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A different type of fishing that has seen rewards been reaped by many. This forum allows us to learn more about Float and Fly fishing from those who have made it their number 1 way to fish.
If they don't get any rain I would agree that the Ausable would be a waste of the extra gas/time. Now the Sarenac seems to have more consistent water levels, not to mention that it's about 30mins closer than the Ausable.
And no white flies on the Salmon, just small Hendricksons.
Salar wrote:Saw two huge adult stones laying eggs in the evening. Tied on a #10 Yellow stimulator. Landed two nice rainbows and had another trout break me off.
it was a beautiful hike to a lesser known part of a well known stream. i actually don't know how to get there by myself. it was pool after pool after pool. you just have to hike a little while to get there. there was clear water to the bottom of some of these pools and you could sight fish using dries, nymphs or streamers. some larger fish too.
actually, i was just joking about the last post. i have yet to visit a magical place such as described above around here (it does exist in the rockies though).
Todd B. wrote:And what hike would you be referring to? I don't recall reading anything about a hike in the previous postings.
It was the hike from Sam Cook bridge downstream on the Chateaugay. First time for me to fish that stretch of river. At current water levels there is only one holding pool worth fishing. We ended up hiking downstream about 2km before deciding to turn around. It ended up being a long walk on a hot day with very few fish. At least the Salmon River in the evening was producing.
Have any of you guys tried the Black River or the West Canada? The West Canada is a tad farther away, but was always a good producer for Browns back in the mid/late '90s.
Do you know if the DEC have reverted to stocking rainbows over browns these days? When I lived down that way, there was a problem with the bows (I think that it was whirling disease) and they had completely stopped stocking them in central and northern NY.
I fished West Canada last season. It wasn't worth the drive in my opinion. Water levels are to unpredictable with the new company running the dam. They're running it to meet peak power demands so the water levels can change wildly throughout the day. I also found the 'tuber' traffic to be a heavy and annoying on the weekends. Best to fish it during the week. I had a better experience and fishing at Chittenango Creek near Syracuse.
