Fished both branches and the big river today with mixed results.
The BR: With the 700 cfs release from Stilesville the middle section of the BR was in play today. The release was cut back to just under 400 cfs again at noon and any amount of sunshine will put the water temp over 70. Today the river had browns and rainbows willing to eat a fly with a hook in it (always a good thing) and I did better...
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Angler 119's Delaware River Fishing Report
Happy Father's day to all!
Posted on June 17 2018
With a predicted high of 90 degrees and the release at Stilesville cut back to under 400 cfs the choice of where to fish became less complicated. A 400 cfs release won't cool the BR much below Stockport (if that). So, you have the UEB the WB and a short stretch of the BR. The rest of the system (BK, BE, and BR below Stockport were clearly out of bounds due to temps in the mid 70's.
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If you didn't tie a wind knot today - - - you didn't fish!
Posted on June 14 2018
If there was ever a day in June not to fish, this was it. In Florida they say, "Wind, what wind, we don't call it a wind 'til they give it a name". Well I gave it several names today. It was flat out unfishable.
Got into the BR early just as the wind started picking up. There were splashy risers chasing Cornuta nymphs. The Cornuta hatch is frustrating because the trout eat the nymphs and won't...
Got into the BR early just as the wind started picking up. There were splashy risers chasing Cornuta nymphs. The Cornuta hatch is frustrating because the trout eat the nymphs and won't...
Trump's "friends" sure can fish!
Posted on June 13 2018
With a gray overcast day forecasted I decided to continue my assault on the BK and BE. With the low water conditions it won't take more than two or three bright sunny days in a row to get both streams into the "no fishing zone" (temps over 70).
Fished about a half mile of the BK which surrounds one of the "Eastern European's" tenting sites. They camped there for about a week to harvest fish during...
Fished about a half mile of the BK which surrounds one of the "Eastern European's" tenting sites. They camped there for about a week to harvest fish during...