At the AuSable River Two Fly Shop, we take care to provide our customers high quality services personalized for their unique needs. Our staff members are professional,
courteous and knowledgeable
Services we offer:
- Wade trips
- Canoe trips
- Learn to fly fish course
- Basic fly casting course
- Advanced fly casting course
- Gear rentals
Guiding:
Let us take you on a professional guided trip to several of our local rivers or small streams including the West Branch of the AuSable River, Saranac River, Bouquet River, Salmon River, Chateauguay River.
Cost:
Full Day - $235/person
Half Day - $175/person
Additional person - $80.00 - up to 3 max per guide
AuSable River, West Branch Description
The West Branch of the AuSable River is mostly freestone, flowing out of the High Peaks of the Adirondacks. Two catch and release areas totaling 7.2 miles are open year round to fishing, when the weather cooperates. Our season really kicks into gear May through October. However, if the weather is warm in April fishing can turn on for some great early spring action. Great public access of the river and a variety of water types including extensive pocket water and deep water runs awaits those who fish this river. Abundant hatches and quality fish make this a great destination for those interested in fishing a productive stream in a beautiful setting.
Whatever sort of personalized lesson you might be interested in,
we have professional guides & instructors that can put together a
specific program to meet your needs: from the basic fundamentals
of fly casting for someone just getting started, to advanced casting
workshops.
Look at our guide staff
Items to Bring
- 8-1/2 -9 foot, 4wt - 5 wt rod
- chest waders
- felt or cleated boots
- wading stick
- hat or cap
- Polarized sunglasses
- Sunscreen
- Long-sleeved shirt
- Long pants
- Wool Socks
- Rain Jacket
- Camera
- Insect repellent
Fly Fishing the West Branch Ausable River New York continued...
The West Branch of the Ausable River is located in the Adirondack Mountains in the Northeastern part of the state of New York. This is one of the best trout streams
in the entire Eastern United States. There are plenty of anglers that will argue that it's the best stream in New York . It has some very nice trout that range from ten to seventeen inches and a few even better. There's one thing for sure. It's one of the most
beautiful streams in the East.
South Meadow Brook and March Brook flow from Mount March and merge to form the West Branch of the Ausable River. It's joined by several other small streams
as it flows through meadows for a distance of about five miles. The water is slow to moderate in this section as it twist and turns through the meadows. Below the bridge at Route 86, the stream changes to a faster flowing river with some pocket water and a more typical pool, run, riffle configuration.
The river gains even more strength below Wilmington Notch. There's a hundred foot high waterfall, appropriately named High Falls, in this section. The river
finally settles down some with a series of pools with more moderate flowing water but not for long. Yet another set of high waterfalls, the Flume Falls, exist farther
downstream. It's about a mile below the Flume Falls before the river begins to settle down again but only because it is dammed farther down stream in Wilmington.
This section is technically a lake but it's more like a wide, slow flowing river. Fly fishing the Ausable River in this section is can be good. Some of the river is shallow with a slit bottom, however there are spots that get deep. Often trolling a streamer has good results or when there is a hatch going on the top water action produces well. The tail water
below the dam provides some of the best fly fishing waters the West Branch of the Ausable has to offer. It appears more like a freestone stream than tail water in
some respects. The river falls at a moderately steep decline. Three are large boulders and plenty of prime pocket water.
Fly fishing Ausable River in this section isn't so easy though. There is a section of the river about two miles long that lies below the Lewis Bridge just downstream of
Wilmington that cannot be accessed for fishing due to posting of private land.
Below Black Brook, a small tributary stream, the fishing is usually very good. A mile or so down stream of Little Black Brook the river is posted on the right side, as you go down river, and is enforced by the land owner. It is accessed by a trail head with a distance of a mile ¼ hike to the State land access alone the left side of the river facing down stream. The trail head is marked by e a small sign on Hazelton road in the town of Black Brook. Look for it about a ¼ mile past the small bridge that crosses black brook up the road on the right. There is some parking on the left side of the road adjacent to the trail head. Also below the paper mill dam there is a decent tail water section about a mile plus long. Just below the short section of tail water, the river converges with the East Branch to form the Main Branch of the Ausable River.
We should mention that there's a Special Regulations "catch and release" artificial flies or lures only area from the mouth of Holcomb Pond Outlet on Riverside Drive downstream to a marked boundary just over two miles downstream of Monument Falls on Route 86, and from the bridge at Whiteface Mountain downstream to the bridge that crosses route 86 just above the Flume pool next to R.F McDougall’s Pub.
Type of Stream:
Freestone
Species
Brown Trout
Rainbow Trout
Brook Trout
Monthly Detailed
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Hi tom, email received 10/10/2011
We had a blast fishing the part of river you showed us yestarday. We caught a couple of nice browns.
For the last few hours we fished ausable and church street. As we made our way up to the dam we caught a lot of fish. Browns, rainbows and parr salmons. We walked back to where we parked and i said to shota, let's try the run just above the bridge again. The picture is the last trout of the day and maybe for the season. What a beautiful fish to end a great trip.
Thank you for showing us all these nice spots.
Peter
Getting started Fly- Fishing
What to do. read on.......
Instruction:
Our staff at the shop consists of some very good fly fishing experts in the business. We are happy to coordinate private instruction for individuals, or for most any size group.
Whatever sort of personalized lesson you might be interested in, we have professional guides and instructors that can put together a specific program to meet your needs: from the basic fundamentals of fly casting for someone just getting started, to advanced casting workshops.
We can put together simple casting instruction any day of the week for an hourly fee ranging from $40 per hour.
Our guides routinely conduct on-the-water clinics, usually combining one or two day trips with part of the day casting and part of the day fishing. These are great opportunities to not only get some formal casting instruction, but to enjoy some quality fishing time, too!
We also schedule private group
Reservations for private lessons, advanced casting workshops, are made exclusively through the shop. Call us 518-946-Fish (3474) or send an email to me at tom@ausablerivertwoflyshop.com for more information, dates, or reservations.
The seminar topics include:
- Casting fundamentals, from the roll cast to the double haul
- Tackle Basics (selecting the right gear for each individual)
- Practical fly fishing knots
- Elementary and practical fly fishing entomology
- Fly fishing strategies and tactics: Dry Fly, Nymphs, & Streamers
- Reading the Water
- Hooking, Landing, and Releasing fish
Cost:
$160
$55 add a person
Gear Rentals:
Rod & reel rental .....................................cost: $30.00 day
Waders & Boots .......................................cost: $30.00 day
Package for rod/reel/waders/boots ........cost: $50.00 day
Multiple day discount is minus 20%
Deposit required and applied to rental when gear is returned.
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