Fishing Cayuta Creek

Hi Blog. As you know, we spent the winter down in southern Arizona.  Didn't get a chance to do much fly fishing down there.  It has been months since we tossed a line in the water. We will be spending the next five months bouncing between Toronto and New Haven. Because it is a long drive, each time we travel between the two destinations we will stop over somewhere in New York or Massachusetts. We thought we would spring for New York fishing licenses and put all that time to good use. Our first foray was to Cayuta Creek.  Here is Kathy arming herself for battle.

We read good things about Cayuta Creek. There are plenty of fish and easy access to the stream. What more could a fly fisher need?

Well, we found the access easy, but tossing a fly around with all the trees and bushes proved to be a challenge.  The effort caused David to declare that he's going to get himself an additional shorter fly road for these small, brushy creeks.

Kathy hadn't even got her first fly wet when she hooked a small rainbow trout.  Here she is setting it free to grow up some more.

For the first time all week, we didn't get any sprinkles this morning.  It was almost too sunny to fish.  With all the recent rains and flooding, the stream was running a little high and still had a slightly milky tinge to it.  We were uncertain whether fish that had been in this area had had a chance to return or not.

We didn't get another bite the rest of the morning, despite finding a few deep pools and nice riffles.

After spending several hours exploring the creek and losing flies to underbrush, we decided we needed to reward ourselves for a morning well spent.  Here is Dave tucking into a vanilla milkshake.  Yum!

And so ends another adventure. Wishing you tight lines!