Fly Fishing

Syracuse, NY -- For the last 30 years, Loren Williams has turned his passion into a career.

At the age of six, Williams' father taught him how to fly fish and now, Williams is the owner of a fish food re-creation business. He also serves as a guide to those interested in trying the fly fishing experience.

In 2005, Williams was named the first official team fly tyer for Flying Fishing Team USA.


The hobby of fly tying was a popular pastime in his native Pennsylvania Poconos.

Each morning, Williams hikes approximately one mile through rough terrain until he finds a section of stream he likes. Then he spends the rest of the morning doing what he loves.

Williams explained that fly fishing isn't as difficult as it sometimes seems.

"They have this image of these long casts and all this other stuff that, yea, you can do it, but that's the pictorial calendar connotation of fly fishing," he said. "That's the fly casting part of fly fishing. The fishing part is catching fish. It doesn't have to be complicated."

Courtney Petrouski followed Williams for a morning of fly fishing and found out that it's not as easy as one might think. Her feature story can be seen below.

County Rejects Plan for Outdoor Crunch Game

Game could move to Carrier Dome

SYRACUSE- The Onondaga County Legislature voted down a measure 14-2 to spend $350,000 in county room occupancy tax for Alliance Bank Stadium to host an outdoor Syracuse Crunch game.

Legislators initially approved a measure to spend $75,000 on the game, with the money being reimbursed through concession and parking revenues at the game.

The proposed game at Alliance Bank Stadium comes after the three outdoor National Hockey League games that were extremely successful bringing in revenue to the cities of Edmonton, Buffalo and Chicago.

Crunch president Howard Dolgon was not surprised the measure was voted down.

"Once again we were disappointed but not at all surprised by the short-sighted and narrow-minded thinking of the individuals in decision making power within the community where our hockey team plays," said Dolgon. "Leave us out."

Plan B for the Crunch seems to be having a game played in the Carrier Dome. While this option eliminates the possibility of having the game played outdoors, a mere change of venue from the War Memorial might attract more fans.

The Crunch say there is a scheduled meeting with Syracuse University this morning about having the game played in the Carrier Dome.

UPDATE: Director of Athletic Communications for Syracuse University Pete Moore has told NCC News the newest plan is to have the Crunch and the Syracuse University Women's Hockey team play a double-header in the Carrier Dome.

Times and the order of the games have not yet been determined and the planning of the event is still in its preliminary stages.