Angler 119's Delaware River Fishing Report
I Got This Funny Feeling, That We'll All Get Together Again
Posted on November 10 2025
Saturday's Fishing - The wind switched from the SE to the NW on Saturday which made much of the upper WB too windy to fish. There were two anglers in the pool I fished Friday so I drove down to Shehawken to see if there were any bugs hatching there....
A Little Surf And Turf.
Posted on November 09 2025
Spent the last three days at the Lordville Estate, where I had the phone and internet turned off on October 31st. Did some deer hunting, trout fishing, and the final shutdown. Here's how it went. Friday - With the temp in the mid-fifties, I got down to Lordville in time...
The Last Goodbye's The Hardest One To Say - - - -
Posted on November 02 2025
Anyone looking for a report this morning was neither realistic nor aware of the circumstances. There was a wind alert with gusts between 45 and 50mph, and I had both the phone and internet shut off at the Lordville Estate on the 31st, (the shut off happened at 11:30am). Was...
I Feel Lucky! (It's Not Every Day You Get To Fish In A Two Hour Long Sucker Hole).
Posted on October 31 2025
Woke at 3:30 this morning and looked out at wind and rain. Arose at 7:00 and it was still windy and rainy. By noon the yard was covered with leaves and the rain and wind continued unabated. Am surprised at how little the streams have come up so far. The...
It Was A Great Day To Be Alive!
Posted on October 30 2025
Left for Lordville at 9:30 this morning with three tasks and the possibility of either deer hunting or fishing on the agenda for today. Called Vicky on the way down and got a pruning appointment at 12:30. Drove straight down to the Lordville Estate and mowed/raked the front and two...
I Think The Fat Lady Is Getting Ready To Sing.
Posted on October 21 2025
With Jean and her sister off to visit her brother in Cleveland, the original plan was for me to stay down at the Lordville Estate until Sunday. With gale force winds on Thursday I worked all day getting the camp ready for closedown. Spent the morning Friday crossing items off...
I Learned My Lesson.
Posted on October 17 2025
Yesterdays fishing, (if you want to call it that), was no fun. Had a better chance of getting wind burn than catching a fish. With the forecast for today showing sustained winds up to 25mph, with higher gusts, I said no mas. I've had a gallon of paint sitting on...
Blow You Old Blue Norther - - - -
Posted on October 16 2025
All I had to do was say I planned on giving the WB a try, and the River Master cranked up the release to 1,000cfs. To make matters worse the wind blew out of the north at between 10 and 20mph, (when the sun came out it blew 20 steady)....
It Was Better Than I Expected.
Posted on October 15 2025
Free of appointments for the next week I drove down to try the fishing, work on the Lordville Estate closedown and maybe see if any bucks showed up to admire the Lordville ladies. Loaded the car with detritus from the garage and combined a trip to the transfer station with...
The Times They Are A Changin'
Posted on October 13 2025
Jean and I drove down to the Lordville Estate Saturday morning to take care of a "couple little tasks" that took four hands, and to take in the Catskill leaves, which are supposed to be at their peak on Columbus Day weekend. There might have also been a promise of a...
I've Got Better Things To Do!
Posted on October 08 2025
Have spent yesterday afternoon and today at the Lordville Estate, fished a couple of hours each night, and nothing's changed my opinion on the current fishing conditions. Fished the EB for about 45 minutes, it was bugless. Had a nice rainbow eat a caddis with a dull hook, one jump...
Think The Fishing Is Bad On The Delaware? Talk To The Owner Of The Hungry Trout Shop On The Ausable.
Posted on October 07 2025
Drove down to the Lordville Estate mid- day today to get rid of the tomatoes rotting on the back porch and to begin work on some of the early close down items. Have to be back in Lafayette Wednesday for a doctors appointment, but with rain scheduled for tomorrow I...
Wind Knots And Tailing Loops
Posted on October 06 2025
t's been over a month since the staff here at "Angler119's Delaware River Fishing Reports" has assembled the questions that have come in from contributors. Shame on them. I'll do my best to see that they get them to me more promptly in the future. Chris asked about the fall...
The Truth, The Whole Truth.
Posted on October 04 2025
Someone needs to step up and tell it like it is. I understand that most people writing Delaware River reports have a horse in the race. They paint a picture of beautiful fall colors, speak of "tinted" water helping the streamer fishing, talk of olive sipping fish in the evening,...
Try To Remember - - -
Posted on October 01 2025
If today was still the end of the trout fishing season, as it was many years ago, I could have hung up my waders without shedding a tear. To be sure it's been a difficult and challenging season, I've been skunked a good many times, but today was somehow worse...
Had A David Attenborough Moment.
Posted on September 30 2025
Fished another split day with a couple hours of yard work in between. Fortunately with the sun subdued by a high haze it kept the streams fishable and it stayed cool enough to work. Drove over to the Bk this morning and found a few fish. Also became reacquainted with...
As Ed S. Likes To Say, There's More To Fishing Than Catching Fish.
Posted on September 29 2025
Started out this morning with the spike horn and what seems to be a gramma, mom, (a yearling that was bred as a fawn), and her fawn, nosing around the base of the apple tree looking for drops. At nine-thirty I headed out to fish and had to stop while...
Please Tell Us Where The Action Is.
Posted on September 28 2025
Thought I'd been Kimmeled this morning when the report hadn't appeared by 11:00am. The Troutfitter management said that an attempt was made to post it at 7:30am but apparently a wrong button was pushed. I'd prefer to think that the Troutfitter phone rang off the hook with room cancellations and...
Maybe Tomorrow - - -
Posted on September 27 2025
We finally got some rain in the water system, the BR hit 2,500cfs, the EB 1,800cfs while the BK peaked at 800cfs. The flows were dropping rapidly today, but I would bet the fish are on their way to their home pools, if not there already. The rain provided a...
Hit It With Your Best Shot
Posted on September 25 2025
With the Cannonsville release cut back to 380cfs in anticipation of the rain, I stopped at both Buckingham and Shehawken on the way home to see what, if anything was happening. Buckingham was like a mill pond with neither bugs nor rising fish in the still water. It was a...
Three fish on One Dry fly cast?
Posted on September 24 2025
Did another double header today. This morning with good cloud cover the water temp in the EB was fine for fishing. Fished a riff/run down low hoping that some fish had started their migration back to their home pools, and they have, sorta. In almost two hours of fishing with...
Five Short Minutes Of Lovin - - -
Posted on September 23 2025
After spending most of Thursday, all of Friday, Saturday and Sunday not fishing, you'd think I'd be anxious to get back on the river, and I was, until I saw the release from Cannonsville was up to 1,150cfs. That eliminated the "tinted" water in the WB. The people who commented...
I've Had It.
Posted on September 20 2025
Spent from six-thirty until seven this evening sitting on the back porch with my P. M. watching the spike horn buck eating apples. Why? There's just no place where I can fish under present conditions, that I want to fish. Jim N's kind words, (or was he reflecting on my...
It's My Party And I'll Cry If I Want To
Posted on September 19 2025
After three straight doubleheaders, I decided to work strictly out of the bullpen today. Took care of some nagging business matters, did some neglected yard work, tied a half dozen olives of the type that got a lot of fish to come up and at least look yesterday, spent time...
All MY Life's A Circle - - -
Posted on September 18 2025
Today was the Associate editors third annual meeting. We met under the pavilion at the Troutfitter promptly at 1:00pm and enjoyed BC's famous meatball subs that Dennis champions regularly. The business portion of the meeting was short, the story session lasted until about 4:00. Dave stopped by and had us...
On The Road Again.
Posted on September 17 2025
Before we start I need to make a correction. The grammarian pointed out that Olga never got a ten, 9.8 being her best score. The first ten was awarded to Nadia Comaneci. Tomorrow is the day the Associate Editors are gathering to both fish and make fun of my fly...
Olga Korbut Isn't The Only One Who Can Get A Ten.
Posted on September 16 2025
With the peaches picked, the tomatoes requiring water only every other day, and the grass not in need of mowing, (perhaps ever), I had the entire day to pleasure myself. Stopped at Morenos and got my Bow License, and headed out to fish. Picked a spot that I haven't fished...
Sunday Morning Coming Down.
Posted on September 15 2025
With Jean out walking with her sister, I finished up the things I had to do back home, fed the trout in the pond, packed food and clothes in the car and departed Lafayette so as to be in time to fish this evening. The drive down showed that Mother...
Watch Out For Rattlers Sunning On The Tracks.
Posted on September 13 2025
With Syracuse Univ. Scheduled to play Colgate at seven tonight I headed out this morning when the air got up close to sixty. The water temps have been good on the BR for almost a month, the flow has varied between 800cfs and 1,100cfs depending on how much water is...
Tonight's Was The Night. Everything Was Alright.
Posted on September 12 2025
Killed another day doing nothing noteworthy. Somehow I skipped shooting the bow, I'll probably never have to mow the lawn again, left too much space between the two fences that are needed to keep the deer away from the tomato plants so, they jumped into the space between the two...
Five Short Minutes Of Lovin' - - -
Posted on September 11 2025
When people ask me where I'm going to fish, I often say, the first place I find with no fishermen in it. It's not that I don't ever have a plan, because I do, but more often than not the plan is changed because another fisherman's plan was to get...
Don't Believe All Those Lies - - -
Posted on September 10 2025
A week ago there were all kinds of olives when the release from Cannonsville was up around 800. When the release was cut back to the mid 400's the bug activity, (at least where I fished), came to a screeching halt. The last two days the release has been between...
It's Hard to Do Something New At 82.
Posted on September 09 2025
Arrived back at the Lordville Estate about 12:30pm today. Put stuff away, ate lunch and mowed the lawn, parts of which are brown and haven't grown in six weeks while other parts, shaded by trees and houses, continued to grow. When I finished the mowing, I sat down and tied...
Up River, It's The Smallest Flies That Are Getting Eaten.
Posted on September 06 2025
Trying to figure out/predict river flows is at least as hard as picking winners at Saratoga. Why did they cut back the release on the WB two days ago? The predicted rain - or - is Wallenpaupack going to run? The rain did produce a little bump in the water...
If You Get To Throw At Rising Fish, You Have To Call It A Good Day.
Posted on September 05 2025
Woke this morning hoping for an all day soaker that would raise the rivers and send the trout back to their home pools, get the olives going and the fish up.. The drop in the release from Cannonsville to under 500cfs in anticipation of the rain, opened up the entire...
Don't You Know We're All Just Travelers On The Road To Kingdom Come.
Posted on September 04 2025
With rain in the forecast for Thursday, (that might be why they cut back the Cannonsville release), I decided to conserve energy and burn gas. Left the Estate at 10:00am and toured the fishery. Driving along the rivers in the foothills of the Catskills is a scenic tour that for...
Let Me Tell You Where It's AT - - -Note See Morning Update Below
Posted on September 03 2025
If I was asked to describe todays fishing in one word - Dreadful - would do just fine. It might well have been a "great day to be on the river", but where I was at least, swinging wets would have been far more productive than dry fly fishing. Fished...
Hey Baby Won't You Take A chance
Posted on September 02 2025
Spent Sunday with a neighborhood friend of over 70 years. His passion is horse racing and we spent a long but very enjoyable day together driving to Saratoga, scratching the muzzles of two of his horses, (one the NYS bred two year old filly of the year), having breakfast at...
And Then Along Came Jones - - -
Posted on September 01 2025
Had to go back to August first to find the last time I answered questions -my apologies to those who who have waited for answers. Terry V. wanted to know what they are eating when they are rising but won't look at your fly. Easy - flies without hooks in...
A Hendrickson Wind And Fall Olives Is A Tough Combo.
Posted on August 30 2025
Decided to try the tricos this morning, it was cold so there was no rush. Took a page out of my GHOF's book and decided I needed to replace the olives that got chewed up yesterday, and wouldn't you know it, both the time and temperature got away from me,...
Same Score, Different Games.
Posted on August 29 2025
Had breakfast with Jean who left with enough tomatoes to feed the extended family, waited for it to warm up, (45 at 6:15am), and then went out and spent an a couple hours fishing another BR pool. The pool I fished has a small stream running into it which usually...
Born To Fish Again, I'm A Brand New Man - - -
Posted on August 28 2025
If perhaps you got the feeling that I was a tad discouraged with the fishing on the Delaware yesterday, you were right. Today was the day Jean was coming down to have lunch with Sue, one of her friends from Florida who lives in Honesdale. The lunch was scheduled for...
We Need A Hurricane, Or At Least A Tropical Depression.
Posted on August 27 2025
It's time to just say it. I'm having a hard time working up enthusiasm for the fishing conditions at present. Had to make a few calls this morning, mow the lawn this afternoon, but about five this afternoon I had no excuse. Got in the car, drove to the post...
Got Back To The Fishing Camp, Turned On The Yard Light, And Midges Swarmed Around It.
Posted on August 26 2025
Back at the Lordville Estate after a little longer break than usual. Had an MRI scheduled for 3:15 this afternoon. If they were behind schedule there was no way I would have driven down. Was in the machine listening to Little Eva do the locomotion, (not in time with the...
You're Too Late, Baby.
Posted on August 23 2025
With the Hancock temperature at 47 degrees this morning there was no hurry to get on the river for the trico spinner fall. Had a leisurely breakfast, read the paper and at 9:30 set out for the UEB. Car thermometer had the temperature still in the 50's until Fish's Eddy...
With A Big Hill Blocking The Western Sky I Was In the Car By 8:12.
Posted on August 22 2025
Spent the early morning hours watching the deer in the back yard. The winter coat is poking through the summer hair on two more does. The twin fawns are now tackling small apples. It takes contortions of their entire body to get the apple in pieces. Have previously mentioned that...
The Fish In The WB Are All Sulfur, Olive And Iso Proof, Bring Ants If You Come.
Posted on August 21 2025
Was in no hurry to get out fishing today. Tricos have a tough time landing on the water when it's windy, so I didn't go. As I mentioned in yesterdays report, this was to be an olive day, and in some places it was. There were, however, other places where...
Tonight The Fish Refused to Rise, But There'll Be Olives, Tomorrow.
Posted on August 20 2025
Walked out on the back porch at 6:30 this morning and the thermometer said it was fifty degrees. Last week I saw a doe about half a mile up Lordville road that was already the dark color they get when the winter coat first shows. This morning she was in...
Turn Out The Light's The Party's Over
Posted on August 19 2025
Enjoyed a weekend at home with Jean that included a quiet 40th anniversary dinner at Dashers Pub in Homer. Ran well water into the trout pond all last week as both the inlet to the pond and our little stream, Rainbow Creek are bone dry. The fish perked up with...
An Increased Release In August Is Seldom A Bad Thing
Posted on August 17 2025
If you are looking for something positive to pin your hopes on, the River Master started calling for increased releases from Cannonsville on Thursday. The releases are required to meet minimum flow requirements at Montague down in Jersey. Why now? The additional flow is needed because the hydro generation at...