Rhode Island

Experience the thrill of saltwater fly fishing and light tackle angling on the fertile waters of Narragansett Bay, Block Island, and Rhode Island Sound with your host and guide, Captain Ray Stachelek.

Imagine being on the waters off Newport Rhode Island and fly fishing for stripers in skinny water. Feel the excitement as you're chasing blues in a feeding frenzy. Or perhaps you dream of taking tuna on a fly. Let On the Rocks Charters take you out for a day of fishing you won't forget. We specialize in Fly Fishing and light tackle fishing Narragansett Bay, Newport, Point Judith, Block Island, Westerly, and Watch Hill in Rhode Island. We cover all inshore areas of Rhode Island and Narragansett Bay.

Skinny Water Charters is based in Newport, RI, a beautiful seaside community surrounded by some of the world's finest saltwater fly fishing waters. At our doorstep is Narragansett Bay, it's many estuaries and saltwater rivers. Just beyond Castle Hill and Beavertail lighthouses is the Atlantic Ocean that is the gateway to many near shore reefs and boulder fields for shallow and on the rocks fishing in front of Newport's famous Ocean Drive, the Sakonnet and Westport Rivers to the east, and to the west, Rhode Island's south coast beaches, salt ponds and Little Narragansett Bay near Watch Hill, RI. Rhode Island and nearby coastal Massachusetts and Connecticut have an abundance of absolutely wonderful skinny water fly rod and light tackle angling locations for Striped Bass, Bluefish, False Albacore, Bonito, and in some years, Blue Fin Tuna. Rhode Island's salt ponds provide the closest thing you will experience to dry fly fishing in saltwater for Striped Bass with the annual six-week Cinder Worm spawn that brings aquatic worms face to face with marauding Striped Bass. This is a fishery you must experience. If it’s shallow water and sight fishing that you prefer, combined with low impact fishing conditions, gorgeous scenery, and worldclass angling you are seeking, allow me the opportunity to guide you to what will be a memorable fly fishing and light tackle fishng experience in Rhode Island. Welcome to Skinny Water Charters, an Orvis Endorsed Guide Service, where you will learn more about the waters I fish, my equipment, our fishing calendar, what you should bring on your trip, photos of some happy clients, my rates, tips to consider, a current fishing report , information on fly casting lessons, and area attractions that may be of interest while in Rhode Island.