Archive : New York

Most anglers struggle to find a balance between family, work, commitments and squeezing in fishing time.   One answer to this dilemma is to target fisheries closer to home.  This week, I’ve had a two hour fishing window (during our baby’s nap time).  My fishing solution was to return...

Dog days of August are a great time to visit your local warm water creek to cast topwater patterns.  I invited a friend to join me for a Huck Finn adventure of wet wading and rock hopping at Honeoye Outlet.  It’s refreshing to wet wade and explore a new portion of a stream.  The water was lown...

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...

Two friends and I recently enjoyed fishing a quality sulpher and blue winged olive hatch on the West Branch of the Delaware River.  There was a good flow (600 plus cfs) and stable water temperature (50 degrees).  With this heat spell, the Upper West Branch has been one of the more trout friendly fishing...

This heat wave significantly elevated river temperatures.  It’s just not prudent to target trout in local streams when the water is low and air temps are in the nineties.  I was supposed to fish and show a friend local trout options for Irondequoit Creek.  Instead, I suggested smallmouth bass...

The last few years I’ve spent my July 4th weekend in the Thousand Islands.  My wife’s family has a wonderful cottage on the water.  Each trip I learn more about the region, especially the fishery.  Every year I experience quality fishing and this year was most productive.  Even better,...

Anticipating a repeat of last Saturday, I journeyed to the West Branch of the Delaware hoping for another epic day of sulpher fishing. With the sulpher hatch well under way for a month, we knew that the fish were getting selective.  Sam (West Branch Angler’s Resort) encouraged us to throw a tiny...

As anglers, we tend to enjoy all aspects of fly fishing and relish each opportunity to wet a line.  I don’t know where I’d be without my annual dose of crashing bluefish, lazy farm bluegills, fresh tributary chrome, salmon madness in the fall, Thousand Island smallmouth, and so on.  We...

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...