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Early Spring Catskills Fly Fishing Report

Today is April 16th 2025. Todays trip shifted back into the season so I am able to catch on on some computer stuff. We have passed the 20th trip mark this week for the 2025 season. So far the rivers have been low to medium with gin clear water. We haven’t had much of a streamer season do to the water being clear and low. The nymphing has been the primary source of eats for our clients. However, watching a bobber for over 20 days so far has gotten old (even on the 20 fish days). The wings are beginning to hatch and next week the system should be seeing noses break the surface in certain locations.

So far in my opinion the system is in great shape for what we are dealing with. Since the state is now on its 4th year of “fixing the aqueduct” we were very worried going into winter with reservoirs in the 60th percentile. However with the brutal winter and snow pack we have gotten the reservoirs up to 95% as I write this today! As long as we have a somewhat normal rainfall this spring we could have a great year and avoid ramifications of the 2024 drawdown.

Here are a few photos from the first 20 trips of the season. 3 of these bigger fish have come on dry flies. The new boat has already allowed us to access other water traditional Driftboat’s cannot. Clackacraft did a great job with the Headhunter II.

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Fly Fishing Guided Trips – Report

This fall started with great releases from both of the dams. The state has since shut the water off mid brown trout spawn on both tailgaters. NYC is also scraping the repair plan and pushing it off until next year. With what started strong has really ended so poorly. Pray for snow and the reservoirs to fill fast! Will post more soon about this. Here’s a few random photos from before the brown trout spawn. Since they dropped the water we have stopped fishing for rainbow trout and since the spawn we have stopped targeting browns. We will begin again soon when the water is turned on and fish and happy.

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Fall Fishing Has Been On Fire!

The fishing is on fire to say the least. Here is a few picture below of some of what we’ve been dealing with. We set some records on the best days with over 40 fish hooked. Most of my clients now are very seasoned and don’t do the picture thing anymore. Which makes my job easier! A lot of the fish below are firsts for clients which makes me very happy. The isonychias, olives and hebe’s have been the bug of choice for the past two weeks. Nymphing has produced the numbers however. Basic pheasant tails are the go too fly mixed in with some jig patterns as well. Next year is nearly booked already with a few open days. end of October of this year I have a day or two as well. November for those brave enough we will be targeting the rainbow water. I will be doing a few lake tributary trips in November and December. The releases are scheduled to slow down but as of right now it is PERFECT for what we are trying to do. If you see a redd (trout nest) below the dams or in the feeder creeks stay the F away!!!!!

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Summer Fishing Report for the Catskill Mountains

It was a great season for night fishing in the Catskill Mountains. We still have a few nights left but with the colder evenings the daytime fishing has been steadily increasing. The west branch and upper main are the place to go with low water and high temperatures in other places. Lordville is now in the upper 50’s while writing this.

Flying ants, ISO’s caddis bwo’s and some terrestrials have been the ticket. The big storm a week ago changed many tributaries and sections of the big rivers. New strainers can make boating dangerous if you do not know the rivers.

All of the rivers are looking healthy and have solid amounts of cold water right now. There was a sketchy section mid July when the rivers did get to some deadly warm trout temperatures. Don’t forget to check out our FLOWS PAGE to see what the current levels are.

We have a few days left for September and October. Both can be the best dry fly months of the year depending on conditions. The dams both should be releasing water due to the scheduled maintenance October 1st. Feel free to text us as we will be on the water every day.

Below is a few of the fish we got in the past couple weeks.