Fishing New York Nov 2003

These were taken during the first week in November, 2003 during a trip to western New York with Tom Flanagan and John Metrick. We fished some of the streams that flow into Lake Ontario between Buffalo and Rochester. In the fall there are runs of King salmon, brown trout and steelhead. The Kings were as large as 30#, while many of the browns were over 10#. They're not easy to catch as they are in the rivers to spawn, not to feed.

Anglers on Sandy Creek, west of Rochester, NY	Sandy Creek from the highway bridge	Foggy scene, but at least it quit raining
Tom standing in Treehole, well known from several fly fishing articles	Climbing back up from fishing Marsh Creek	Tom & brown on Sandy Creek
Tom and a bigger brown	John and a nice brown	Still on Sandy
John getting some help netting rainbow as the sun was setting	A steelhead	Tony and steelhead caught with a lawyer fly on 18 Mile Creek
Abandoned railroad trestle over 18 Mile		John bringing in a fish on 18 Mile
John with another steelhead	King salmon spawning on 18 Mile	The sun finally came out on the last day, but the temperatures dropped quite a bit
Upper stretch of Sandy Creek. Tom Peterson hooking up with a large brown	Tom P and his brown	Tony with brown on Sandy Creek