Ischua Creek New York Fly Fishing Report & Options for Selecting Flies: Email us at (sales@perfectflystore.com) with the dates you will be fishing and we will send you a list of our fly recommendations. We can get flies and gear to you within two to three business days from the time you place your order via Priority Mail. If you provide a budget for flies, we will select them to match the budget and get them to you on time for your trip. Your can also call us at 800-594-4726 and we will help you decide what flies and gear to use. All orders are shipped free in the U.S. If under a $100 order requiring Priority mail is a charge of only $8.10. Orders over a $100 are shipped free via Priority Mail.
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Type of Stream
freestone stream
Species
Brown Trout (Stocked and Wild)
Size
medium
Location
Western New York
Nearest Towns
Buffalo
Machias
Season
Regular NY Trout Season
Access:
good
Non-Resident License
State of New York
Weather
National Weather Service Link
Season:
The season opens April 1
Winter:
Fly fishing Oatka Cree during the Winter is great.
Spring:
Springtime is the best time for fly fishing Ischua Creek.
Summer:
Trout fishing slows down in the Summer due to warm
water.
Fall:
Fall is a great time for big holdover browns.
Recommended Tackle & Gear
Fly Line:
4, 5 or 6 weight
Leaders:
Dry fly: 9 to 12 ft., 5 or 6X Nymphing:
71/2 ft., 3 or 4X, Streamers 0-2X
Tippets:
Dry fly: 5 or 6X, Nymphing: 3 or 4X,
Streamer 0-2X
Best Fly Rods:
Perfect Fly Supreme Four, Superb Five
or Ultimate Six
Fly Reels:
For 4/5/6 fly line
Fly Floatants and Misc Items:
Floatants, KISS Strike Indicators
Tools & Accessories:
Nippers, forceps, retractors, etc.
Copyright 2013 James Marsh
Fly Fishing Ischua Creek New York
Ischus Creek begins near the small village of Machias, New York. It flows for about twenty miles and enters Oil Creek. The entire stream is stocked with brown trout by the state. The section around Franklinville and upstream from there has a some wild browns. The stream is known as one of the top trout streams in western New York.
Fly fishing Ischua Creek is usually very productive from fish catching standpoint due to the large numbers of fish stocked. There’s a special regulations area that’s approximately 2.2 miles long located at Franklinville. It’s a no-kill, artificial lures and flies only area. It runs from .9 mile downstream of the Route #98 Bridge and for 1.3 miles upstream from the bridge. This is known as the Cadiz Bridge.
Ischua Creek is easy to access for most all of its length. The stream probably averages about twenty-five feet wide. It flows slowly to moderately through farm land in the foothills of the Allegheny Mountains. There’s plenty of deep pools and runs. Most of the stream has a soft, silt bottom.
Fly fishing Ischua Creek is done mostly using streamers and nymphs. There can be some dry fly action at times. The stream has a large population of minnows, baitfish and crayfish.
Except in the special regulations area, much of the fishing is done with conventional tackle. Live bait is also commonly used in the other areas of the stream. The
state is hopeful that the special regulations area will help to increase the wild trout population.
The stocked trout are not very picky, especially if they were recently stocked. Holdover trout, or trout that have been in the stream for a few weeks can become selective as well as the wild trout. While generic and attractor imitations work okay for the stockers, they often do a poor job of imitation the most plentiful and available natural foods in the stream. You will increase your odds of success if you use more realistic imitations of the
natural food. That’s where our Perfect Flies come in very handy.