What does a guide do when he has a day off? He drives 5 1/2 hours to western New York to fish a private section of an excellent "lake run" stream for outsized browns and rainbows. He's also greeted by some mid November western NY "ambiance" in the form of 2 inches of frozen slush, gale force winds, highs in the teens and a wind chill around zero. I loved every minute of it!!!!
My client Matt arranged the trip and set us up with Guide Jason Franz. Jason really knows his stuff from the river, to the flies and to the fish. And unlike some other guides who treat every trip like it's the Invasion of Normandy, Jason has a sense of calm while always pointing us in the right direction. He's a very friendly guy!
The 24 hour shift to subarctic conditions killed the bite. Matt had and lost a bow about 20 inches. He was the only angler that I saw that had a hit that day - except me! Came close to landing a 5lb bow but landed it's twin a short time later. The prize of the trip and the reason for the trip was the 6 to 7lb male brown that dug deep and made a slug fest out of it.
First time with a switch rod. It could get habit forming!!!
If you're interested in a future trip just contact: captjay@troutnaboutcharters.com or look him up at troutnaboutcharters.com or call at 585-615-6504. THE STEELHEAD WILL BE THERE IN THE SPRING.
As you know, I get no discounts for this endorsement.
Ken
10 comments:
Switch rodding addictive! I love it so much I have a trout Spey rod and one for the big boys. It's a blast even when you're not catching fish rolling out two handed casts
Nice brown!
Lenny
Ken,
Nice Brown!
Pete H.
Congrats on the trophy brown, Ken! That is a beauty!
Sam
Sam and Pete H.
Thank you!
Lenny,
You really needed to roll cast that river with all the bank side trees and brush.
Ken
Appreciate the info! Would love to try this!
Nice brown. Is that your PB?
Ashutosh,
Yes it is!
Ken
I think the grin on your face captures your sentiments about the whole trip. Heck of a fish.
TC
Ken,
You look like a little kid in a candy shop!!!! Nice brown!
Phil
Phil and TC,
90% of my fresh water fly fishing has been where the maximum size trout reaches 4lbs, maybe. There are hundreds of fish like that on that river!!!
Ken
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