Guided Trips & Instruction
We offer half and full day walk-wade trips as well as guided drift boat trips on a full day basis. All trips include rod, reel, and line at no additional cost, and full day trips include a meal.
Prefer to talk it through? Call (607) 498-5194 or email info@beaverkillangler.com.
Our Waters
The scope of our guided fishing trips covers a lot of ground. On our closest waters, the Beaverkill and Willowemoc Rivers, we offer half and full day guided wade fishing — we don't float those rivers. Close by are the East, West & Mainstem of the Delaware River, where we offer half or full day wade trips and full day float trips, water permitting (half day float upon request).
We can also arrange a walk into the Neversink Gorge, a large swath of state-owned property with limited access. It's a very fun experience but requires a full day and a reasonable amount of walking. We have a few guides with the experience to do this and suggest making arrangements far in advance.
We also offer half and full day wade trips on the Esopus Creek, north of Roscoe. It's a smaller river, part freestone and part tailwater, with a very good fish-per-mile ratio — a fantastic wading river where we have a high success rate.
Guided Trip Rates
Walk & Wade
- Half Day — $350 for 1–2 people, + $50 for a third
- Full Day — $450 for 1–2 people, + $75 for a third
Float Trip
- Half Day — $425 for 1–2 people
- Full Day — $525 for 1–2 people
All trips include rod/reel/line at no additional cost. Full day trips include a meal. Waders rent for $35 per trip if needed. Flies, if needed, are an additional cost.
Meet the Guides
Dennis Cluck Jr
Dennis has been fishing the Catskills for over twenty years. Whether you want to fish the Beaverkill, Willowemoc, West Branch of the Delaware, or explore some of the smaller tributaries for native brook trout, Dennis' high school teaching and coaching background makes him an excellent guide for both experienced and beginning anglers. He is also qualified to teach Tenkara.
Landon Brasseur
Whether wading through the small creeks, floating the Delaware or sitting behind the vice, Landon always has fishing on the brain. There aren't many days he isn't on the water guiding or chasing trout, bass, carp or just about anything else you can throw a fly at. Landon has a background in graphic arts and photography so it's not unusual to get some photos of a day out with him. Landon floats and wades all of our rivers in the region.
Stefan Spoerri
Stefan's earliest memories are of fish and the waters they call home. That fascination eventually led him to fly fishing, and once he started he never looked back. Stefan has been guiding and running a drift boat on the Upper Delaware system for over twenty-five years. Stefan floats the East, West & Mainstem of the Delaware for both trout and bass.
Irwin Mallory
A third generation Catskill fly fisherman, Irwin has over forty years of experience in these famed waters. His trout stalking days began on the Batavia Kill and the Schoharie Creek in the Northern Catskills; the Esopus, Beaverkill, and Willowemoc are also an intricate part of his fishing resume. Sharing this knowledge with beginners and experts alike is a focused passion. He has run a marathon on all seven continents with his fly rod in tow.
Instruction
Casting Instruction
A full one-hour casting course or tailored instruction — an introductory class to accelerate the learning curve, or tips to sharpen a competent caster. Up to four people.
- $75 per hour
- $25 each additional person
Introduction to Fly Fishing
The casting course plus the practical, teachable side of the sport. A two-hour course we can customize on request. Up to four additional people.
- $125 first person
- $35 each additional person
Guided Instruction
A half day (4 hours): the first half is our Introduction to Fly Fishing course, followed by time on the water learning new techniques with some fly fishing.
- $325 for 1–2 people
- $50 each additional person
Rental Equipment
Rod / Reel / Line
We primarily rent Orvis Clearwater 9' 5-weight rods (a few 8'6" 5-weights as well), all with Orvis Battenkill reels.
- $35 per day
Waders
With the largest wader rental inventory in the region we have a lot of sizing options. We rent Orvis bootfoot waders, so boots and waders come attached.
- $35 per day
Rentals are by the day: picked up before 10:00 AM, back that evening; after 10:00 AM, back before 10:00 AM the next day. Early pick-up and late-night drop-off can be arranged. All rentals are first come, first served — large groups should call ahead for prepaid, no-cancellation arrangements.
Fishing Licenses & Cancellation Policy
We do not sell fishing licenses at the shop and recommend purchasing in advance at the NYSDEC website or anywhere licenses are sold (Brothers in Arms in Roscoe issues them).
A 50% deposit is required when booking a guided fishing trip or instruction. If you cancel with at least 2 weeks notice, the deposit is refunded in full. With a week's notice, the deposit can be applied to a new trip before October 31st of the same calendar year. There is no refund on cancellations with less than a week's notice.