Dick with a nice Steelhead. Congrats!

Randy,

Again both Rick and I thank you for another great trip. I continue to marvel at both your knowledge of the Salmon River and the patience exercised in providing instructions on the techniques necessary to successfully catch fish; with the bonus of enabling us to fish with the best Orvis equipment. There may have been a lot of fisherman in the Douglaston Run, but I seriously doubt anyone one was as successful as Rik and I in hooking-up on as many salmon. (And lucky Rik catches his first Steelhead of 20lbs on his first cast of the day.) When I recall us fishing a pool in the afternoon and hooking 18 to 20 salmon in a three hour period while an array of other fisherman fishing the same pool never got a strike, is a tribute to your superior abilities as a guide. I consider myself fortunate to be able to fish with you as many times as I have in such a short period of time (I believe it was my seventh trip in one and one half years.) There will hopefully be many more trips and all will be you if you continue to be available. Those three successful spring steelhead trips with you has me now hooked. As I have repeatedly stated to my many fishing friends, you can either go fishing or you can charter Drift Boat Guide Randy for "catching".

 

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Steelhead

If you like fishing for steelhead during the Winter, (Nov. thru April) please stop back.

• Winter Steelhead On The Salmon River

By Randy Jones - The Salmon River is located in Pulaski, New York on Lake Ontario's Eastern Shore. Its reputation for large runs of fish of incredible average size is unsurpassed by any other fishery in New England.

 

• Gearing Up For Winter Steelhead

By Randy Jones - The Fall Steelhead comes into the river for one reason.

 

• Angling Tactics For Winter Steelhead

By Randy Jones - Besides all the other pieces of the puzzle we have covered and will cover, hopefully these tips will help you to be more in tune with your fishing. Putting all of this together consistently will put you into the 10% of anglers that catch 90% of the fish!

 

• Factors To Consider When Fishing For Salmon River Steelhead during the Fall, Winter and Spring.

By Randy Jones

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More Steelhead Rambling's for your complimentary viewing pleasure coming this season:

Fly Presentation Technique, Detecting the Take and Proper Weighting

The Perfect Drift - Drift Fishing Correctly with Fly Rod:

Visual and non-visual characteristics of line:

Common causes to common concerns:

My 3 main suggestions:

Fishing in Jan. and Feb.? Are you nuts? -Yup:

Slush - Planning your fishing day around it:

Equipment:

Pressured Fish:

F.A.Q.S

Creeks, Streams, Diversions, Brooks:

Fish Fighting Techniques: I guarantee you'll learn some new stuff, and may not want to try. If you're afraid to experiment and try something new, then please, do not read on.

If I only had 1 fly to use all season that works for all species of fish that run the Salmon River, this would be it

Winter tying tips:

The above and a hole lot more coming to your virtual fishing computer screen this season, complements of Salmon River NY Guide - Randy Jones, so please stop back :)

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I'd like to send a shout out to all of our service men and women over sea's who come here for a lil escape. Keep up the good work, be safe, we will leave a few fish in the river for you.

Fishing you all a safe return home!

Randy Jones

 

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