fly-fishing

Seneca Lake out of Watkins Glen 11/25 PM

Got out here for just over 3 hours starting at noon.  The weather will be taking a turn for the worse on Thanksgiving.  After that, we're into normal (cold!) early December conditions.  Although I didn't have what I wanted weather-wise for fly-fishing salmon, I decided...

Cayuga Lake out of Myers Park 11/21 PM

Got out here on my own today for just over three hours starting at around noon.  The surface temperature in the lower lake is 48/49.  Expect mid-40s up out of Union Springs/Cayuga.  On a whim, I decided to try some deep fly-fishing, given the abundance...

Otisco Lake 6/5 AM

Got out here for a 1/2 day fly-fishing trip for tiger muskies with Fred and his brother Matt.   Both have joined me in the past for laker trips.  If I said we had any semblance of good conditions today, I'd be lying. We had next...

Skaneateles Lake 5/20

Got out here with Mark I. getting underway just before 9:30 am.  He was up for different stuff today, so I brought a laker set-up along with some outfits set up with jerkbaits, tubes and hair jigs.  That was all we needed today.  As is...

Cayuga Lake 4/23 – 25

Got out for two 1/2-days of lake trout jigging on Cayuga Lake out of Long Point and then one full-day of fly-fishing for salmon out of Myers.  In a nutshell, lake trout jigging is showing signs of quick improvement.  I cleaned a couple of fish...

Cayuga Lake 4/11 – 14

Over the past four days, I guided a couple of lake trout trips and a couple of casting trips for salmon on Cayuga Lake.  I've long contended that weather conditions are one of the most vital factors in fishing success.  In the spring, gradual warming...

Cayuga Lake out of Taughannock State Park 4/4 midday trip

Guided Curt and his daughter Tennessee for a 1/2 day trip getting underway around 11:30 am.  He likes to fly-fish, so he fly-casted and she used gear.  Cayuga Lake has been awful for landlocked salmon over the past year, but oddly, a bunch of them...

Keuka Lake 3/27 PM, Seneca Lake 3/28

Fished Keuka Lake on my own on Thursday afternoon and then guided a full-day trip out of Watkins Glen on Seneca Lake yesterday.  Keuka Lake remains a terrific option for fly-fishing lake trout and also catching them shallow on gear.  The population is 100% wild and...

Seneca Lake out of Watkins Glen 3/11

Did a 6-hour day with Gordon starting at 9:45 am.  I've had a few people ask me why there haven't been any fishing reports over the past couple of months.  For those of you who do not read all of my posts, I'm pretty sure...

Seneca Lake out of Watkins Glen 12/27 PM

Got out here on my own for just over 3 hours with my fly-gear.  I was originally scheduled to do a lake trout trip today and tomorrow, but they were cancelled.  I was happy to have decent conditions to check on the salmon fly-fishing today. ...