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. ...

Some anglers have tried their hand at carp on the fly, others have not.  If you’re still reading this, chances are you have an interest in catching a carp with the long rod.  I proudly claim that it’s a fun, challenging, endeavor to deceive carp on a fly.  Sight fishing these guys in...

  Salmon are in!  Those three magical words mark the start of  promising Fall tributary fishing.  Recent rain raised water levels and cool nights  dropped water temperature.  While larger systems like the Genesee and Salmon River have known the presence of salmon for weeks, smaller tributaries...

Most of us encounter times when we aren’t able to get on the water.  Between the start of the school year (teaching classes/hosting a student teacher/coaching) and a young family, I’m presently stuck in a non-fishing period.  It’s going to be at least another week before I wet a line. ...

This Wednesday, September 7th I’m presenting a program for the Upstate Fly Fishers.  I have a neat presentation that showcases the promising bass and pike fishery of our Thousand Island Region.  Fishing strategies, weather conditions, temperature, fly lines, fly selection, fishing crafts and...

  I am not sure who named the AuSable river but if I were to take an educated guess it was probably a French explorer (Samuel de Champlain) or trapper who was facinated by the sandy deposits that line the bottom of that river.  The French translation of Au Sable is “sand”. ...

Timing is everything on the West Branch of the Delaware.  If I manage a trip to the WBD in late August,  I try to coincide my fishing time with overcast conditions.  The absence of bright sun and heat seem to improve the quality of the blue-wing olive hatch.  While some might favor heat and sun for...

Late August is not known for prolific hatches and stellar angling in Upstate New York.  We are between seasons and waiting for temperatures to cool.  During these dog days of August, I sometimes turn to chasing carp on the Erie Canal.  Bright sun, heat, minimal wind and warm water are favorable conditions...

My cousin and his pre-teen son recently took up fly fishing.  They live in Massachusetts  and we hadn’t yet enjoyed the opportunity to fish together.  We agreed that it would be nice to take an overnight fishing trip and decided upon the West Branch of the Delaware River.  I was confident...

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