Anybody going to the kick-off thing on Friday or fishing in the tournament?

This is not really a fishing report. This is a report about spending 60 man hours (roughly six 10-hour days) doing something that is pretty much the opposite of fishing: pounding rocks with a sledge hammer, staring stupidly at a yellow plastic level, hacking gravel out of a hillside with a pick...

Got out Sunday night just before dark for my first fishing of the season up here. Water temps in the mid 40s, but 75 degree air and lots of sun made it feel like early June. Lots of apple caddis hatching when the sun hit the water. No risers, but with the rivers high and murky green, I swung...

If anybody might be interested in renting a house in Hancock, NY, this year (any season), PM me. It's on the East Branch, on some great water, and is walking distance from the lower West Branch. Two bedrooms, a large living room overlooking the river, and a drift boat in the garage that comes...

esteemed gentlemen, Given that thousands of visitors are routinely coming to NEFF these days :), I thought I'd float an idea I've been mulling over for some time. A virtual fly fishing tournament, organized entirely online. Maybe the first of its kind? Rules: Entrants fish in teams of 2-3...

I haven't done a ton of fall fishing up there, but would like to start this year. Anybody have some words of advice about the timing of fall hatches? Kind of wondering about the time frame (late September - mid October?), time of day, etc. Also wondering about indispensable patterns to have...

No, not those kinds of mouths! And not that kind of fun! Get your minds out of the gutter you savages. A while back there was a thread debating the merits of smallie fishing as a summer alternative to trout. Haven't seen a ton of posts on smallie fishing on this site in the six years or so...

Fished the tailwaters and the mainstem last week every day for an hour or two between working. Conditions changed pretty much every day as we went from 40 degrees and rainy to 90 degrees and sunny in less than a week, with crazy water levels due to blown out reservoirs. I mostly threw big...

Can anybody recommend a store (online or in the region) that sells flies of decent quality at low cost?

Anybody have any tips for fishing this notoriously tough stretch of river? I've done well on it in the stocked sections unsurprisingly, and I once pulled four big wild browns out of a run mostly by luck (guess they were in the right place and liked the streamer I had on) but I'm hoping to fish...

I may be in the market for something to float in later this spring. Something big enough for two or three people. Not sure that I want to shell out $6K for a used Hyde or Clackacraft. Also would have my doubts about towing it with my rig, which is basically an underpowered wagon. (It's a...

Thought some of you environmentally minded sportsmen might be interested - sounds like Cuomo is planning to repeal the hydrofracking moratorium in New York State. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/01/nyregion/cuomo-will-seek-to-lift-drilling-ban.html?_r=1&hp Typically, a leak like this is...

So, I realize that when fish stack up over cold water springs in small creeks in the summer, going after those trout is bad form and is potentially dangerous for the fish. But what about just fishing the lower reaches of tribs when a big river gets hot? I've caught big fish in smallish streams...

Gents - wondering if you can help me out. I'm headed up to the Callicoon area for a couple of weeks in June. I've fished Callicoon creek before and know it pretty well... but I'd like to try and fish some bigger water. So here's the question. If you were in Callicoon and it was, say, 6:30am...

There's an emergency public meeting in Trenton on a proposal to remove .25 million gallons of water per day from the West Branch, for use in fracking in Delaware and Broome counties. Evidently a company called XTO Energy is trying to sidestep the moratorium on gas drilling in New York. The...

Any advice on which rivers fish best in the dog days? I heard the Esopus stays cold - what about the WB and the BK? Also, what are the hatches like in July and August? Out west it was terrestrials and attractors all summer... same deal over here?

Fished the Esopus last Sunday - fishing was slow but I picked up a wild spawning rainbow on a h.e. nymph in the early afternoon. It was a beautiful, hot day on the river. Anyway, there was tons of weird grayish / pinkish goop in the water. Above the portal the water was clear, but below it...

I'm a newcomer to Catskill fly fishing and am looking forward to a month or so this spring up near the Esopus. So I have a couple of questions for Esopus vets: Is there a local fly shop that can give me the lowdown on patterns and tactics? I didn't see anything last time I was in Woodstock and...