WNY Fly Fishing Private Lessons

I offer private lessons for fly casting, the cost in $60.00 per student for two hours for casting, equipment, knots and general fly fishing. E mail me at jimguida@hotmail.com











I work with Project Healing Waters as well as Women In The Outdoors

Flies For Sale

My Patterns are as follows: Guida's Mirrored Minnows $2.50 ea, Guida's White Lighting/Black Thunder $2.00 ea, Guida's Emerald Shiners $2.00 ea, Hairballs, sucker spawn, single eggs $1.00 ea all orders must be in Qty's of 5's or 10's per style
e-mail orders to jimguida@hotmail.com

WNY Fly Fishing Trout Camps

Trout Camps are in the spring for inland trout. The classes are six hours and cover casting, fly selection, and reading the water. We provide lunch, guides, flies/leaders/tippet, rods and reels if needed, you must bring waders and wading boots, sunglasses. This is the best way to start out fly fishing and learn from some of the best instructors in WNY.

Cost is $250.00 per person $350.00 per two
Please call Brian Slavinski
716-834-4331















Wednesday, April 24, 2024

WNY Fly Fishing Stream Report 4/24/2024

 The fishing today was crazy, I have only seen the Hendrickson this big one other time and that was about 15yrs ago on the same stretch of water. The time was about 230 to 4 o'clock and ir was non stop action on top. I got fish swing wets, nymphing and of course on top. There was some very LG fish taking the bugs and it was a great thing to see.

Saturday, April 20, 2024

WNY Fly Fishing Stream Report 4/20/2024

 The weather is starting to come around and it's about time, some of the bigger creeks are still high but coming down. The wellsville trout derby was this weekend and as always it's a zoo.

Wednesday, April 17, 2024

WNY Fly Fishing - Venting

 I need to vent a little, I fish PA and get regular updates on the fishing as well as stocking news. They sent out an email saying all stocking was stopped due to high water conditions which is fantastic, i called our stocking hot lone and they have stocked this week in these high water flows in some creeks over 900cfs what sense does that make? The fish have little chance of holding anywhere and they get flushed down stream, i have said this for years our dec should just copy everything that PA does and our fishery would be so much better

Thursday, April 11, 2024

WNY Fly Fishing Stream Report 4/11/2024

 No fishing anytime soon with all the rain we have been getting lately for both lake run and inland except for a few, sry there is nothing going on until this all goes away and gives us a break

Friday, April 5, 2024

WNY Fly Fishing - Thoughts

 I  have heard, but not confirmed that the Seneca Nation is going to raise the fishing lisc up a lot for both NY residents and even more for out of state fishermen, while ill agree for out of state lisc going up i have a big problem with the nys residents paying more, after all we pay for the fish to be stocked in the lake and they are gouging us to fish on their land for something we paid for in the first place, if it wasnt for the stocking programs they would not make the amounts of money they do from people coming down and buying gas/food lisc while fishing.

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WNY Hatch Chart

Name Size Dates
Stoneflies 10-18 April - September
B.W.O 18-22 April - September
Hendrickson 12-14 April - May
Black Caddis 16-18 March - May
Caddis 14-18 April - September
March Brown 10-12 May - June
Grey Fox 12-14 May - June
Sulpher 14-18 May - June
P.M.D. 16-20 May - June
Lt. Cahill 14-16 June - July
Green Drake 8-10 May - June
Isonchia 12-14 June - August
Yellow Stonefly 12-14 June - September
Hexagina 6-8 June - July
Trico 20-24 July - September

Ants 16-22 June - September
Beetles 12-16 June - September
Flying Ants 16-18 June - September
Hoppers 10-12 August
Crickets 10-12 August

USGS Height Gage

USGS Height Gage

Flow Rate Guide

Oatka Creek
2.60 – 2.80 low water flows·
2.80 – 3.00 moderate flows·
3.00 – 3.20 good fishing flow·
3.20 – 3.40 starting to rise·
3.40 – 3.60 High Water


Genesee River near Wellsville
100 – 200cfs Summer Flows Low water
200 – 300cfs Summer Flows Good Water
300 – 400cfs Spring Flows Fishable·
400 – 500cfs Spring Flows High Water·
650cfs + Stay Home


Cattaraugus Creek

Cattaraugus in Fall
100 – 250cfs Low Water Flow·
250 – 400cfs Good Fishing Flow·
400 – 650cfs Fishable Flow·
650 – 800cfs High Water Flow·
800 – 1000cfs Very High Water Flow·
1000 – 1200cfs Stay Home Tie Flies


Cattaraugus in Spring

100 – 250cfs Low Water Flow·
250 – 400cfs Good Fishing Flow·
400 – 650cfs Normal Fishing Flow·
650 – 800cfs High Water Flow·
800 – 1000cfs Very High Water Flow·
1000 – 1200cfs + Stay Home Tie Flies

Followers

Mirrored Minnow

Mirrored Minnow

Rainbow Runner

Rainbow Runner

Emilee's Spey

Emilee's Spey

Thunder Creek Minnow

Thunder Creek Minnow

Simple Sculpin

Simple Sculpin

Hairball

Hairball

Rabbit Leech

Rabbit Leech

Hare's Ear Wet

Hare's Ear Wet

Peacock Emerger

Peacock Emerger

Sulpher Emerger

Sulpher Emerger

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