Nobody enjoys fly fishing anymore than I do and not many people fish as much as I do - most years. This one is different - way different. There was too much water to wade comfortably until May 15th. We then had good water levels and good fishing for a six week period that ended the the first week of July when the arrival of the first of four heat waves shut things down. The last week of July the...

You don't need me to tell you, all you have to do is look at the river flows.  It's Tuesday morning at 11:00 am and they are still going straight up.  High, warm and muddy water abounds throughout the system.  With the ground saturated and the tribs gushing mud it will be a good many days before things clear and become fishable.

IF (and it's a big IF) - (See what I did there?) NYC cuts back the...