fly-fishing

Seneca Lake out of Watkins Glen 2/9

Guided Mark I. out here for a full day of fly-fishing starting at 8:30 am.  Fishing was very tough today.  We had what I consider to be very good conditions for catching salmon on the fly - a bright, sunny day, good water temperatures and...

Seneca Lake out of Watkins Glen 1/12/24 PM

The past two days looked pretty good for fishing "on paper" - i.e., forecasts were showing milder temperatures combined with south winds, which depending on what sources I checked, varied in speed from 7 to 25 mph.  I talked to a client about a guided...

Seneca Lake out of Watkins Glen 12/16 PM

Got out on my own for around 3.5 hours today.  It didn't look like a great day for salmon or pike fishing weather-wise but did look like a great day to get out and just enjoy the lake, so that's what I did.  The lake...

Owasco Lake 12/8

Guided Mark I. for a full-day on Owasco Lake starting just after 8 am.  Our target today was pike on the fly.  Mark fly-fished the whole day, save for 15 minutes spent casting gear in one marginal area.  We had tricky weather forecasts going into...

Owasco Lake 12/5 midday

Guided Zach for a 1/2 day trip getting underway around 10:15 am.  We were after pike on the fly.  He did not want me to bring any back-up gear (i.e., spinning/baitcasting tackle) onboard.  It's what I call "fly or die" fishing.  Your success is based...

Seneca Lake out of Watkins Glen 11/26 midday

Guided Curt for 1/2 day today starting at around 10:30 am.  He's been trying to time a landlocked salmon trip with me for a good year or more now, and today looked like a great day to give it a shot.  He brought along a...

Otisco Lake 10/30

Late fall is upon us!  Mark I. and I had fairly miserable conditions on the water throughout the day today - so much so, that we knocked off after just over 6 hours of fishing.  We were the only boat out on Otisco Lake all...

Reports 5/21 – 5/23

As of this writing on 5/24, I still have this Memorial Day Weekend open for trips!  A lot of people think Memorial Day weekend is a busy weekend on the water with regards to boaters, but apart from anglers, it's usually fairly quiet out on...

Keuka Lake out of Branchport (Keuka Lake State Park) 3/24

Got out here with Mark I. for a full day, getting underway just after 9 am. We had a chilly morning and the air temperatures never quite got much above 43 or 44 degrees on the day.  The water level has risen considerably since last...

Keuka Lake out of Branchport 2/20

It's been pretty darn windy in the Finger Lakes region as of late, so I haven't taken my boat out since my last trip.  Today looked like the best day of the week and I really wanted to get over to Keuka Lake.  With the...