Pennsylvania, United States Wild brown trout streamer fishing continues to be very productive with nice fish up into the low-mid 20's. Lake Erie tributary smallmouth bass fishing has been consistent, though is slowing do...
Parker, Pennsylvania, United States The theme for this Spring and the early part of the Summer has been rain!! I'm talking torrential downpour type rain that renders Rivers and Streams unfishable within a few short minut...
Kittanning, Pennsylvania, United States I've been waiting for colder water temps to fish for Muskie for a few months now and I finally got what I wanted. The water was in the low 50's, perfect color and perfect level. I...
Pennsylvania, United States The wild brown trout fishing in central Pennsylvania is very good right now. With higher flows, streamers fished to undercut banks and overhanging vegetation is producing some outstanding qual...
Freeport, Pennsylvania, United States I intended to travel to Erie to scout for some Steelhead spots for a few upcoming trips but the threat of a big snow storm changed that plan so I decided to fish for Musky instead. I...
Erie, Pennsylvania, United States Nothing brings me any more pleasure than helping someone catch their first fish on a fly rod, or guiding someone to their first Steelhead or Wild Trout for that matter. There is a certai...
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 ...
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States John Bentley and I made our second trip to Northern Pennsylvania in preparation of the Beast of the East Musky fly fishing tournament in October. We debated on fishing the first sectio...
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States My friend and fellow guide John Bentley and I traveled to the north central area of Pennsylvania to scout for a Musky fly fishing tournament in October. This would be my first time fi...
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 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...
Milesburg, Pennsylvania, United States The weather in Central Pennsylvania was unseasonably warm...but very welcomed! It was bright and sunny with high temperatures in the low 50's. We fished many Central Pa streams in a...
Bellefonte, Pennsylvania, United States Guided two great guys for Wild Trout On April 3, 2017. We were fishing on Spring Creek near the town of Bellefonte, Pa. The weather was partly cloudy, high temps were low 60's and ...
Milesburg, Pennsylvania, United States I fished Spring Creek in Central Pa with my client Rachel on 6/19/18. An overnight rain shower raised the water level and clouded the stream quite a bit so I chose to start Rachel o...
Milesburg, Pennsylvania, United States I've been so fortunate in my guiding career to have super awesome human beings to guide. That was especially true with John and Rob who I guided for Wild Trout on Spring Creek near ...
Milesburg, Pennsylvania, United States I'm always nervous leading up to a trip. I want every one of my clients to catch a fish and enjoy their time on the water. There are so many variables that factor into a clients su...
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...
Pennsylvania, United States Streamer fishing has been very good over the past few days and will continue to produce well as long as sufficient flows and warm temperatures don't drive the fish down. Covering all water wel...
Kittanning, Pennsylvania, United States I had some free time so I headed to one of my favorite Musky spots to see if I could make something happen. I got to the river at daybreak and the water temperature was 52 degrees,...
Milesburg, Pennsylvania, United States I guided a great sat water fisherman from the Washington DC area by the name of Thao Le. She was new to the freshwater game and new to fly fishing in general. I choose to take my be...
Kittanning, Pennsylvania, United States âI finally got the water flows that I was looking for and despite the single digit temperatures I went out to cure my cabin fever and chase my new favorite fish, the Musky. I ...
Butler, Pennsylvania, United States Wednesday August 30, Sunny with daytime temperature of high 77deg and low temperature of 72deg. This particular watershed is an outflow of a local reservoir and it has a soft silty ...
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...
East Brady, Pennsylvania, United States With the crazy weather patterns ushering in lots of Spring time rain, we haven't been able to fish for Musky as much as we would like. On April 12 the water level finally began to ...
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...
Freeport, Pennsylvania, United States We finally had some decent water levels to fish for Musky so my fishing partner Andrew and I headed out to our favorite Musky water. The forecast called for partly sunny skies, with ...
Tyrone, Pennsylvania, United States This trip was with my awesome client Ryan from Potter County, Pa. Ryan is strictly a streamer fisherman and a fine one at that. So when I told Ryan about the high water conditions on t...
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...
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...
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 ...
Huntingdon, Pennsylvania, United States I spent the day fishing a little feeder stream with my client Thao Le. We began our day around 10 am ET, sky was cloudy, water was ultra clear and on the low side with air temperat...
Huntingdon, Pennsylvania, United States I guided two very experienced fly anglers on the Little Juniata River for Wild Trout. Ryan and Josh are buddies that reside in the Potter County area. Ryan is a committed streamer ...
spruce creek, Pennsylvania, United States It's always a great day when your client catches a personal best fish...but when they catch TWO personal bests then that's an amazing day!!
There was some sporadic Sulphur ha...
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...