Growing up on the Canadian border in New York, there are tons of activities to do in the northern woods, including hunting, fishing, hiking, and for Eric, hockey. When he wasn’t spittin’ chiclets in the Canadian junior hockey leagues, he was with his buddies exploring the lands and waters of the Northern Adirondack border regions. Eric began his fishing endeavors for pike, smallmouth bass, and walleye on spinners on the St. Lawrence River and the oft’ nameless ponds within the Adirondack park. After an 8 wt fly rod made it onto his Christmas list in high school, he began fishing bass with poppers on the fly. From there, his passion…or, perhaps addiction, for the sport has grown.
ERIC LAWLER
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ERIC LAWLER
As one of the founders of Eastbound and Trout, he has always been a primary organizer of the next great pursuit the crew undertakes, whether it be trips into northern Maine to seduce the last remaining members of the truly wild 20-inch Brook trout club or westerly endeavors to Colorado’s Vail Valley region chasing after jurassic Browns and Rainbows. Eric’s angling philosophy is simple and practical – delivering the goods directly to the fish. That is to say, when fish aren’t in a big meal mood and turn their nose at over-sized streamers swung from an 8 weight, he is “tight lining” a long piece of taper-less tippet attached directly to the end of a 3wt fly line that’s trained on bumping trout in the nose with dead drifted nymphs through pockets and seams.
When he isn’t on the water he enjoys time with his wife, gallivanting the Long Island countryside where they reside, looking for the next hidden-gem oyster bar, winery or watering hole. The fall and winter brings predator hunting to the top of the list at which point the DownWind Outdoors contingency focuses their efforts on stalking Coyotes throughout the state.
Eric funds his excursions working in the world of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and creating websites like these.
HOME TOWN
Canton, NY
HOME WATERS
Catskills, Long Island
TARGET SPECIES
Trout but Pike have been tickling my fancy lately.
ONE TIP TO IMPROVE ONE'S FISHING
Do not listen to anything I tell you.
A GOOD FISHING STORY
I landed my biggest brown to date, right at the 30″ mark, by myself in the dark. There was so much adrenaline running through my body from the experience that I decided to go for round two. At the time, I assumed I had all the luck in the world and would catch another trophy in no time. On the first cast after the release, I felt a slap against my shoulder…yup, a 6″ sex dungeon was stuck in my shoulder. Still excited from my trophy catch, I called all of my sleeping buddies on my drive home to tell them about the absolutely huge 30″ slab and nearly forgetting about my new shoulder piercing. Once I got back to the house, I had to wake up my father-in-law who had to perform emergency hook removal surgery on his kitchen island.
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ERIC LAWLER
All About
ERIC LAWLER
Growing up on the Canadian border in New York, there are tons of activities to do in the northern woods, including hunting, fishing, hiking, and for Eric, hockey. When Eric wasn’t spittin’ chiclets in the Canadian junior hockey leagues, he was with his buddies exploring the lands and waters of the Northern Adirondack border regions. Eric began his fishing endeavors for pike, smallmouth bass, and walleye on spinners on the St. Lawrence River and the oft’ nameless ponds within the Adirondack park. After an 8 wt fly rod made it onto his Christmas list in high school, he began fishing bass with poppers on the fly. From there, his passion…or, perhaps addiction, for the sport has grown.
As one of the founders of Eastbound and Trout, Eric has always been a primary organizer of the next great pursuit the crew undertakes, whether it be trips into northern Maine to seduce the last remaining members of the truly wild 20-inch Brook trout club or westerly endeavors to Colorado’s Vail Valley region chasing after jurassic Browns and Rainbows. Eric’s angling philosophy is simple and practical – delivering the goods directly to the fish. That is to say, when fish aren’t in a big meal mood and turn their nose at over-sized streamers swung from an 8 weight, he is “tight lining” a long piece of taper-less tippet attached directly to the end of a 3wt fly line that’s trained on bumping trout in the nose with dead drifted nymphs through pockets and seams.
When Eric isn’t on the water he enjoys time with his wife, gallivanting the Long Island countryside where they reside, looking for the next hidden-gem oyster bar, winery or watering hole. The fall and winter brings predator hunting to the top of the list at which point the DownWind Outdoors contingency focuses their efforts on stalking Coyotes throughout the state.
Eric funds his excursions working in the world of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and creating websites like these.
HOME TOWN
Huntington, NY
HOME WATERS
Catskills, Long Island
TARGET SPECIES
Trout but Pike have been tickling my fancy lately.
ONE TIP TO IMPROVE ONE'S FISHING
Do not listen to anything I tell you.
A GOOD FISHING STORY
I landed my biggest brown to date, right at the 30″ mark, by myself in the dark. There was so much adrenaline running through my body from the experience that I decided to go for round two. At the time, I assumed I had all the luck in the world and would catch another trophy in no time. On the first cast after the release, I felt a slap against my shoulder…yup, a 6″ sex dungeon was stuck in my shoulder. Still excited from my trophy catch, I called all of my sleeping buddies on my drive home to tell them about the absolutely huge 30″ slab and nearly forgetting about my new shoulder piercing. Once I got back to the house, I had to wake up my father-in-law who had to perform emergency hook removal surgery on his kitchen island.
GET IN TOUCH WITH ERIC!
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@EASTBOUNDANDTROUT