Posts Tagged ‘Spruce Creek’

Hardy Trout in the Otselic River   Call it wishful thinking or ambitious but my mind was set on dry fly fishing yesterday… December 13.  The Otselic River in upstate NY offers year-round fishing (catch and release from October 15 – Opening Day) and produces a healthy population of native brook trout in its upper reaches.…

      That’s right… yesterday was mostly sunny with air temperatures around 53°F.   There were no fish rising, and very few small bugs coming off the surface.     On water like this I usually start with a prospecting dry-dropper rig.  Trout Haven’s Madam X proved to be an effective dry fly once…

While all types of trout are remarkable creatures, native brook trout are especially magnificent.  There is something alluring about their colors, their vigorous appetite, and their uncanny ability to live in inconspicuous places.     Upstate New York harbors some of my favorite brook trout water – small streams at higher elevations with cold spring…

3 Tips for Stealthy Fishing     1.  Hide – Keep a large object between your body and the stream. Bear in mind where your shadow is and how it casts.  Anything that obscures the trout’s perception of you will improve your opportunity to catch fish. You can approach the above pool from where this picture was…

3 Custom Flies that Catch Trout!   Confidence in your fly selection is of the utmost importance when fly fishing.  Whether you are on new water or your favorite stream, using flies that you know will catch fish makes all the difference.  The following three flies are tried and true – patterns that work on…

3 Reasons You Need to Fish Spruce Creek!   Visit our Spruce Creek webpage to reserve your trip to Spruce Creek! Or you can click here. 1. Catch Huge Trout!       2. Hemlock Lodge is Awesome!       3. Spruce Creek is Loaded with Trout!     Spruce Creek is teeming with…

Pennsylvania is home to some of the most impressive rainbow trout I have ever seen.  These rainbows are incredibly fun to catch – This 24″ beauty leaped one foot clear above the water, not once, not twice, but three times before she came to the net! Tricos, Sulphurs, BWO’s, Caddis, when the hatch is on…

My top 3 fly fishing destinations in the Northeastern United States:     3. Westfield River, MA My favorite section of this river is the East Branch catch and release section.  It’s about 9 miles long beginning at the huge and beautiful Chesterfield Gorge and running downstream (south) to the Knightville Dam.  Many anglers love…

“The river that divides and flows North” Chittenango Falls State Park:   New York State allows year-round fishing on certain parts of Chittenango Creek, located near Syracuse, NY.  With the unseasonably warm weather yesterday, I had the opportunity to fish the gorgeous Chittenango Creek well downstream of the falls in the catch and release section.…

3 Features of the Ideal Fly Fishing Lodge   1. Luxurious and Logical Accommodations: After a good day of fishing, anglers enjoy relaxing on a beautiful porch overlooking the pristine waters of their quarry, perhaps with a scotch in one hand and a cigar in the other. Before relaxing on the porch, anglers want a…