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...

Each Spring I host a long weekend trip to the West Branch of the Delaware River.  I offer this trip through The Canandaigua Lake Chapter of Trout Unlimited and to any interested friends.  It is an affordable three night trip, a mere three hour drive from Rochester.  Each year we have a good mix of...

My schedule has been packed and I haven’t fished much these few weeks.  To remedy this, I invited a friend (Brian) to join me fishing Irondequoit Creek after dinner.  It’s great to have a decent trout stream within minutes of your house!  There is a solid combination of wild, holdover...

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,...

Two friends from North Carolina drove up to spend a week fishing the Delaware River System.  Both are semi-retired and enjoy superb Appalachian Trout and Tennessee Tailwater fishing.  One just returned from Chile and it seems like they enjoy exotic  angling trips annually.  It wasn’t a coincidence...

To cap off Spring Break I decided to make a day trip to the West Branch of the Delaware River.  I invited a friend to join me.  Greg never previously fished the WBD.  During the drive I enthusiastically described the nirvana attributes of the WBD during late April (wadable water conditions, opportunistic...

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...

After church on Sunday, I made a motivated drive to the West Branch of the Delaware River.  I was motivated to fish because I liked the conditions.  Over the past week, the cubic feet per second (cfs) discharge from Cannonsville Reservoir dropped below 1,000.  Just three days ago, the cfs was in...

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