Fly Fishing on the Au Sable

Trout Fly, artistically rendered.

...a river rife with fishing legends, the home of numerous trout: a stream wildly fascinating, capable giving you both a grand time and a miserable one: a stream possessing a Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde temperament and a character strong enough to spread its fame from one corner of our country to the other.

Ray Bergman, TROUT

Nice catch!
© 2005 Bert Yost
The legendary West Branch of the Au Sable River, located in the Adirondack's majestic High Peaks, tumbles and flows, twists and turns through one of the most pristine and scenic regions in the East.

Brook Trout
Brook Trout

New York's Official State Fish

read more about it
from the article "Trout of New York"
by Russell McCullough and Eileen C. Stegemann
courtesy of the New York State DEC

There is probably no river in America that offers such diversity to the visiting angler.

With miles of pocket water, vast stretches of slow moving water, deep pools and long channels, the West Branch provides opportunities for anglers unequaled anywhere.

Rainbow Trout
Rainbow Trout
read more about it
from the article "Trout of New York"
by Russell McCullough and Eileen C. Stegemann
courtesy of the New York State DEC

Unique to the East, the famed West Branch of the Au Sable River remains legendary for its abundant hatches of Caddis, Mayflies and Stoneflies.

Brown Trout
Brown Trout
read more about it
from the article "Trout of New York"
by Russell McCullough and Eileen C. Stegemann
courtesy of the New York State DEC

6 and 1/2 miles of the West Branch Au Sable River are dedicated as year-round catch-n-release artificial lures-only water.
Catch 'n' Release waters.

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