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...
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...
The Popsicle was created by George Cook in the 80’s. It belongs to a group of patterns he created called the Alaskabou Series. Among this group are the Volcano and the Blue Moon. These are flies that have been designed...
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...
Fly fishing has a tendency to produce fanatics, purists, and even some insufferable snobs. Sure, not everyone who picks up a fly rod goes down those paths, but it does seem that the percentage of practitioners of the lo...
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 ...
New York, United States Great fishing for this early in the run. Fished a combination of streamer techniques including sink tip swinging and riffle hitch swinging a floating line. Quite a few fish spread over the middle ...
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...
LISTEN TO THE PODCAST: https://destinationangler.libsyn.com/websitePicture this. You’re off on a fishing adventure to a new location and just arrived at the fly shop, hoping to pick up some local knowledge. It’s 7...
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 ...
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...
Fly fishing has a tendency to produce fanatics,
purists, and even some insufferable snobs. Sure, not everyone who picks up a
fly rod goes down those paths, but it does seem that the percentage of
practitioners of the lon...
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...
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 ...
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...
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...
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 ...
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...
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...
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.
Intruder-like flies have proven to be very effective with preying fish, especially with salmonids. From the original patterns tied with pheasant, heron, ostrich and other birds, many other variants which include syntheti...
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...
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 ...
With a nod towards traditional designs, Sage has reimagined the full frame reel preferred by many two-handed purists with the new DOMAIN series.Combining a full frame design to ensure no line pinches and the modern-day a...
Pulaski, New York, United States Fishing on the Salmon River remains good top to bottom. The recent high water pulled in some fresh fish into the system and they are making their way upriver. Today the area received abou...
Fd: How did you get into fly fishing?Bob: A friend took me fishing one day on the Bow River in the late 60’s. I caught with a spoon three great rainbows and soon enough fishing became my new passion. At the time, I w...
Fd: When did you start fly fishing? Can you tell us about your memories from those times?Paula: I started fly fishing from a young age. For as far back as I can remember my dad had taken me out fishing with him. My you...
Bombers and their relatives, Buck Bugs, are flies from New Brunswick, born in the famous Miramichi River. These deer hair flies have then found a place in remote distant waters such as those in cold Russia, Pacific steel...
On the fly fishing map of the world, Russia is still mostly a white spot. This is especially true of the Russian Far East: this vast region (the size of the North American coast from Mexico to Alaska) is not well known a...
Detour Day – An Idaho SteelheadThis past weekend my girlfriend Lacey and I had to travel
from Boise to her parents place in northern Idaho to grab some of her things as
we are moving to Colorado at the end of the week....
Almost every client I have at one time or another during the day asks me the same question, was that a pluck or a rock? My answer is usually something like, well, let's walk back up stream and find out. The hunt for ...
The concepts of "beautiful" or "good" river quite subjective. Typically, we put in them different meanings, but there are common points such as untouched, beautiful landscape around, comfortable size of the river, conv...
April lives in British Columbia and is an avid angler and steelhead, salmon and trout guide. She was born with an unexplainable passion for fishing. As a young girl she coaxed her father into going fishing and by the ag...
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...
FD: How many countries have you visited for fly fishing? Hard to count but it seems that not less than 25 countries with many returns to my favorite spots and different areas of gigantic countries like Russia for example...
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...
A 20lb steelhead is a special fish and the benchmark for a giant. A 30lb fish is the stuff of legends but three tributaries of the Skeena system in British Columbia can boost the opportunity to tie into one of these mons...
