Brian Lansing
Spring Conditions In August?
July in review. Conditions were great this month, especially toward the end of the month, for fly fishing in Central New York.
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skunked...
and out of beer...
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
- Jun 30
- 5 min
New Post!
New post! It's been quite some time, but here is a very brief update on my spring fishing, conditions, and going forward.
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
- 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 6, 2019
- 3 min
Life in the Abyss – Jigging for Adirondack Lake Trout
The meat eating lakers crushed the jig and swung immediately back to the cover and structure of the bottom. Big head shakes are the norm.
Brian Lansing
- Aug 29, 2019
- 3 min
weekend review pt. 2: loads of pickerel
They stalk it for a ways and then nose up out of the blackness inhaling the fly from behind.
Brian Lansing
- Aug 26, 2019
- 3 min
weekend review: part 1 - severely bug bitten and exploring new water
We arrived back to the cabin tired, severely bug bitten, thirsty, hungry, and smelly, but not skunked or out of beer.
Brian Lansing
- Aug 21, 2019
- 2 min
buggers and "bop it!"
The bugger is kind of like the #flyfishing edition of “bop it”. The commands for the bugger could be “swing it!”, “strip it!”, “jig it!"...
Brian Lansing
- Aug 13, 2019
- 4 min
Lose a few flies, catch more trout.
Trout live, eat, and hide in the places that are more difficult to fish. If you’re not losing some flies, you’re missing out on trout.
Brian Lansing
- Aug 7, 2019
- 4 min
summertime scouting
This is a scouting mission. Summer is the easiest time to find new water and see what’s really going on in the stream or river.
Brian Lansing
- Aug 1, 2019
- 2 min
think big | it's hopper season
This means big, fat, juicy, buoyant, high riding, foamy, elk hair covered, rubber legged grasshoppers. It’s hopper season for the next...
Brian Lansing
- Jul 29, 2019
- 3 min
Guys' Weekend
It was a guys’ weekend. Five of us were on a summertime trout catching, beer drinking mission in Upstate New York.
Brian Lansing
- Jul 22, 2019
- 2 min
it's all about trout...at least this week
Small windows of cool weather are times to look forward to in the summer for fly anglers with trout as the target.
Brian Lansing
- Jul 19, 2019
- 2 min
No Pants Wading Season
Or, you could go out and wade through your choice of water without waders. Did you really think I condone not wearing any pants?