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I think this is great! We now have East coast guys using West coast patterns and West coast guys using East coast patterns. Outstanding!! It's nice to know that we can somehow borrow flies and pattern ...

Okay...Now that there is the new "fish wish list" for 2010, I would like to take the time to share with you a few surprises from last year that weren't on my wish list from 2009. And maybe y ...

I am totally blessed with some first class fishing spots out here in Western New York. Steelhead and lake run browns are great all winter long, especially with tail water fisheries. And then we also h ...

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This is great!! I have lived in upstate New York pretty much my whole life. And I must say that there are some great streams that have plenty of midge activity year round. I am most familiar w ...

Great topic! It will be interesting to see what everyone comes up with. Aside from the popular egg patterns and standard nymphs. I like using woolly buggers and very simple woolly worm patterns. The w ...

Great topic!!!! I love it, Pike on the fly!! Anyway...a couple of things. Spring and Fall are probably the best times to go in terms of trying to get into numbers of fish, just as kopalks mentioned. H ...

I hope you have a great trip!! There are definitely plenty of steelhead in that lake. Anyway....besides the flies that you already have I would bring dark stoneflies both black and dark brown in sizes ...

From a western, NY perspective, I would have to say that seeing big Hendricksons in April on my local trout stream is one great feeling! especially after such a harsh winter. Plus the trout are in the ...

Great topic and good questions! I fish a lot of free flowing trout streams and Lake Ontario tributaries here in western New York, so I don't have the "tailwater" perspective that you have. A ...

This is a good post, lots of good advice and info.

For me it is about function over form. I would rather have a rod that casts like a dream for what i'm targeting than worry about cost and what br ...

1. 20lb. Steelhead here in NY
2. A 20" brown out of my local trout streams
3. 20lb. lake run brown here in NY
4. Northern Pike
5. Tarpon

Hey flyguyma,

I live in Spencerport, NY which is about 10 or 15 min. west from the City of Rochester. And let me tell you there is plenty of great fly fishing in March for steelhead and lake run br ...

Your post made me smile! I went through the exact same thing when I was planning my college experience. And even though my subject of study was different than yours, my reasons for picking a school we ...

I found this site a few years ago while doing some research for trib fishing out here in western, NY. I read a story that was accompanied with photos and a video about steelhead fishing at the Salmon ...

I have a Lamson Lightspeed 2 reel (pre-Alox) for 4 through 6 weight lines. I found it on sale for $160 and bought it on the spot. The large arbor is fantastic for quick line pick-up and less line coil ...

Fished a western New York tributary with my two sons the other day for an hour and a half. With my 2 year old in the kid carrier and my 6 year old by my side, we found a few fish to take our flies. Th ...

It's a good thing you said something to those "snaggers." And i'm glad that they left the area. I am hoping that more and more people will be able to speak to those who don't respect the fis ...

Check out this cool video i found on you tube. It's unreal! Cool! Amazing! just go watch....Here's the link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lOLKPSVS1Ug

You can use Hard foam indicators, polly/yarn indicators or the new balloon style. They all work, but the polly/yarn indicators will freeze up during winter fishing. The leader should be long, just as ...

Acal,
Nice to here from a fellow western, New Yorker. It's good to hear that you are getting into fly fishing for steelhead and brown trout. Welcome to the madness!
My opinion on rods, reels and ind ...

O.K....so i just finished editing a movie on www.jumpcut.com of me and my brother and his friend fishing on Oak Orchard creek this past fall. If anyone is interested in checking it out type in bbradfi ...

If anyone ever needs to get information for fly fishing in and around the Rochester, NY area....Please let me know! I fish as much as i can all around the the area, and for a wide variety of species. ...

I'll be going to Lewiston, ME this summer to visit my sister and her husband and i am looking for any place to fly fish. We will be going at the begining of July. Any thaughts or recommendations?
Tha ...