First time out using a guide and first time fishing in the Adirondacks.  This was also the first real fishing trip for my youngest son. Ryan was wonderful from the start, quietly managing everything and providing helpful advice when needed but stepping back when we were making progress.  We caught around 10 bass, four quite nice sizes. Two larger ones were caught by my son, which really made his day. I highly recommend Ryan, who knows this region really well and guarantees... More

Ryan was really good with the kids and clearly enjoys taking people out fishing. We caught small mouth bass and pike all day long! We also stopped at a couple small islands and the kids were able to jump off rocks into the water. If you are looking for a fun day out on a beautiful lake or river, don’t hesitate to book it.

We had a great time finishing Ryan on the lower Saranac today. Good weather, fish were kind of biting (we may have had challenges keeping them on the line), but we fished a bunch of different areas and had bites if not fish in all of them.

Got out to a hidden stream to fish for brook trout. lucky enough to get 2 keepers for a dinner! This wasn’t my first fly fishing trip, but I am still new to this style. Ryan’s direction and tips were super helpful and I have a better idea now of how to choose what flies for specific situations. Also learned new way of casting when in tight wooded streams. I really enjoyed not only the fishing and one on one experience but I also learned a lot about the general adirondack info, saw/heard some... More