Destinations
Most fishing sites are about the fish. This one's about the place — the towns, fly shops, diners, lighthouses, and side trips that make Steelhead Alley worth showing up for, even when the river's blown.
Wild and Stocked Brown Trout in the Wyoming County Hills
Three trout streams within 90 minutes of Buffalo: Wiscoy Creek (wild brown showcase, 500-1,800 fish per mile), Trout Brook (wild brook trout sanctuary), and Eas...
Salmon River Weekend: Two Days in Pulaski
The Pulaski playbook. Friday-night arrival, two full days on the regulated-flow Salmon River, Sunday home with stories. The opposite of a multi-river road trip...
Erie Wine + Steelhead: A Two-Day Pairing
The trip for the weekend where exactly half the group fishes and exactly half doesn't. The Lake Erie AVA and three world-class tribs in the same 30 miles. Both...
Cleveland to Buffalo: Three Days on Steelhead Alley
The classic Steelhead Alley road trip. Friday afternoon out of Cleveland, the Erie cluster on Saturday, Cattaraugus or Eighteen Mile on Sunday before Buffalo. T...