Johnsfolly Posted January 20, 2017 Posted January 20, 2017 4 hours ago, JestersHK said: For sure. we are heading to Syracuse today with family. May fish this afternoon, but Saturday is set just for fishing. It's nice up here. Snow on the mountains to break up the dreary days. Need to hook you up with Flysmallie. he has a camera. Seriously, would love to see photos of fish and scenery. Can't quite remember what a northeast winter even looks like anymore.
JestersHK Posted January 20, 2017 Author Posted January 20, 2017 Heres a pic of song mountain. Other than that not much snow left. The weather here is about like home. Found a great little fly shop in Syracuse today called Trout fitters. Owner was a cool guy. Said they were nymphing so I stocked up. Hopefully pic fish are tomorrow. BilletHead and Johnsfolly 2
JestersHK Posted January 24, 2017 Author Posted January 24, 2017 Well I am back from the North. Sadly without even seeing a single fish... Where to begin LOL. I only had 1 day set aside to go fish and I had prescouted a few places that I found online that looked promising. One thing I figured out right away was that its the wrong time of year to do any wade fishing . At least for the rivers, streams, and brooks I was targeting. The water was up and fast, and also muddy from the warm temps causing snow melt and the unseasonable rain they had up there. The first place we went to was just blown out up to its banks... We tried throwing some sticks in the fast murky water, but it was useless. We next targeted a small Brook that supposedly held native browns and brooks. This was where we encountered problem 2. There is very little stream access and parking is non existant. We found some of the yellow signs marking public stream access, and I dared to pull the car over as far as possible on the shoulder without getting stuck into the snow. From here we slid down a snow packed hill to a little brook about 8 feet wide. It looked fishy and the water was crystal clear, but there was nothing in it... We headed back into town, and found some public access behind some shops, but again the run off had the water dirty and moving too fast to wade to get to better water. I started searching nearby towns and we made a short 30min drive north only to find more of the same. I was out of time at this point... I did find a few places to check out when their season starts. One thing I am going back for is the Salmon River. Its about an hour from my familys town and you can chase the steelhead. I wasn't equipped for big steelhead, but I will be going back and chasing these monsters for sure. The guy from the flyshop reccomended this guy for a guided trip. www.yankeeangler.com Next trip up will be boys trip and all fishing so hopefully I have something better to report back. Still had fun, but stinks getting skunked... Johnsfolly 1
Flysmallie Posted January 24, 2017 Posted January 24, 2017 40 minutes ago, JestersHK said: Still had fun, but stinks getting skunked... That's when you are supposed to take pics. Johnsfolly 1
JestersHK Posted January 24, 2017 Author Posted January 24, 2017 HAHA, I may have a pic or 2 on one of my phones... Its funny in how much upstate NY resembles southern MO. Minus all the snow they get. That and all of the areas we were in were urban. I literally fished behind the hotel next to a wendy's parking lot. One of the locals said they catch them on cheeseburgers after they get stocked. The guy at the fly shop said the stocked fish get flat fished out of the streams... Apparently they have some poaching issues, and lots of folks keeping more and very little catch and release.
Greasy B Posted January 24, 2017 Posted January 24, 2017 3 hours ago, JestersHK said: The guy at the fly shop said the stocked fish get flat fished out of the streams... Apparently they have some poaching issues, and lots of folks keeping more and very little catch and release. Don't let it get you down, I ran into the same thing in northern Georgia last year. The dude at the fly shop told me it wasn't worth buying a Georgia license, he told me to drive up to North Carolina. Of course I got skunked in N.C. His father touches the Claw in spite of Kevin's warnings and breaks two legs just as a thunderstorm tears the house apart. Kevin runs away with the Claw. He becomes captain of the Greasy Bastard, a small ship carrying rubber goods between England and Burma. Michael Palin, Terry Jones, 1974
JestersHK Posted January 24, 2017 Author Posted January 24, 2017 17 minutes ago, Greasy B said: Don't let it get you down, I ran into the same thing in northern Georgia last year. The dude at the fly shop told me it wasn't worth buying a Georgia license, he told me to drive up to North Carolina. Of course I got skunked in N.C. Sounds like my trip to NC last year too. I never seem to vacation at the right time of the season LOL. I did catch a few small native rainbow in the davidson watershed area, but man I had to work for those fish
snagged in outlet 3 Posted January 24, 2017 Posted January 24, 2017 My cousin works for a mining company up there and sends pictures of huge fish he catches on the Salmon river. Wish I was closer.
JestersHK Posted January 25, 2017 Author Posted January 25, 2017 They definitely have some monster fish up there. The one guide says most steel heads they catch are around 8lbs... I thought yeah right, but then saw the pics of some of the 20 pounders and was like man I'll be ruined if I got into one of those LOL
Quillback Posted January 26, 2017 Posted January 26, 2017 8 lb. steelhead is about average, the guide is not pulling your leg. I haven't fished the Salmon, but used to fish for steelies when I lived in Washington state. Lots of fun, but challenging to catch, especially on a fly. Probably going to be lots of other fishermen when the fishing is prime. JestersHK 1
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