Angler 119's Delaware River Fishing Report
When You Go, Let Us Know.
Posted on April 22 2025
Spent a delightful night in Lafayette with Jean who returned from a trip out to Ohio a few hours before I got back from my journey to the Neversink. Arrived back at the Lordville Estate at noon today, had lunch, put the food and clothes away, and at about 1:30...
Do Easter Bunnies Lay Eggs?
Posted on April 21 2025
Met my neighbors little girl up by the railroad tracks this morning where she was looking for easter eggs. Later in the day I found three goose eggs out on an island in the Neversink that had already hatched. If you could find the goose eggs early enough, just one...
The Guides Just Know, (It's Why They Get The Big Bucks).
Posted on April 20 2025
If you are wondering, most guides are on either the EB or the BR. Why? That's the question. For starters both the WB and the UEB are quite low and difficult to navigate without interfering with wade fishermen and banging the bottom of an expensive drift boat. There is, however,...
A Dandelion Whine.
Posted on April 19 2025
Not wanting to be accused of whining, (or mewling either for that matter), I'll start with the positive. While driving through downtown Hancock around noon today I saw dandelions in full bloom along the south facing banks of the houses on Main Street. Those who regularly read A-119's offerings know...
I Don't Mind A Hendrickson Wind, If There Are Hendricksons.
Posted on April 18 2025
Looked at the forecast on Tuesday morning, worked around the fishing camp until noon in beautiful 65 degree weather, and then packed up and headed back to Lafayette. Temperature dropped to a low of 43 on the way home with winds in 30/40 mph range. Woke to a day long...
The Answer MY Friends Is Blowin' In The Wind.
Posted on April 15 2025
Today the weatherman did me no favors. Intended to do the spraying for brown rot on the fruit trees this morning before the wind picked up, but the radar showed a line of rain scheduled to sweep through the area between 10:00 and 11:00. The clouds arrived about 11:00 and...
The pressures off, at least for me.
Posted on April 14 2025
Since purchasing the Lordville Estate back in '91, there have been a few years where I avoided a skunking, alas, this year isn't going to be one of them. Spent Saturday watching an all day drizzle with the red stuff in the thermometer unable to even get out of the...
Sunshine On My Shoulders (Would) Make Me Happy.
Posted on April 12 2025
Drove down to the Lordville Estate early this morning, stopping briefly at the Troutfitter in Deposit to pick up a new pair of waders. Had an appointment at 10:00 with Hancock Telephone, (now Archtopfiber) to install internet and activate the phone. By noon I was all hooked up. Opened the...
It's Still Early Days.
Posted on April 07 2025
Departed Long Key at 2:30 am last Tuesday morning and rolled into Winchester Virginia 17 hours later. We were on the road again at 6:45 Wednesday morning and arrived home in Lafayette, New York at 12:30 pm. The only glitch in the journey was a one hour delay in the...
My Bags Are Packed I'm Ready To Go - - - -
Posted on March 30 2025
Woke up this morning and checked the obituaries, didn't see my name so it appears that I've made it to 82. Jean and I are still down here in the Florida Keys where the process of "summer proofing" our house is nearing completion. Our current plan is to head north...
And Now You Know The Rest Of The Story.
Posted on November 11 2024
When I went down to Lordville on Wednesday, I had hoped to maybe finish up in time to get a little fishing in. I didn't. It was 4:00 when I called it quits so I decided to take my bow and sit in a place where I've often seen does...
Turn Out The Lights, The Party's Over - -
Posted on November 06 2024
Heading down to the Lordville Estate tomorrow morning. Will be stopping at Vicky's Unisex Hair Salon at 10:00 AM for my last hair cut there until next spring. The Troutfitter is closed and David is probably down at Hilton Head by now after spending over two-hundred straight days at the...
Gonna Shut You Down.
Posted on October 23 2024
It's October and my plans seem to change daily. CL Repair got my tires in at one on Monday and Craig was able to do all the work on the car while I was crossing off items on my closedown list. Car was done by 3:30 and I packed it...
There ARE No Commercials When You Just Watch Nature.
Posted on October 21 2024
It may be time to go sit in a tree, but I'm still here at the Lordville Estate. Why? Several reasons. First, I made arrangements a month ago to get new rear brakes, a tire rotation, and an oil change at Craig's. CL Repair in Equinunk. Stopped by Friday so...
And I Thought Smith's Colonial Motel's No Vacancy Sign Was Due to Leaf Freaks.
Posted on October 20 2024
Let me be clear about a few things. First of all fall fishing can be very good, if most people are hunting, watching football games or working on their honey do lists. Why? The browns are busy spawning, which takes a huge percentage of the river's fish out of the...
If You Have Deer In Your Yard, You Don't Need A Rake.
Posted on October 19 2024
Woke this morning to find the backyard covered with frost. Thermometer on the back porch read 30. Waited until 10:30 to resume the peach tree pruning saga. Happy to report that tree #3 is now finished. Will go back and "touch up" trees one and two, now that I have...
She's Leaving On A Jet Plane - - - -
Posted on October 18 2024
Drove Jean to the airport at 4:30 AM for her trip out to Fargo, North Dakota. Was back to the house by 5:30. Had an early breakfast, packed up the car and headed for Lordville. Wasn't halfway there when Jean called to say she was in Chicago and ready to...
So Maybe I'm Turning Into A Wuss.
Posted on October 14 2024
It's 7:00 o'clock Sunday night and I'm in Lafayette. Had planned on coming down today and fishing until Wednesday. Have to be here early Thursday morning to get Jean to the airport. She's leaving me - again - to go out to Fargo N.D. to watch our granddaughter play volleyball....
Things Are Looking Up And Quite A Few Of Them Are Fish.
Posted on October 10 2024
Worked on my camp closedown list, and pruned one limb and several branches off the peach tree nearest the road while waiting for the grass to dry, then mowed the lawn. Finished up by 12:30, too early to go fishing, so I cleaned up, ate lunch, did a crossword and...
Clear Water, Bugs, Rising Bows And The Possum.
Posted on October 09 2024
Truth be told, I'm sick of fishing in muddy water. Today I went east. The BK is so low, (77cfs), that there was no one fishing, except me. In the fall I look forward to fishing the BK which has excellent iso and pseudo hatches. Picked a long deep pool,...
Who Sang "He Stopped Loving Her Today"?
Posted on October 08 2024
When last Friday looked like a replay of Thursday's bugless adventure, I packed it in and headed for home. I was hobbling around on a bruised foot that just might have been caused by walking up and down streamside rocks in a pair of felt bottomed neoprene booties with felts...
A Good Bad Day.
Posted on October 04 2024
People often ask me where I'm going to fish, and I usually tell them I don't know. Sure, I have an idea where I want to fish, but if someone else is already fishing there I go someplace else. For the past two weeks there have been consistent hatches that...
Take That Dennis M., (With Absolutely No Disrespect Directed At Mrs. Dennis And Her World Famous Chocolate Cookies).
Posted on October 03 2024
Was on the road this morning in the pitch dark at 5:00AM heading for Ithaca where we were to arrive by 6:15 for Jean's second cataract removal. Jean was scheduled to be the second operation, (she was eighth last week), but there was a mix-up between the front desk guy,...
For The Good Times.
Posted on October 01 2024
It doesn't seem possible but it's the last day of September and therefore time for my sporadic and intermittent message. Have to go home tomorrow and drive Jean to her 2nd cataract operation. The first one was last week and already Jean's crowing about how well she can see out...
Momma Said There'd Be Days Like This
Posted on September 30 2024
It's six-thirty and I'm off the river and typing the report. There were bugs from when I started at 1:15 until just before I quit at 6:00. What kind? The usual suspects which haven't changed much in the past few weeks, olives of all sizes, isos, Hebes, the odd Cahill,...
I Had Other Things To Do.
Posted on September 29 2024
Today held little promise as a fishing day for me. Why? Syracuse was playing at noon today and the game would last the entire time that I saw hatching bugs yesterday. I've been away for a week and the lawn has to be mowed. Needed to clean out the accumulation...
Somebody Tell The Old Man When The Olive Are Hatching.
Posted on September 28 2024
It's 7:30 and I'm back at the Lordville Estate, Perfect Manhattan in hand, ready to write a report. Drove back down this morning after a week in Lafayette. Was surprised by the number of fishermen on the river this morning, and was even more surprised when I went out to...
It' My Party And I'll Cry If I Want To.
Posted on September 21 2024
Those of you on the pay side who sneak a peek at the blog before it's posted on the Troutfitter page were no doubt disappointed last night. I was disappointed too, as I watched Stanford kick a last second field goal to beat Syracuse, in lieu of writing the...
Too Much Of Nothin'.
Posted on September 20 2024
Got half the lawn mowed and tied some flies. It occurred to me while at the bench, that I'll never be a fly tyer, rather I'm a fisherman who uses a lot of flies and they need to be replaced. Have taken my tying stuff down to Florida but somehow...
Didn't Think I'd Need A Reservation.
Posted on September 19 2024
Finally have something a little different to talk about. Started out at 3:00 with a place I was intending to fish clearly in mind. Pulled into the parking area and there was a guy with his waders on fussing with his equipment in the back of his vehicle. Asked him...
Come On Let Me Tell You Where It's At.
Posted on September 18 2024
Thankfully both last night and today turned out to be cooler than what was forecasted. It got into the forty's last night and I took full advantage of the cooler temp this morning to do some heavy duty yard work. Rested up mid-day, tied a half dozen flies, and at...
I'd Gladly Pay More For Three Or Four Cloudy Rainy Days Than I Did For My New Lap Top.
Posted on September 17 2024
Today was another in a seemingly endless string of beautiful fall days, (unless you are a fisherman). Checked the weather forecast and those two rainy days I was so looking forward to, have now been replaced by two more orange suns smiling at me from my lap top. Have a...
You Know They Don't Come Easy
Posted on September 15 2024
It's Saturday night, I'm back in Lafayette attempting to type a report on a notebook. Yesterday's fishing was the same as the previous three days. Fished both the BR and the EB. Found very few bugs during the day, but if you floated a fly over a fish that hadn't...
Sometimes Fishing In The Bright Sun Isn't So Bad.
Posted on September 13 2024
A couple weeks ago I caught the laptop charger cord with my foot, yanked the laptop off the table and in the process bent the charger cord prong. Today I finished the job, by once again catching my foot in the cord and snapping off the prong, in the laptop....
Every Day I Get To Fish Is Special!
Posted on September 12 2024
Spent the morning filling another five gallon bucket with apples , (which went directly onto the screened in porch), shot the bow, (didn't find the missing arrow,but shot well), finished my blind alteration/repair project, vacuumed, (put two c's, one u and one m in on the first try), up the...
If You Bury An Arrow, Will It Grow Roots And Produce More Arrows?
Posted on September 11 2024
It's fall, no matter what the calendar says. Except for the two fawns that live in the backyard, all the deer in Lordville are proudly wearing their new winter coats. The orphaned fawn of last year is sporting his one, three inch long horn, sans the velvet,the sun is in...
A Day Not Worth Writing Home About.
Posted on September 10 2024
Had a number of things to do before departure today and decided to take my time and limit my fishing to the evening hours. Have been doing quite well during those last couple of hours of light. The waters have cooled off and are all in good shape to fish.There...
Who Knows Where Or When.
Posted on September 09 2024
Home and thankful to be here rather than trying to battle the wind on the river today. Put up a couple of trail cams, and will be heading back down to the Lordville Estate tomorrow morning. Now is as good a time as any to answer the weeks questions. Glenn...
Like A Bridge Over Troubled Waters - - -
Posted on September 07 2024
Big news in Lordville, the bridge is open on Lordville Road, the work isn't finished but you can use the road. Is our mail lady ever happy. Coming back from Vicky's after my haircut and an enjoyable hour plus conversation at the Troutfitter among three fishermen with a lot of...
Sunshine On My Shoulders - - -
Posted on September 06 2024
I was a little smarter today than yesterday. Spent the day sprucing up the Lordville Estate. Made and attached a screen on an attic window, removed the overflow Gorilla Glue from my threshold installation job of two weeks ago, replaced or straightened, and secured the bottom row of cedar shakes...
It Was Fun, Fun, 'Til Debby Took The Isos Away.
Posted on September 05 2024
Left the fishing camp at 2:30 and headed east, determined to right the ship. The WB release has been raised to six hundred, the silt is coloring the water, no one is reporting any bugs or rising fish and I wanted to give the EB, UEB, and BK a good...
How High's The Water Momma?
Posted on September 04 2024
Hats off to the grammarian who works tirelessly in the background to improve our end product here at A-119. Found a record five errors in yesterday's offering. I didn't get up until 7:45 so unfortunately, I had no chance to proofread my work in the morning, (as I usually do),...
70 Degrees Feels A Little Chilly To Me.
Posted on September 03 2024
The trip down to Florida and back went without a hitch. Saw three volleyball games, and watched the team eat eight pounds of bacon, four dozen sausage patties, one hundred and twenty eggs, too many pancakes to count, five quarts of juice, and a mountain of fresh fruit at our...
On An August Night - -
Posted on September 01 2024
It's the end of August and time for a review of our musical experts success in identifying the months references to old time musical classics. On August 2nd, "Hot August Night" was correctly identified by Dennis, (our expert on Neil Diamond), as a Neil Diamond song. On August 6th, Dennis...
Silhouttes.
Posted on August 31 2024
Down in Ft. Meyers to visit our daughter and watch our granddaughter's volleyball team play in a weekend tournament. Jim N. Wanted to know the maximum number of people that could fish the Red Barn pool. When I first started fishing the Delaware back in the late eighties the water...
You Know I Can Dance.
Posted on August 27 2024
Decided to try some Trico fishing this morning in lieu of yardwork. Didn't have to rush as the morning temp was again in the 50's. Drove to the transfer station to get rid of the weeks trash and then over to the UEB. Arrived in timely fashion with the car...
I've Got Better Things To Do.
Posted on August 26 2024
It's hot again. I must have read the forecast wrong yesterday because the 86 degree day with thunderstorms is scheduled for Wednesday. The BK, EB, and BR will all be over 70 degrees tomorrow and probably until Thursday. Do both the fish and yourself a favor and fish either the...
We could sure use some daytime bugs…
Posted on August 25 2024
Spent the morning picking peaches, and pruning limbs from the peach trees that had either been broken by the weight of the peaches or by the deer. With the bright sun I was in no hurry to go fishing. At 2:30 I checked the freestone water temps and felt it...
Great Days Seldom Come Two In A Row.
Posted on August 24 2024
Had no trouble sleeping last night after the morning, afternoon , and evening fishing sessions. Didn't get out of bed until 7:45, and with the prediction of bright sunshine, decided to do a split day. Walked out in the yard after breakfast to pick some peaches and my neighbor asked...
I'll Have Leg Cramps For Sure Tonight.
Posted on August 23 2024
My fishing day turned into a triple header when, with the temperature climbing into the 60's at about 11:00 this morning, I looked out at the river and saw swallows everywhere. Put on the waders and waded in. False alarm. The birds were no doubt feeding, on what I couldn't...