Guide Service
Rich Bradley also offers Small Stream guide service! Serving the Upper Willow, FirBrook, Butternut & the West Branches of the Neversink. Services include the Beaverkill Valley Inn, located in Lew Beach, the Guest House in Livingston Manor. Choose from two types of services: a Foot Wading Tour thru the Upper Willowemoc, Butternut & Firbrook Streams.
Details
- All guides are NYS licensed, and have a high standard for safety and regard for nature.
- At the end of the trip if hatches start heavy we’ll stay and fish a few extra hours at no charge. (You’ll have to pull me away!)
- Tip: The upper stream system has not the size of the West Branch or the Beaverkill. 5’5 to 7’5 3wt works best for the conditions of this location.
Reservations
Please call or e-mail your reservation for mid April through Oct. 31. Find contact information including phone and email address at left of this page. A $50 deposit (check / money order) is required when booking your trip. Please be courteous and observe our request for 72 hour cancellation notice.
Pricing
- Half day trips: One person = $185.00, Two persons = $225.00
- Whole Day trips: One person = $250.00, Two persons = $325.00
Money Back Guarantee
If the weather should become dangerous for fishing (lightning / high or un-wade-able water) we’ll refund your deposit should you choose to not reschedule.
Experience
- RICH BRADLEY, has walked and fished this great head water system in search of it’s native Brookies. He knows the pools, structures and it’s history.
- HANK ROPE, is a professional full time guide. Hank a member of the New York State Outdoor Guides Association specializes on streams throughout the Catskill Mountains.
- MIKE CANAZON aka Bamboo Mike. Mike and I are both members of the Catskill FlyFishing Museum and know each other for nearly 7 yrs.
- SCOTT DANIELS is our newest guide, out of Manhattan. Scott and I have known each other for 5 years and met while f ishing the upper willow.
- Come out with us!

