Are particulates, a possible cure for global warming?

With but two days left in June the entire river system down to Hankins has good water flows, good water temps and trout. Except for the one big rain in late April, it was exceptionally dry until this last week. May had less than an inch of rain. June rainfall is now "normal". In recent years the BK, BR (below Stockport), and the EB were all too warm to fish by the 15th of June. The fish had relocated to their thermal refuges and the fishermen started crowding into the "Sulfur Zone".

Why is this year different? Well, if you are Rip Van Winkle just waking up from your 20 year nap, you'd say, "There's nothing unusual here, the fish stay in the EB every three or four years. There's just enough cloudy weather and rain to keep water levels up and temps down".  Not so lately. The increased temps attributable to "Global Warming" have resulted in the shortening of the time trout can remain in the freestone portions of the Delaware River System. 

Some of you  more mature fishermen might remember when Mt. St. Helens erupted in 1980 and the air born ash was swept eastward by prevailing winds. The north east temperatures were cooled down by several degrees. Well, thanks to the fires up in Canada it seems to be happening again. Day after day we get weather alerts, not for smoke (which you can often smell), but from the new villain, particulates. The fishing might not be very good right now but at least you can find a pool or riff somewhere in the system where you can fish alone.

The fishing - I admit it, I haven't been trying very hard. Got rained out Monday, and Jean came down so we could spend some quiet time before what will be a busy fourth of July week with our family. Between yard work, car repairs, (body work on mine and new tires on hers), there has been little time for fishing so far this week. Went out tonight about seven and fished a slow water pool on the BR. The water had cleared quite a bit and has dropped to fishable levels. There were some good sized yellow flies (too big for Cahill's) and the fish that were rising were eating them. Had the pool to myself and hooked five fish, one 12 inch bass, a rainbow that came unstuck, a second fish that came unstuck (I think it was a brown), and two big browns 19 and18 that I managed to land. Put down a couple fish with poor casts and left at 8:30 with almost an hour of fishable light left but nothing to throw at.

Will give it a full day tomorrow to see if I can't come up with a ten fish day.