ERIE

Appon the arival of Erie double d and I made a quick pit stop was at the local fly shop in town and when prompted on the fishing conditions the gentleman working said ehh? There are fish in the creeks but they are not fresh from the lake and they are very spooky and you need to cover water to find them. The new ride made the trip in 4 hours 10mins with a pitstop for supplies and breakfastA few shots of Elk, Walnut, and 20 mile.BreakfastLunch from Teresa's Deli

A local family kind enough to share thier first Hibatchi outing with us

A shot of a train runing by a field of grapes next to one of the local 23 wineries which a few bottles were brought back for sampleing.

All in all the fishing was hard with fish spooking at our shadows and only a few hook ups and no fish landed, but it was still great to get out and experience a area rich in fishing culture with very hospitable persons and new water.

STEELHEAD ANYONE

I have the bug how about everyone else?

Thinking of hitting the Erie run with a departure of March 2 anyone else want in?

Another WINNER from Third Coast Fly Fishing

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Minion Associate @ The Orchard

And I quote, "Only steelhead bigger than 30" were picture worthy."
Well done fellows, well done.

Big grins all around!

A couple days chasin' steel...

This sign announces that you are in the Oak Orchard fishing access area, note the nice snow squall in the backgraound.



Dick, Steve, Dan & Lee invited me along for their annual spring steelhead trip to New York. It is a five day event for the regulars, but yours truly had to duck out on Wednesday to return for review of month end results at work.

Steve and Dan model one of the large steelhead fooled mostly with eggs and wooly buggers.

Steve with another fine steely.

Check out the whopper below!

Dick gets in on the action with a fine specimen.

Every member of the expedition landed at least one steelhead and all had the pleasure of releasing multiple world class suckers of both the standard and striped variety.

Heading back from the lake after scouting Keg Creek.

The view from the mouth of Keg Creek and the horizon over Lake Ontario.

Not to shabby at all.