We’ve experienced some decent rain this week and I was itching to fish.  A half an inch or more of rainfall has the capacity to bring in fresh steelhead.  Recently, I managed to free up two hours of fishing time and drove to a small tributary.  To my surprise, the water was clear and the flow...

Just when you think Old Man Winter might really be here, the forecast warms up.  After a few days of cold temperature and light snow, the temperature moves back to the upper thirties and mid forties.  This is ideal for the winter steelheader.  First, it’s always more pleasant to fish when the...

Craig and I decided we were going to take a couple hours and do some New Years Steelhead fishing.  We went to one of our favorite Lake Ontario tributaries and was greeted with bright and shiny Posted signs. We found what we believed to be a public section of the tributary and gained access...

Every year that we fish is a good year.  It’s tough to be cynical about any year that offers quality angling.  Still, there’s always that missed fish, missed hatch, or squandered angling opportunity.  Any fly fisher who spends  a minute on piscatorial reflection will uncover missed angling...

With moderate rain over the past two weeks, several smaller tributaries enjoyed a fresh push of rainbows.  There were rainbows actively spawning, on gravel, digging redds and chasing each other around.  Around Thanksgiving and for days after, there were some epic quantity catches of rainbows.  The...

Like many Americans, our family recently received boxes of Girl Scout Cookies.  I purchased mine through a Girl Scout in my classroom.  My wife bought some through a local Brownie Troop.  Enjoying these cookies is an annual Fall tradition.  Another Fall tradition is chasing lake run brownies.  Have...

On Tuesday, November 15th I’m presenting for our local Chapter of Trout Unlimited.  Seth Green Chapter of Trout Unlimited is the Rochester based Chapter that meets at Gander Mountain (300 Jay Scutti Boulevard – Rochester, NY 14623  (585) 424-4100).  There is a fly tying demonstration...

I friend of mine from church, Bryan Meck, invited me to fish with him, another friend and Byran’s father Charlie Meck.  He invited us to fish with him at the Spruce Creek Rod and Gun club in Spruce Creek Pennsylvania Saturday and Sunday morning.  When Bryan invited me I had impressions of a gilded...

We haven’t received significant rain in the past week.  As a result, our small creeks are low.  Tributary browns that ran upsteam several weeks ago are mostly hunkered down in deep holes, waiting for more rain.  There are some male browns on gravel with the odd female.  For the most part,...

As autumn leaves color our landscape, we are still waiting for significant rainfall. We need days of soaking rain to push more water into smaller and mid-sized tributaries.  Recent rain over the past week barely elevated water levels.  The ground is so parched, that most rainfall was quickly absorbed. ...