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Teaching fly fishing and fly casting is a large part of Upstate Guide Service.  Lefty Kreh taught me how to cast on VHS tapes in the 90’s. Mastering the presentation of the fly is a skill I have tried to refine ever since. Teaching fly casting is a satisfying and enjoyable part of professional guiding. On-the-water instruction has allowed me to help hundreds of beginners progress quickly in over two decades of guiding.  Fly fishing has changed in the thirty years since I began. Fly fishing can often be portrayed as a faddish hip fashion show. It will always remain just a challenging and funRead More →

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In the late Autumn of 2019, sometime between Thanksgiving and Christmas, I received a phone call from a gentleman named John from Washington, DC. We had a long conversation that included many topics. Most important to John was my ability to explain why he should hire me as his guide for an extensive week-long trout fishing trip into the Adirondack backcountry. I provided the in-depth information pertinent to my experience and listened as he explained what were his goals for this trip. Over the winter phone conversations between John and I continued. More questions and more answers. Then John agreed, in early March of 2020Read More →

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Winters transition into Spring here in Upstate New York can be dreary. The landscape is brown and the sky is often grey. The leaves have not popped and the grass struggles to turn green. The whole countryside looks like it has not woken from a long and deep snow covered sleep. Ice fishing gear is cleaned and put away. The cover is taken off the boat. Flies are tied and fishing items low in stock are mail ordered. Rituals that are both fun and familiar are repeated. But early Spring, with its snow squalls and freezing rain, cold winds and brown colors, is not theRead More →