drift Boat
Accommodating Beginner Thru Advanced
River Excitement in the Media
Outdoor Life Magazine - August 2009
"River Runners" by Terry Gibson
River Excitement is acknowledged as one of the finest guide services in the country specializing in McKenzie Drift Boat Float Trips for Trout & Smallmouth Bass
"Eastern Outdoors"
Drift Fishing the Connecticut River 1998
by Bob Huttenmeyer
Vermont Public Television
"Floating the
Connecticut River"
VPT comes on a smallmouth bass fly fishing float with me on the Connecticut River near Plainfield, NH
Vermont Life Magazine
1995 Summer Issue
"Guide to Fit the River"
About a day fly fishing for trout on the Upper Connecticut River
North of Now by Walter Wetherell
"Wild Trout" chapter
Reflections of a day trout fishing
River Excitement
P.O. Box 65 * Hartland Four Corners, VT 05049
802-457-4021 * RvrXcitmnt@aol.com