New York Fly Fishing
8 New York fisheries from the Catskill chalk streams that birthed American fly fishing (Beaverkill, Willowemoc, Esopus, Delaware), through Adirondack freestone trout streams, to the Salmon River steelhead and Long Island's striper coast.
Ausable River
Upper & West Branch · Adirondacks
The Ausable Wulff dry fly — designed by Lee Wulff for these very waters — has arguably influenced more fly tyers and anglers worldwide than any other…
Beaverkill River
Roscoe · The Catskills
The Junction Pool, where the Willowemoc meets the Beaverkill, is one of the most photographed and storied pieces of trout water in America.
Catskill Region
Delaware, Beaverkill & tributary system
Junction Pool in Roscoe — where the Willowemoc joins the Beaverkill — is widely regarded as the most historically significant pool in American fly…
Esopus Creek
Phoenicia · Catskills
The Esopus's rainbow trout are believed to be descendants of California rainbows stocked in the late 1800s — a strain that escaped the original…
Montauk
The Point · Block Island Sound
Montauk's fall blitz — bass, blues, and albacore pushing bait to the surface simultaneously around the lighthouse point — is one of the great…
Salmon River
Pulaski · Premier Eastern Steelhead
The Salmon River at Pulaski produces more trophy steelhead catches (fish over 15 lbs) than any other river in the eastern US — with fish regularly…
West Branch Delaware
Deposit to Hancock · Upper Delaware
The West Branch's Green Drake hatch in late June is the largest mayfly emergence in the Northeast — drakes covering the water surface for hours…
Willowemoc Creek
Livingston Manor · Catskills
The Willowemoc holds the Catskill Fly Fishing Center and Museum — the institutional home of American fly fishing history — directly on its banks, a…