Need a break from work?

These ten fishing videos will make your day go by faster! Enjoy.


Fly Fishing is a Joke from Henry Harrison on Vimeo.


River Time Forgot from 7 Weight on Vimeo.


Spring Creek from 7 Weight on Vimeo.


Northwoods from 7 Weight on Vimeo.


Hustle and Fish from 7 Weight on Vimeo.


The Good Life from 7 Weight on Vimeo.


See The Take from 7 Weight on Vimeo.


Mexico Movie from 7 Weight on Vimeo.




Iceland from 7 Weight on Vimeo.



Enjoy!

Tight lines,
Artie

More Steelhead!

Over Thanksgiving Break, I had the luxury of fishing for Steelhead with some good friends of mine. There were laughs, fish landed, fish lost, beers, and pictures taken! We were on a major Lake Ontario tributary using Cortland's new Switch Line, Diamondback Swinger Switch Rods, and Cortland's 444 10' sink tip type III Fly Line.

 
Small egg patterns seemed to work the best for us over break. We also caught fish on nymphs and our leaders were tapered down to anywhere from 4-8lb, depending on the water we were fishing. It was good to see some that some fresh fish had entered the river - some of them were getting pretty beat up!

Enjoy the pictures, and as always - check back!

Tight lines,

Artie

Sale for THIS WEEKEND ONLY!

For this weekend ONLY, there will be a special for those of you who view this blog. This coupon code won't be available for anyone else and is strictly an online factory store coupon code.

 

Enter this coupon code in the "Enter Code" box above the green checkout box and receive a 10% discount on any item in the online those. The code is: AL1121.

Click here to go to the Online Factory Store!

Any problems or questions e-mail me at ALOOMIS@cortlandline.com!

Enjoy the sale and Tight lines,

Artie

Cortland Masterbraid

We recently received word about a great write up on our Masterbraid from Andrew Ragas. Click here to read the review. Some of those Muskies look awesome!

If you're unfamiliar with our Masterbraid, then this is a great review to read because it is from someone who fishes all the time. Masterbraid is constructed in a way that makes it rounder, which means less twist, greater accuracy, longer casts and extended life. Andrew discusses the advantages of our Fiber Tech process well, and he has the fish pictures to back it up.

This weekend looks like it will be a good one to get on the water. Shotgun season opens up in our area so it should take a lot of anglers off the water, plus the majority of the Finger Lakes Tributaries are in prime condition after the rain we just received. That means Landlocked Salmon, Brown Trout, and Rainbow's. I might also try for Lake Trout and Pike. Throw Steelhead into the mix and who knows! Fall is a great time to fish here in Central New York!

Check back for a weekend recap, and enjoy your weekend.

Tight lines,
Artie

Fall Brown on a Streamer

Yesterday I sight fished to this guy who was in about a foot of water. He turned and ate an olive streamer, then all hell broke loose. It's probably one of the most colored up stream resident Brown's I have ever caught.

Enjoy!

Tight lines,
Artie

Steelhead Report

This past week seemed to fly by with the recent time change, but that didn't mean we didn't make time to fish here at Cortland Line. The tug of steelhead have all of us here acting a little quirky - random hook-sets, people yelling "Fish on!", and imitations of past fights with fish are all common place this time of year.

Joe landed this awesome steelhead below on a size 10 stonefly from a major tributary of Lake Ontario last weekend. He said that he was lucky to land the fish because of the water he was fishing in, and mentioned calling it a "salmon" sized fish when he first hooked it. Well, at 36.5'' I'd say he was right - nice fish, Joe.

I haven't landed a fish as big as Joe's this year, but the steelies have been kind to me. I've been getting a lot of fish on various egg patterns and only a few on nymphs. There isn't anything better than the head shakes a steelhead throws at you, and that is what keeps me coming back for more every time. The steelhead pictured below was a fish I was sight fishing to. She was sitting right behind two spawning King Salmon, and sucked in my egg pattern as it floated by.

 

All of my fish this fall have come on our new Diamondback Swinger 11'6'' Switch Rod. This rod casts excellent, responds well, and makes fighting fish a breeze. Look for them in your local Cortland Pro Shop, the Cortland Factory Store, or contact us at info@cortlandline.com for more information.

Tight lines,

Artie

Fishing Porn

Need a quick break from work?

Here you go.....

Finger Lakes Brown

Great Lakes Steelhead

Summer time brown release

Sulphur

Missouri River brown 

 More pictures will come later. Check back!

Tight lines,
Artie