GUIDED FISHING TRIPS
DRIFT BOAT & RAFT TRIPS
Half Day | 4 Hours | $300
Full Day | 8 Hours | $500 includes lunch
1 or 2 anglers
Trip write ups and
slide shows
WALK & WADE TRIPS
Half Day | 4 Hours | $250
Full Day | 8 Hours | $400 includes lunch
Additional anglers + $50 up to 2
4+ people will require a second guide - please call or email for custom quote
Bring your own waders, we provide everything else
*Valid NYS fishing license is required for all anglers
Lake Erie steelhead
Steelhead fishing in Western New York usually starts around the end of September and the fish will come in waves from then until May depending on the season.
With access to many tributaries in our surrounding area it's possible to escape some of the crowds and have a beautiful piece of our water to yourself.
Great Lakes steelhead are beautiful, fast and powerful fish, and the trip to western New York is an affordable alternative to the west coast and their native ancestors. Recent seasons we have had the bonus of the odd lake run brown trout that come in to spawn and/or feast on the easy meals floating downstream.
Peak times are October - November Fall run and March - April Spring run
Lake Ontario Tribs
(steelhead and brown trout)
The Lake Ontario Tributaries are on average much more popular country wide. The salmon anglers as well as the higher chance of catching the big beautiful lake run brown trout draws people from all over every fall. That being said, crowds are much bigger but so are the fish. King Salmon run these waters and the rest of the trout are always right behind them. Once the salmon begin to die off however, the anglers after the browns and steelhead will have more room to work over less pressured fish which is never a bad thing.
lower niagara
With average flows of 250,000 cfs the mighty Niagara River is a spectacle. The shear beauty of your surroundings is trumped only when you see the beastly salmonids and other fish that call these turbid waters home. Early fall the salmon are the first to enter followed closely by brown trout, lake trout, and steelhead. These fish on average are large and can use the massive current against you - having you and a net man chasing downstream. Walk and reel!
Peak times October - Early December and then again in May
inland TROUt
Although western New York is known for steelhead and our other migratory salmonids, there are hundreds of miles of stocked and naturally reproducing trout, as well as tiny babbling brooks with native brook trout. Depending on the time of year and weather conditions, these fish can be brought to hand on nymphs, dries and even streamers. Trout fishing trips are a great way to cut your teeth in fly fishing. The streams can be quite different and this teaches you to read the water which will help you as an all around angler. Spring and fall are the most optimal times, but trout can be caught in the dead of winter and summer, as long as stream temps are safe for the trout. Just give us a call we'd love to get you out on these little gems that I have grown up on.
lower niagara
Euro-nymphing
Euro nymphing is all the craze in fly fishing lately and for good reason. It works. It's called many things - Czech, French, Tightline Mono Rig - but the fact is a majority of most trouts diet is subsurface and this technique puts the bugs right in the fishes face. If catching a lot of fish is your thing, euro nymphing is your game. It's also not hard to teach, even to beginners because most takes of the fly you will actually feel. We offer a special 4 hour Euro Nymphing trip that includes
1 on 1 instruction starting with me tying up your leader system and teaching knots necessary, to what flies to use and when. Included in your trip price you will receive at least a half dozen tungsten Euro style flies so you can keep right on fishing after your instruction is done! You can bring your own rod if you would like or use one of our nymphing specific rods. $250 Waders will be needed (except during warmer months) we have some available for rent if need be.
FLOAT TRIPS
When the flows/weather are right QCG can also take you and your fishing buddies out on one of our crafts for a day of fishing. Wether you are a hard core fly fisherman who wants to grind all day or a parent looking to get your kiddo out for a day on the water drowning worms - I'd love to help! We offer Float trips on the Genessee and Allegheny rivers as well as some smaller inland lakes. More in depth info on certain float trips can be found below.
Musky on the Fly
QCG is now offering drift boat trips to target WNYs biggest freshwater game fish - the muskellunge. After years of these fish taking over way too much of my brain capacity and chasing them unrelentingly, I'm ready to offer trips for people looking to improve their musky on the fly game or even trying to land their first one! The musky is also known as the fish of 10,000 casts but they can appear at any moment of any day so you have to be mentally ready to learn and put in the work. Getting to hold one of these apex predators definitely makes all the work worth it in the end!
We will only be booking trips for the months of June, September and October.
Ice Fishing Trips
During the colder months here in Western NY we like to trade in the iced up guides on the long rods and get out on the ice. Ice fishing can be very scary for people not aquainted with it but rest assured we won't have you out on ice that is not more than safe enough to fish on. We have huts with heaters and chairs to warm up in or fish out of while the weather is more frigid. We also have a full range of rods tip ups and electronics to get us on the fish that you are after. Ice fishing is a blast, it allows you to get out of the house when most people stay inside and fish water that usually is only accessible with a boat.
We book ice fishing trips for the months of January Feb and March (weather dependent) groups welcome 3-4 clients per guide
$250 half day (4hours) $350 full day +$50 for each additional angler
