Trying to keep up your high opinion of me is always hard work.  To appease the ever expanding lunch break that is this blog, I submit to you, someone else’s blog.  First rate photography must be shared.  Couple that with some pretty outstanding writing and a few good anecdotes about upset skunks disguised as chipmunks […]

Clearwater Chapter of Trout Unlimited will be holding its monthly meeting on
Monday October 19th, 2009 at 7:30 pm at the Best Western Sovereign Hotel on Western Avenue, Albany, NY, about one mile east of the end of the Northway.
This month’s guest speaker will be Roy Lamberton with a discussion on
the Onesquethaw and Coeymans creek watersheds and […]

I recently read an article in the summer 2009 issue of the Drake Magazine on the topic of fishing tribes. The authors defined tribes for the purpose of the article as distinct bands of fisherman who specialize in a certain type of fishing. These tribes included flats guys, steelheaders, tailwater chasers, striper fisherman, and fly […]

Inquire about steelheading, real steelheading to a snow hippie residing west of the continental divide and you just might receive a response similar to this one… 
“North Umpqua flywater in august or early september, hands down. that’s your mecca, man. the river alone will blow your mind. the fish are a bonus. ”

The Nump’s  wild steelhead are off limits […]

Clearwater Trout Unlimited, AKA The Albany Chapter, has revamped it’s website.  Check it out here

Clearwater TU Fun Fact #491:  70% of the moneys that it brings in from raffles, banquets, grants and other grassroots type fundraisers throughout the year goes to conservation projects within driving distance of your house. 
Meetings are the third Mondays of the […]

As I left the house at 5am Saturday morning, I glanced at the Big Dog (The 14 foot 10wt Diamondback…ok yes, I name some of my rods) shook my head and thought, nope I’ll use the 7wt today, I’m not going to hook any kings on the swing anyways. I had heard tall tales of […]

Monday September 21, 2009 at 7pm or so, I will be at the Best Western Sovereign Hotel on Western Ave enlightening the Trout Unlimited folks on the joys of Brownlining, Rough Fishing, or whatever they want to call it these days.  I used to call it catching carp on the fly and it really is […]

Fly fishing ponds for trout intrigues me but not usually to the point of actually doing it much.  I mean, isn’t catching brook trout out of Adirondack Ponds supposed to be The Thing to do?  Especially at this time of year? 

 
Here’s the problem for me, trolling is boring so that’s out.  I have no […]

There’s a spot near my house on one of the more popular put and takes in the area that you can almost get away.  It’s one of the few characteristics of this suburban stream that I actually like.  Sure there are the usual tell tale signs of modern life, the discarded worm cans at the parking lot, the […]

The first blue charm I ever saw was given to me by my friend Tom.  He had just returned from an Atlantic Salmon trip to Nova Scotia and I stopped into his work to hear a bit about it.  While there were some fish caught it apparently had been a bad year for the river […]