Nicholas Raftas
Fishing Report for the Lehigh River and Central, Pennsylvania
Lehigh River Fishing Report: Current Lehigh River Conditions: Time: 0700 Date: 3/23/2022 Current Gate: 6.00’ cg Anticipated Change: N/C...
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Nicholas Raftas
Jan 14, 20221 min read
Francis E. Walter Re-Evaluation Study
https://www.thelehighriver.org/re-evaluation-study Overview On September 25th, 2019 an agreement was signed to re-evaluate the management...
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Nicholas Raftas
Jul 3, 20211 min read
Stream Report Juniata River July 3, 2021
Today we took a break from fishing the Susquehanna River due to a high wind forecast. We fished the Juniata River instead and it fished...
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Nicholas Raftas
Jun 29, 20211 min read
Susquehanna Fishing Report June 29, 2021
I met up with my client yesterday in the Dauphin area at 6:30 am. Air temperatures were predicted to get well into the 90s and that it...
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Nicholas Raftas
Jun 27, 20212 min read
Where To Purchase Smallmouth Bass Flies?
If you mainly fly fish for trout and you'd like to break into the smallmouth bass game it may or may not be obvious as to where to get...
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Nicholas Raftas
Mar 16, 20211 min read
Stream Report Lehigh River 03/15/2021
Water flow: 1,100 cfs Visibility: 25 inches Water temperature at mid-day: 37 degrees farenheit Water condition: Slightly Turbid Best time...
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Nicholas Raftas
Nov 26, 20183 min read
When Is the Best Time of the Year to Target Large Brown Trout?
While I believe you can catch large brown trout at any time of the year, I am convinced that the biggest and meanest fish in the river...
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Nicholas Raftas
Nov 25, 20181 min read
Wild East Outfitters Fly Fishing The Susquehanna River
While this was a tough year for us on the Susquehanna River due to all of the high flows we still managed to have some really great...
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Nicholas Raftas
Sep 3, 20181 min read
Back with a Bang!
After about a month of high muddy water the Wild East Outfitters Guide Service is back at it again and putting some monster smallmouth in...
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Nicholas Raftas
Aug 19, 20181 min read
Review: Orvis Recon 9' 8 Weight Paired with 8 Weight Saltwater All Arounder Line
I throw a lot of rods paired with different lines and some combos are better than others. I have to give a big thumbs up to the Orvis...
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Nicholas Raftas
Mar 23, 20222 min read
Fishing Report for the Lehigh River and Central, Pennsylvania
Lehigh River Fishing Report: Current Lehigh River Conditions: Time: 0700 Date: 3/23/2022 Current Gate: 6.00’ cg Anticipated Change: N/C...
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Nicholas Raftas
Jan 14, 20221 min read
Francis E. Walter Re-Evaluation Study
https://www.thelehighriver.org/re-evaluation-study Overview On September 25th, 2019 an agreement was signed to re-evaluate the management...
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Nicholas Raftas
Jul 3, 20211 min read
Stream Report Juniata River July 3, 2021
Today we took a break from fishing the Susquehanna River due to a high wind forecast. We fished the Juniata River instead and it fished...
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Nicholas Raftas
Jun 29, 20211 min read
Susquehanna Fishing Report June 29, 2021
I met up with my client yesterday in the Dauphin area at 6:30 am. Air temperatures were predicted to get well into the 90s and that it...
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Nicholas Raftas
Jun 27, 20212 min read
Where To Purchase Smallmouth Bass Flies?
If you mainly fly fish for trout and you'd like to break into the smallmouth bass game it may or may not be obvious as to where to get...
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Nicholas Raftas
Mar 16, 20211 min read
Stream Report Lehigh River 03/15/2021
Water flow: 1,100 cfs Visibility: 25 inches Water temperature at mid-day: 37 degrees farenheit Water condition: Slightly Turbid Best time...
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Nicholas Raftas
Nov 26, 20183 min read
When Is the Best Time of the Year to Target Large Brown Trout?
While I believe you can catch large brown trout at any time of the year, I am convinced that the biggest and meanest fish in the river...
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Nicholas Raftas
Nov 25, 20181 min read
Wild East Outfitters Fly Fishing The Susquehanna River
While this was a tough year for us on the Susquehanna River due to all of the high flows we still managed to have some really great...
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Nicholas Raftas
Sep 3, 20181 min read
Back with a Bang!
After about a month of high muddy water the Wild East Outfitters Guide Service is back at it again and putting some monster smallmouth in...
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Nicholas Raftas
Aug 19, 20181 min read
Review: Orvis Recon 9' 8 Weight Paired with 8 Weight Saltwater All Arounder Line
I throw a lot of rods paired with different lines and some combos are better than others. I have to give a big thumbs up to the Orvis...
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Nicholas Raftas
Jul 4, 20181 min read
How to Tell What a Trout is Feeding on Based on Rise Forms
On countless occasions on the Lehigh and Delaware Rivers I have seen refusal after refusal while throwing dry flies at trout that...
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Nicholas Raftas
Jul 4, 20181 min read
Trout and Water Temperature: How Hot is Too Hot?
https://www.hatchmag.com/articles/trout-and-water-temperature-how-hot-too-hot/771553
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Nicholas Raftas
Jul 1, 20181 min read
Orvis 301 Smallmouth Bass on the Fly Delaware River 6/30/2018
Yesterday we ran an Orvis 301 class on the Delaware River. We had 12 people out to learn about how to fly fish for smallmouth bass. The...
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Nicholas Raftas
Jul 1, 20181 min read
Susquehanna River Report 6/29/2018
We have been running our guided trips on the Susquehanna River up above Harrisburg. The fishing has been pretty solid. We haven't been...
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Nicholas Raftas
Jun 27, 20182 min read
Wild East Outfitters Would Like To Welcome It's Newest Guide: Andy Ranieri
Wild East Outfitters has made a couple of additions to the guide staff. We have added a handful of guides to the staff that will be...
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Nicholas Raftas
Jun 27, 20181 min read
Not Just a Fly Fishing Guide Service for the Susquehanna, Juniata and Lehigh Rivers
Not only does Wild East Outfitters offer guided drift boat fly fishing trips on the Susquehanna, Lehigh and Juniata Rivers we also offer...
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Nicholas Raftas
Jun 25, 20181 min read
Susquehanna River Report 06/24/2018
The fishing has been decent the past few days in the Liverpool and Mahantango area. We are finding the better fishing is happening later...
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Nicholas Raftas
Jun 23, 20182 min read
My Favorite Smallmouth Bass Patterns on Guide Trips For the Susquehanna and Juniata Rivers
1. The Clouser Minnow- The Susquehanna River is where the Clouser Minnow was created. It was created by Bob Clouser and it should be a...
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Nicholas Raftas
Jun 23, 20181 min read
Susquehanna River Report 06/20/2018
We are so happy to be back fly fishing the Susquehanna River for smallmouth bass. It's personally my favorite time of the year. I love...
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Nicholas Raftas
Jun 19, 20181 min read
We've Been Anxiously Awaiting the Smallmouth Season on the Susquehanna and Juniata Rivers
The Susquehanna River bass opener was officially June 16th. We had two boats out for the opener and the fishing was a little on the slow...
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Nicholas Raftas
Jun 9, 20183 min read
Thoughts on Streamer Fishing
I spend a lot of time fishing big rivers especially the Lehigh River and one of my favorite ways to target fish on guide trips is to have...
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Nicholas Raftas
Jun 6, 20181 min read
Stream Report 05/06/2018 Lehigh River
Nick Raftas The fish have been eating Blue Winged Olives from around 2:30 pm until 6:00 pm and Sulphurs from 6:00 pm to a little bit...
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Nicholas Raftas
Jun 5, 20181 min read
Stream Report 05/04/2018
The water levels are finally back down to fishable levels on the Lehigh River. This week we had a couple of really good streamer days and...
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Nicholas Raftas
May 28, 20182 min read
New Beginnings: Wild East Outfitters
Nick Raftas As some of you may know I have been guiding since 2011 under the banner of Sky Blue Outfitters. In 2013 I walked away from...
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