Fly Fish the Adirondacks Guide Service is a professional  independent guide service that offers wading fly fishing trips on the West Branch of the 
Ausable, Saranac, Salmon, Raquette, Chateaugay River and numerous back country brooks and fly fishing or light spin fishing on lakes
and still water impoundments. 

All trips are lead by Richard Garfield, this service is based upon one guide, operator and owner.

I offer a personalized service based on a lifetime of fly fishing in the Northern Adirondack Region, there are no substitutes for local
knowledge of season, lay of terrain and water. During the course of a guided trip I will be an instructing guide, covering  casting, reading the
water, line control, presentation, insect identification, knots and more. To insure quality fishing for all, I promote a catch and
release only policy.

Your trip can be a pleasurable short walk to the water, long hikes to remote spots or fish from a canoe or boat. You can tailor the
trip to meet your goals and objectives. My goal is to lead the best trip possible based upon water conditions, weather and time of
the season. I can not , however, make the fish feed or control the weather...still working on this, my business partner
Mother Nature has the final say to the outcome of the day . 

The duration of your trip can be a 4 hour half day, 8 hour full day or tailor your trip to a time frame in which you would like to operate.

PRIME ANGLING TIMES:

TROUT:

Trout season in New York State runs from April 1st to October 15th, the best time to fish the Northern ADKs is from late May to
mid October.

 BASS:

Bass season opens 3rd Saturday of June, the best fishing can be found right from the start of the season thru mid October,
when trout angling becomes difficult due to warm waters, the bass fishing is excellent.

 

WHAT  EQUIPMENT DO I NEED TO BRING ON A GUIDED TRIP????

• Rod and reel
• Waders and wading boots
• Stout wading staff
• Personal fly selection
• Baseball cap or wide brimmed hat
• Polarized sunglasses with rose, light brown or amber lenes
• Full day or remote fishing trips , water or beverage and food in a small backpack
• NYS fishing license

 
For the finest in personal attention, only 2 clients to a guide, additional persons will render a second guide plus guide fee.
 
As an added bonus to the guided trip, I will photograph any scenes you want taken, all photos are free. I work with a
digital camera and will either email or burn your favorite pictures to a CD and send to you. I have photographed all the
pictures which appear on this site.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          FFTA WILL PROVIDE THE FOLLOWING EQUIPMENT IF NEEDED:

• Full size range of waders and wading boots.
• Rods and reels.
• Back up Fly selections for time of the season and prevailing conditions.
• Wading staffs.
• Non - prescription polarized sunglasses.

CONTACT US: gar1235@charter.net

                     RICHARD GARFIELD
                     PO BOX 1147
                     LAKE PLACID,NY 12946

                     518.946.7063