Merry Christmas And Happy New Year!
I'll start off by wishing everyone Merry Christmas (I know I'm 5 days late) and a happy New Year.
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Summer fly fishing is here! I look forward to seeing you on the water!
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Welcome to my fly fishing blog! I invite you to follow along as I share my thoughts on all fly fishing related "stuff". I'll be sharing fishing stories, tips, gear reviews, pointers, trip summaries, reports and more. Tales of defeat, triumphs, mishaps, more defeats, and lessons learned await.
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Brian Lansing
- Dec 1, 2020
- 3 min
Late Fall Fly Fishing In Central New York
"... wool socks, cozy waders, a warm jacket and hat, fleece pants, handwarmers, hot streamside coffee, and setting the hook on a feisty..."
Brian Lansing
- Sep 29, 2020
- 6 min
seven days of stripers
If you've read my last post, you may recall I was heading to Cape Cod for an extended trip of fly fishing and guiding for stripers and...
Brian Lansing
- Sep 10, 2020
- 6 min
Sliding into September
Without hesitation and with an unprecedented amount of confidence, precision, and force, I sent my fly rocketing directly into the...
Brian Lansing
- Aug 3, 2020
- 5 min
west branch tidbits and snapped tippets
We had fun, caught fish, broke some fish off, threw a few fits, didn’t lose too many flies or break any rods, didn’t run out of water...
Brian Lansing
- Jul 22, 2020
- 4 min
july heat, vacation, flats trip, and baseball is back!
After all, we are into the dog days of summer. This certainly doesn’t mean there isn’t good fly fishing to be had.
Brian Lansing
- Jul 3, 2020
- 4 min
Happy Independence Day
Have a great weekend. Stay safe. Enjoy a frosty beverage. Catch fish. If you don't catch fish, work on your fish stories.
Brian Lansing
- May 29, 2020
- 5 min
my month of may, fly fishing in central and upstate new york
My month of May. I am open for guided trips, classes, and lessons! Also, my May fly fishing report and what's new.
Brian Lansing
- Apr 23, 2020
- 5 min
fly tying - color, size, and material matter
Each fly is designed to do different things and for different conditions. Each has a purpose.
Brian Lansing
- Apr 17, 2020
- 4 min
weekly fly fishing review
"I wish I had a colorful story about breaking a rod as I heroically tamed a five-foot long native brook trout, which ran me a half mile..."
Brian Lansing
- Dec 16, 2019
- 5 min
low and slow
Fly fishing in winter means cold water temperatures, lethargic fish, deep holds, deep drifts, long drifts, and careful attention to...
Brian Lansing
- Dec 10, 2019
- 3 min
it’s been a while – a month in review
Putting the rods down against a tree and taking a break, we sat on a couple of boulders and sipped on hot coffee to take the chill off.
Brian Lansing
- Nov 8, 2019
- 3 min
non-committal
After you’re done beating yourself up and telling yourself “I’m the worst fly fisherman in the galaxy and brown trout must hate me”, enjoy..
Brian Lansing
- Oct 31, 2019
- 4 min
my favorite fly – the Kinky Muddler
My favorite fly and the fly that I use most often, at least for non-trout and salmon species, is the Kinky Muddler or a slight variation.
Brian Lansing
- Oct 23, 2019
- 4 min
to find fish, find the birds… and make quality casts
To find feeding fish, find feeding birds. Feeding birds means bait. Though it could also mean humans throwing stale bread in the water...
Brian Lansing
- Oct 17, 2019
- 4 min
stripers during the nor’easter - pt. 2
With a game plan of “we’ll figure it out in the morning” in place, we checked tide charts one last time and headed to bed to get ready to...
Brian Lansing
- Oct 16, 2019
- 3 min
stripers during the nor'easter - pt. 1
I’m back to Syracuse after fly fishing for stripers last week and through the weekend in Cape Cod. It was windy and wet…
Brian Lansing
- Oct 3, 2019
- 3 min
rain, increased flows, and flingin' streamers
Act quickly because the window of opportunity is small. Brown trout love these small windows and you should too.
Brian Lansing
- Sep 24, 2019
- 2 min
low and clear, but cold
Sunday morning, I had the pleasure of sharing the stream and showing Jenny and Kathy around a Central New York trout stream.
Brian Lansing
- Sep 10, 2019
- 3 min
Fall Preparations
Take advantage of time now to tie flies and gear up before you have to scramble at the end of the month or in October and November.