
Fly Fishing Class with Mark Klein owner of Rip Van Winkle Fly Fishing
Born from melting glaciers over 10,000 years ago, Esopus Creek became a haven for native brook trout. By the 1800s, artists and anglers flocked to its waters, but industry soon ravaged the land and fishery. Stocking of rainbow and brown trout in the 1880s revived the streams, inspiring Theodore Gordon’s “Catskill-style” flies and cementing the […]