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Any angler looking to take up fly fishing or brush up on basics may be interested in an upcoming fly fishing camp.  This June, I’m collaborating with Creative Themes Day Camp in Penfield to offer an eight session evening fly fishing camp.  Creative Themes Day Camp is an excellent location to...

When the hendrickson hatch is in full swing, there’s no river I’d rather fish than the West Branch of the Delaware.  The WBD is a bug factory.  This river provides a substantial emergence of hendricksons, along with other tasty insect species for trout.  Prolific hatches produce trophy...

On Good Friday a friend and I fished the Upper Delaware River System.  The conditions weren’t ideal, but it was our only chance to fish.  We decided to make the lengthy car trip, despite an unfavorable forecast.  There was a heavy frost the previous night and it took hours for things to warm...

Come check out the April 4th Meeting of Upstate Fly Fishers!   JP Ross of JP Ross Fly Rods in Utica will be doing a presentation on his Trout Power program.  J.P. is promoting West Canada Creek, it’s trout and the surrounding area and businesses.  Trout Power is about growing commerce, community...

The recent exit of Syracuse University in the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament put me in a funk that only fishing could cure.  My sympathetic wife, an SU grad, understood my grief.  It was a magical hoops season that ended short of the Final Four.  I’m proud of the SU crew and all the...

It’s fair to say that anytime is the right time to fish for steelhead.  These aggressive, acrobatic and colorful fish are fun to catch, period.  Steelhead are worth chasing whenever you have time.  They are in our tributaries from late September through early May.  On the Salmon River (Pulaski,...

This past week streamer fishing improved.  I managed to fish three times and each trip exclusively swung flies.  Every trip I hooked several fish.  The takes were neither subtle nor casual.  They were aggressive, rod jolting, wake you up and hold on to your rod strikes!  It was the best period...

Many thanks to everyone who participated in Angler’s Workshop on Saturday, February 4th.  Close to 200 people were involved (instructors, sponsors, volunteers and participants).   The way so many friends, fellow anglers and family members made this event a success was a blessing.  Our quality...

Our streams barely received a burp of water between the latest snow run off and light rain.  I was hoping for an invigorating push of water  to bring in fresh fish.  I recently scouted several small creeks East of Rochester.  They appeared pitifully low for mid-February.  After driving some distance,...

After my last bumbling episode for steelhead, I figured that I needed angling redemption.  Problem was, I didn’t have much time to fish.  Between teaching, coaching, parenting, fishing presentations and Angler’s Workshop, I just couldn’t finagle time to fish.  Don’t you hate...