Date: August 5, 2023

Time: To Be Determined

Location: Dauphin, Pennsylvania

Price: $275 per person

Join Wild East Outfitters for a full-day guided float trip on the Susquehanna River for smallmouth bass. The Susquehanna River is one of the premier smallmouth bass fisheries in the United States. The bass habitat on the "Susky" is hard to beat and the scenery is top-notch.

August 5th falls right in that window of one of the most prolific hatches on the Susquehanna River. Late July into the first couple weeks of August generally kicks off the White Fly hatch. The white fly hatch generally starts late in the evenings around 7:30-8:00 pm and it generally brings every fish in the river up to surface feed. Due to the nature of this late evening hatch, we usually start fishing later in the day and fish into the dark.

With four boats booked for a total of 8 people fishing in drift boats with our guides Wild East Outfitters will donate 1 Full Day Guided Drift Boat Trip to the Ridge and Valley Chapter of Trout Unlimited.

We'll have a place to stay after the float if you don't want to take that long ride home after fishing all day.

ABOUT NIK RAFTAS

Nick is a full-time guide and owner of Orvis Endorsed Guide Service, Wild East Outfitters. Fly fishing on some of Pennsylvania’s most technical waters has been Nick’s lifelong obsession since he was 7 years old. In 2011, he began guiding and quickly established himself as a sturdy, reliable and hard-working guide.

People who know Nick have referred to him as the anti-trout bum. Nick has grown particularly fond of fishing and guiding on Pennsylvania’s larger water ways. He spends most of his time guiding on the Lehigh, Susquehanna, Juniata and Delaware Rivers. He has also hosted trips to Montana, Outer Banks, Michigan, New York, Arkansas and Chilean Patagonia.

Nick has been featured in the Anglers Journal, has contributed to Field and Stream Magazine and The Hook Shot’s Video series. He is also a published author in Fly Fisherman Magazine. Nick has served as a board member and briefly as the president of Lehigh Cold Water Fishery Alliance and has currently resumed his role as a board a member. He has been a strong voice in advocating for the Lehigh River trout fishery.

When Nick is not guiding he enjoys hosting trips and has hosted groups of anglers to fish in Chilean Patagonia, Montana, Outer Banks, Michigan, New York and more. Nick also enjoys speaking engagements primarily in the winter months and has presented to numerous Trout Unlimited Clubs throughout the Tri-State area, to local universities, The Anglers Club of New York, The Philadelphia Anglers Club as well as at the Fly Fishing Shows in Edison and Lancaster.

Please click on the link below to register

https://reservations.wildeastoutfitters.com/classes/step_1/24

Questions? Please email admin@rvtu.org