Posted on April 28 2021
Forgive me for I have sinned. Left Lordville at noon, stopped on the LV bridge and there were fish going everywhere. Drove up the PA side towards Buckingham to see what the incoming boat traffic looked like, did a U-turn and headed back to fish the "Home Pool". It wasn't meant to be. I could only see one angler in the pool but the parking lot under the bridge was full and there was a four car traffic jam right by the railroad tracks. Squeezed through the tie up, drove up to 97 and headed downstream towards Callicoon - right out of the bugs and rising fish.
Spent the rest of the day looking for the caddis I told you were on all of the freestones, without finding a significant hatch, spinner fall or rising fish. Got thinking about it and I've only seen one heavy hatch of Hendricksons. Haven't seen a single "popcorn" hatch of the apple caddis either for that matter. Until today I've had "fair" hatches of both bugs, which gets the fish looking up and ready to eat your fly.
At 6:30 I drove back to Lordville and saw where all the cars came from. One after another pontoon boats, kayaks and other assorted PFDs came down the river and took out under the bridge. There were lots of caddis husks in the water and the fish just below the bridge were still rising. If only I hadn't left Lordville.
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