Hi there, a friend recommended I try you guys for some help. Hope I can tap your collective wisdom
My dad and I annually do a father-son weekend. This year, we’d like to go somewhere in the Northeastern US (within 9 hours of Toronto) to learn to flyfish. Neither of us has any experience, and we’d love to find a place that offers an accomodations and 2 day learn to flyfish kind of thing.
I have checked out the Orvis websight, but it doesn’t have a combined package (and it’s super-expensive). Can anyone recommend anyone/anywhere else? We’d be looking to go sometime at the end of this month.
Matt,
First! Welcome to the finest site ANYWHERE!!
Check out Fish-Ins on the left. If you are in Toronto, see the Quebec Fish-In (August '06). Host Chris Chin is one of our finest & JC & LF will be there as well…not only can you learn a lot, the price is right & you’ll have a great time. I can’t be there due to our Michigan Fish-In the next week.
Mike
You can call me Mike & you can call me Mikey…Just remember that this site’s about sharing!
Hmmm, … end of April. If you could swing end of May, the Roscoe FishIn would be the right ticket for you folks.
Near Toronto, … look into the Humber River for some really close stuff.
There are some really good ops on the Niagra, … but I’m not sure what’s good in April.
#1 Destination if I was in your neck of the woods, … The Grand River. Brown Trout on one of Eastern Canada’s best tail water fisheries
Do a Google search, … or contact Ian Martin … Not an endorsment, … just never heard any bad reports about him and his crew. e-mail me if you would like his number.
I’d hit Lake Placid in late June or early July. The West Branch of the Ausable River has a lot of different types of trout water which would be great to hit with a guide…there are tons around there. There are also a lot of lakes and ponds of different sizes that you could fish on your own for trout or bass. Lake Placid is a great place to base yourself out of because there are a wide range of accomodations from campgrounds to very nice hotels and B&Bs. There are pretty good restaurants and plenty to do outside of fishing.
Matt - That sounds like a great time to be had with your dad. Being myself relatively new to flyfishing here is one thing that may help you as it did me.Borrow or buy a fly rig- rod and reel with line and leaders and tie on a piece of bightly colored yarn for practice. Get out in your yard and learn to cast. Just the basics and enough to get and keep some line- maybe 20-30 feet- in the air and to softly lay it down out in front of you. I did this and then after a couple of weeks went to the nearest water. Found out QUICKLY that I should have been sitting down in my yard and not standing as the plane of the water level was 3-4 feet higher than the plane of the yard I was standing on. If you get my drift. When I got on the water the line was going SPLASH! in front and SPLASH! in back of me and the frustration went straight up . Not too bad though. I went back home SAT down in the front yard and relearned from my goof. Next time out I was casting, albeit short distances, BUT more importantly, I was FISHING and catching! Instead of flailing and fuming. LOL! Just my experience. Though it sounds you will be having an instructor. Good luck to you and Dad!
JC, I live 5 miles from Dennis & he runs an A-1 operation. One of his instructors,Blair(flyfishns) comes into the Hut from time to time, also an excellent guide in these parts. My 2c worth, Jamie
“Fishing is more than a sport.It is a way of thinking and doing,a way of reviving the mind and body” Roderick Haig-Brown
We held our last meeting for the year tonight, but will have an outing on April 23 at a trout club north of Toronto near Orangeville. Many fine members to keep you on the water and share ideas and tips. Did you go to the Izaak Walton Forum last weekend? There are some 2-day lessons on the Grand River, but not until first week of May when the season opens, and even then it is a little chilly to really expect fish. Email me!
