New York, United States Fishing still remains very productive. Look for the browns to start keying in heavily on baitfish patterns as the numbers of browns dropping out of the creeks starts to rise. Steelhead remain hit ...
New York, United States Brown trout are still fishing very, very well in the Lake Ontario tribs. Swinging streamers is the most exciting, and one of the most productive way to fish these fish, with baitfish and attractor...
New York, United States Fishing has been consistent over the past week, with steelhead, king salmon, and coho salmon all making an appearance in our rivers. Look for good fishing to continue as water levels drop from the...
New York, United States After a long summer and a dry start to fall, we have finally had a few rainy days here in western New York. The creeks and rivers rose quite a bit toward the end of last week. Over the weekend and...
New York, United States Numbers of lake run browns in the creeks and rivers remains very good. Steelhead numbers are inching upwards. Lots of snowmelt means blown out creeks for a while. Look for streamers to fish well as the creek levels drop.
Buffalo, NY, New York, United States Waters up across the area. Bigger rivers are muddy but the other creeks that have good flow are fishing well. We're still seeing quality fish! Browns running 10 pounds and steelhead u...
Buffalo, New York, United States The Steelhead fishing in the Lake Erie Tributaries, specifically the Pennsylvania tribs, is very dependent upon rainfall to ensure adequate water depth and temperatures for the Steelhead...
Fd: Can you tell us a bit about how the idea of setting up a fly-fishing operation came up? I’ve wanted to be a guide since middle school. However, as I got older, I was convinced by people older than me (adults) that...
Ohio, United States Good despite high, dirty water. We've had a lot of rain last week, and then got snow. The bigger systems are now dropping and should begin to fish. Got out to some small creeks and found some fish despite 8-10" of visibility.
Ohio, United States Still finding steelhead and the smallies are starting to show. We are looking at the end of steelhead system, probably another three weeks or so. But then we transition to smallmouth and trout. We sho...
Ohio, United States DOUBLE DIGITS IN THE NET BEFORE NOON! Fished with Mike over the weekend. We hit em swinging. We hit em nymphing. Ohio rivers are loaded. Give me a call or shoot me a message if you want to get in on t...
Ohio, United States BIG FISH YEAR! Put a 34" mid teens steelhead in the net over the weekend. Been saying it all spring that we're seeing those big fish this year, just having some trouble getting them to cooperate with ...
Ohio, United States Lots of fresh fish are still being caught! We are having about equal success with swinging spey rods and indicator fishing. It looks the unseasonable cold has retreated and now we are to normal temps....
Ohio, United States Water is up but still has enough vis to fish! We're seeing good numbers of spring fish. Looking ahead, we should have dropping an clearing flows as March progresses. I expect good numbers of three and...
Lake Cowichan, Canada With the winter steelhead coming to a close for the season we still got a few weeks of great fishing with the last of the March run entering the system. We are switching gears to trout fishing with ...
New York, United States Fished through 15" of lake effect snow with two great guys- father and son team Greg and Kyle- from West Virginia! There are still plenty of fish to be had. Ice is starting to be a problem but the...
New York, United States Great fishing continues despite the cold weather. We're also finding some big fish- up to 35-36". More than I've seen in years past. They're out there if you put the work in to find them. Looking ...
Ohio, United States Great fishing continues. Spey fishing is the way to go. The rivers are still a bit high, but it's from snowmelt so there is still good visibility. We're seeing a bunch of nice fish pushing in. Should ...
Ohio, United States Spring steelhead fishing remains very good! We have been able to float or wade and are finding good numbers of fish any way we get out after them. The water is a bit high right now but dropping, so lo...
Ohio, United States The spring steelhead game here in Ohio has really picked up over the last couple weeks. With the warm winter, things are running approximately two weeks ahead of schedule. Look for solid fishing to co...
Ohio, United States Finally the bigger waters are back online and we're seeing some really good fishing. Fresh fish are pushing in. They are eager to eat a swung fly or can be taken readily under an indicator. We should ...
Erie, Pennsylvania, United States We started our scouting excursions for Steelhead this past week (end of September) This year has been one of the wettest in recent history everywhere but the Great Lakes area. So as usua...
Erie, Pennsylvania, United States Our Lake Erie Steelhead season is in full swing and our clients are having a blast! This early part of the season has been challenging because of the low clear water flows throughout mo...
New York, United States Still finding the fish despite the freezing temps. The season is closing up fast! Unless the weather changes, we might be needing to batten down the hatches until spring ice out. Keep your fingers...
Ohio, United States ANOTHER DAY OF DOUBLE DIGIT STEELHEAD IN THE NET! Great fishing continues. We're seeing good numbers of fish up to 10 pounds and an handful over that. Lost the biggest Ohio steelhead I've seen in year...
Erie, Pennsylvania, United States We had three clients fish with us on Saturday, February 11,2017. All three were new to fly fishing and inexperienced Steelhead fishermen as well. With that said after a brief tutorial on...
Erie, Pennsylvania, United States Streams have been low and clear the last few days. Most reports are coming from just above the access points and upstream on streams. Again mostly egg and minnow patterns have been prod...
Erie, Pennsylvania, United States Stream flows were perfect, with nice green tint. Temps were in the low 30's with light wind. Some ice on stream bank but no effect on fishing. We used Simms cold weather gear that kept u...
New York, United States Great few days fishing. Lots of fish willing to take a swung fly high in the water column. Even found a fish willing to commit to a skated bomber but lost it. Epic. With the high clarity and warm ...
Erie, Pennsylvania, United States Our 2018 Fall Steelhead season is chugging along and our clients have been catching a lot of fish. Inconsistent rain patterns early in the season forced us to search for prime water cond...
Erie, Pennsylvania, United States Lake Erie, Pa area had approximately 12"-16" of existing snow that melted with unseasonably warm weather and rain on January 9-12 2017 causing major flooding. We planned our guided trip ...
Erie, Pennsylvania, United States *Season Over - Will resume in October 2018. The normal season runs October thru March. We are looking forward to a solid Fall run! Lake Erie Bass action is excellent right now... Both La...
Cleveland, Ohio, United States Well it's spring steelhead time! Can't believe it's here already, but chrome steelhead have been running the rivers for the last few weeks. We were swinging them up on the Grand in February...
New York, United States Steady fishing over the past week and a half. Better when the temperature is warmer and a bit tougher when it's cold. Saw 16 degrees on the car thermometer a couple mornings ago so that made it a ...
Erie, Pennsylvania, United States I had the privilege of guiding Rob Giannino from Fly Fishing Journeys and his son Tyler for Tylers first ever trip to Steelhead Alley. Tyler was relatively new to the sport of fly fishin...
Lake Cowichan, British Columbia, Canada With the spring weather here on Vancouver island the fishing is heating up as well and the bugs are starting to hatch. dry fly fishing for rainbow trout cutthroat and browns have b...
Fd: Can you tell about the beginnings of your outfitting service? I started Keystone Anglers Guide Service as a way of introducing new people to the sport of fly fishing. I feel that sometimes the sport can be a little c...
Bryson City, North Carolina, United States Good fishing right now for white bass and walleye at the mouth of the Tuckaseege River outside of Bryson City. A few lake run Steelhead are being caught. Steelhead should peak over the next two weeks.
Erie, Pennsylvania, United States This trip has been a long time in the making. Treven and I had a couple trip dates thast we had to reschedule starting from last Fall so I was so pumped to finally get him in on some Lak...
Erie, Pennsylvania, United States I guided two great guys who also happen to be awesome fly anglers for Lake Erie Steelhead. Jim is from New Hampshire and was coming to Steelhead Alley for the first time. Rob hails from ...
Fd: Can you tell us a bit about how the idea of setting up a fly-fishing operation came up? Well I'd been guiding in Alaska for a number of years, and when the season would end up there I'd come back home here and our fa...
Jim Teeny es uno de los pescadores con mosca más innovadores de todos los tiempos. Su famosa ninfa Teeny Nymph y su serie de líneas de pesca con mosca han cambiado el deporte para siempre, convirtiéndose en cosas de l...
When Lacey found out she didn’t have work it didn’t take more
than her saying to me. “Let’s just go right now, we can fish a few extra days
and I’ll drive so you can work on the way.” She packed while I finis...
Simon's father taught him to fish at the age of 6. Now 48, he's been teaching fly casting professionally since he was 16. He has both cast and fished for England in British, European and World Championships and was elect...