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Now is the time for fly fishing in Central New York! Conditions are great! Wood handcrafted fly fishing nets for sale!

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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Spring Conditions In August?

Aug 3, 2021
7 min

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.

New Post!

Jun 30, 2021
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.

west branch tidbits and snapped tippets

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...

july heat, vacation, flats trip, and baseball is back!

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.

Happy Independence Day

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.

low and clear, but cold

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.

Life in the Abyss – Jigging for Adirondack Lake Trout

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.

weekend review pt. 2: loads of pickerel

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.

weekend review: part 1 - severely bug bitten and exploring new water

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.

buggers and "bop it!"

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!"...

Lose a few flies, catch more trout.

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.

summertime scouting

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.

think big | it's hopper season

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...

Guys' Weekend

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.

it's all about trout...at least this week

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.

No Pants Wading Season

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?