fly-fishing

Skaneateles Lake 5/19 + Cayuga Lake 5/20

Guided back-to-back full-day trips on Skaneateles and then Cayuga Lake over the past two days. Skaneateles Lake 5/19:  Met Mark I. at the launch around 8 am and we were underway shortly thereafter.  We had tough conditions to start with very little wind, which makes fishing...

Cayuga Lake out of Myers Park 4/29

Guided Mark I. for a full-day trip starting around 9:15 am.  It was my first time out of Myers Park this season and debris was piled up high alongside the ramps.  A man we talked to said that the park staff had pulled wood out...

Seneca Lake out of Watkins Glen 4/17 AM

Guided Larry and his wife Jenn today for a half-day trip starting at 9:30 am.  We had foggy conditions and a decent north wind to start.  For the first hour of the trip, we stayed close to the south end of the lake until the...

Keuka Lake out of Keuka Lake State Park 4/15

Guided Mark I. today for a full-day trip starting just after 9 am.  Keuka Lake is in decent shape after the 3.5+ inches of rain that fell around March 31st - at least two weeks ago.  The surface temperature I had on most of the lake...

Seneca Lake out of Watkins Glen 3/30

Guided Mark I. for a full-day trip starting just after 9 am.  Lake levels are great and water temperatures were around 39 degrees on the surface.  Mark spent a lot of the day casting spinning gear, but he also worked the fly-rod as well.  I...

Seneca Lake out of Watkins Glen 3/8 – 3/10

Guided three full-days in a row:  Landlocked Salmon fishing remains good to excellent on Seneca Lake.  Numerous smaller fish are around, but there are also good numbers of fish in various year-classes that keep things very interesting!  I've been casting and fly-casting for salmon on...

Seneca Lake out of Watkins Glen 2/16 PM

Checked on Seneca Lake's salmon today.  For what it's worth, I'm pretty much done with this season's ice fishing.  If it had stayed cold, I certainly would have fished Canandaigua Lake again, but with this thaw and rain in the forecast for Wednesday and Thursday,...

Seneca Lake out of Watkins Glen 1/8 midday

Guided Mark I. for a 6-hour day starting just after 9 am.  Forecasts called for calm conditions in the morning turning into a south wind around 6 mph after noon, thus our shorter day (usually we do a full-day.)   Calm conditions generally make for tough...

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...