Canandaigua Lake

THANKFULLY MY ALTER-EGO FISHES TOO

July 28, 2011

I met Mike this past winter at a fly-tying event he organizes, called Guys, Flies & Pies. We discovered a mutual affinity for bass, and made loose plans for getting out when the weather warmed. Those loose plans finally took shape earlier this week as we headed to the West River with a pair of kayaks [...]

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THERE’S ALWAYS TIME FOR ONE MORE

July 11, 2011

The plan was to paddle our kayaks into the West River for bass. Jason and I made the same trip last year and have fished a handful of times in the past, including our practically-epic smelt trip. The last time Dave and I had fished together though, we were 10 or 12 years old. We had [...]

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IN PRAISE OF SMELT

April 12, 2011

Smelt are the great equalizer. It doesn’t rightly matter if you’re rich or redneck or a combination of the two, when they’re running, folks from all walks of life gather streamside in the dark of night in hip boots or chest waders or knee-high wellingtons, holding Coleman lanterns, dip-nets and dreams of a mess of [...]

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LATE GOOSE, DAY 1

December 27, 2010

After two months of watching thousands, nay, tens-of-thousands fly care-free over the Upstate countryside–the season for freezing in snow-covered fields amongst a decent set of decoys for Canada geese has opened again. The northwest wind had some serious teeth and flurries. And when the birds got up off Canandaigua Lake late morning, they all got up. [...]

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