Tag Archives: steelhead fishing

Into the Gorge and Back

Posted on March 9, 2016 by rivertoprambles

I’m almost alone, and I’m casting in an almost fishless river. That’s okay because… I really can’t waste my time while fishing. All morning I’m fighting the idea that I’ve lost my interest in pursuing steelhead. What keeps me going, though, … Continue reading →

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Good Morning, Steelhead (Wherever You Are)

Posted on March 22, 2015 by rivertoprambles

At last, on the first full day of spring, a day that followed an unusually difficult winter in upstate New York, I was out there fishing and moving once again…I felt like a steelhead, perhaps, off on a “swim” from … Continue reading →

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It’s A Beautiful Day (For Fish)

Posted on April 8, 2014 by rivertoprambles

Day 1 (for steelhead) The Lake Erie trib was flowing high and muddy, but the sun was out by mid-morning and the sky was April blue. The air temperature would rise into the 50s today, and the water temp would … Continue reading →

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Knuckleheads for Steelhead

Posted on January 4, 2014 by rivertoprambles

Fly-fishing on New Year’s Day is something of a minor tradition here in upstate New York. A friend, Tim Didas, and I were about to give it another go despite the wind and snow and 16 degrees of Fahrenheit temperature. … Continue reading →

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Spring Journal: Zoaring

Posted on March 30, 2013 by rivertoprambles

In western New York, March 28th was more winter-like than spring. I left the house in a steady snowfall. The anti-lock brakes on the car struck metal and sprang a fear in my gut as I came off the Ridge … Continue reading →

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