We will be fishing for brown trout and Chinook salmon in Oak Orchard Creek, which is a tributary of Lake Ontario. These fish spawn from late September to early November. You may even get lucky and catch steelhead and rainbow trout, which generally spawn later during the winter months. "The brown trout are what Oak Orchard is famous for and the area is likened to a poor man's Patagonia."

Tackle: MAKE SURE THAT YOU HAVE A VALID LICENSE
8 weight or higher with floating line (6 weight has caught fish; but this stresses them)
Heavy leader / tippet
Split shot weights - four feet up the leader works best
Hook sizes 8 -14
Flies: Woolly buggers; bead head nymphs; egg patterns; glo bugs; scrambled eggs; carpet flies
3mm - 5mm waders and a rain jacket.

Local Fly Shop:
Orleans Outdoor  (585) 682-4546 (Ron Bierstine, NYLOG; full day guide 1/$269; 2/$309; 3/349)
1764 Oak Orchard Road - Rt 98, Albion, NY (You'll pass it on the way to the Oak) 
info@orleansoutdoor.com 

Accommodations: MAKE YOUR OWN RESERVATIONS 
Dollinger's Motor Inn (585) 589-6308
436 West Avenue (route 31), Albion, NY 14411
$70 per night per room, which sleeps two [two double beds]

Directions:
TO MOTEL: (Approx. 440 miles / eight hours from Nassau) 
New York State Thruway to exit 48 - Batavia. (Or route 17 to route 390 to NYS Thruway west.) 
Go north on route 98 to Albion - about 16 miles. 
"New" Dollinger's is on route 31 west of the intersection of routes 98 and 31.

TO OAK ORCHARD CREEK: 
We will be fishing from the St. Mary’s Archery Club property. We will lead you to the site, but in case you want to go on your own … Take route 98 north out of Albion and bear left onto route 279. Continue to the end over the lake and turn right. Turn right again at Clark Mills Road [the first street sign]. Continue along the winding dirt road through a cluster of houses. Turn right into the St. Mary’s Archery Club property and proceed down the hill and park on your right. 

Fishing plan: (early arrivers fish on your own; follow directions above to the Oak)
Plan on spending the whole day on the Oak. We will be leaving the motel promptly at 5AM [Friday and Saturday] and we will race to the site in order to secure adjoining spots so we can control a section. If a spot turns out to be prime, we’ll rotate in and out to let everyone catch a “big” one. Fishing can begin at dawn – a little after 7am. The archery club serves breakfast and lunch for donations. They also have toilet facilities. On Saturday afternoon, the club will be having their fall game dinner starting at noon at a cost of $10. Beer is included.

Meeting times – unless notified otherwise at the motel:
Thursday at 6PM – we’ll meet for dinner
Friday at 5AM – meet outside motel for drive to the Oak.
Friday and Saturday at 6:30PM – assemble to go to dinner, if we are still hungry after the club’s game dinner.
Saturday at 5AM - meet outside motel for drive to the Oak.
Sunday – on your own.

Nearest hospital: Medina Memorial Hosp. (585) 798-2000. Take rte 31 west, 10 miles from Albion.

AL BATTISTELLI (516-826-1640) AND JIM FOLEY (516-766-4531) WILL BE TAKING NAMES – SO WE KNOW WHO WILL BE GOING AND CAN PROVIDE A TRIP LIST.