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Photo Credit: Mountain Spirit Institute  It has been four days since I have been in Northeastern Yellowstone hunting for trout.  Even the marmot at Roosevelt Lodge (where we stayed) is upset about the fishing conditions in that part of the park.  His daily commute from under the community bathrooms...

Well the flows finally came down enough to make the Oatka fishable on Friday.  We were hovering around 3.0 ft (3.4 ft is the upper limit).  As I am writing this the creek has made its was up to 5.36 ft over the weekend.  Looks like a complete blow out.  Glad I fished on Friday. Another reason I was...

 Having two young children has made it more difficult for me to fish especially in the Fall.  However, I always look forward to Thanksgiving vacation to get at least one day of fishing for steelhead and browns.  This year I was able to convince Craig Dennison to take me out and share a couple of...

After reading Craig Dennison’s post about Irondequoit Creek I thought I would take a stab at fishing farther upstream hoping to get at shot at some larger browns.  In fact I was fishing approximately 20 miles south of Lake Ontario.  Every year I am amazed at how far from Lake Ontario the Salmon,...

After many years of talking about it I finally made it to West Canada Creek this week.  My father-in-law and I left late Thursday morning to make our way down to Trenton Falls from our vacation spot in Indian Lake NY.  When we got to West Canada Creek (about 10am) 3 guys were coming off the stream. ...

On the first day of my vacation I decided to go check out my faithful fishing site just below the Lake Abanakee Dam.  This is typically a very good site for small but feisty stocked rainbow trout.  Upon arriving at the Dam I found that they were letting out quite a bit of water.  This created less...

I was very pleased with this years trip to the West Branch of the Delaware River. No matter what happens the trip is always a learning experience and I always enjoy the company of my fellow Canandaigua Trout Unlimited friends. This year my strategy was to nymph deeper water in the morning then move up...

The Tiger Beetle originated with Craig Matthews and his crew in West Yellowstone, Montana.  The Tiger Beetle Strips and Zelon Tiger Dubbing may be purchased through the Fly Shop Blue Ribbon Flies.  It is a great, easy to tie terrestrial pattern that both the fish and fisherman can see.  I like to...

Late tier Jack Gartside created a very effective baitfish imitation with the Gurgler.  Tie this pattern in white, olive, yellow, orange, black, purple and vary both the length and width.  Feel free to experiment with various colors, as well as using permanent markers to help mark the fly.  I add 3-D,...

About a week ago I made a quick evening trip to my local fishing hole, Irondequoit Creek.  It was a weekend of quick changing temperatures and higher flows.  The fish seemed content not to feed.  I was able to land a small brown on a territorial strike on a streamer but the fishing was slow. This...