Angler 119's Delaware River Fishing Report

I wanted the month to end with a bang (not a boom).  Unfortunately I spent most of the afternoon dodging thunderstorms.  By 4:30 I hadn't fished more than half an hour.  Called it quits and was headed back to the camp when the sky cleared and the sun came out. Stopped at a place on the BE that has always had fish (until this year), and decided to give it a fair try.  Fished from about 4:45 until 8:45 and came away with the feeling that it really doesn't have very many fish.  Saw a few risers when I got there and got a hook into 8 fish  but there were an array of duns and spinners that should have gotten fish up and just didn't.  I stood looking for a rise for a half hour before I departed with almost an hour's worth of light left in the day. The fish I did see were mostly two year olds.  Never saw any big fish that usually can be found in the BE.  This has been the norm in many places this year.  Either a lot of big fish have "been taken out" by meat fishe

 Decided to follow my own advice and turn my attention to the cold water in the WB and UEB. Had hopes of finding a good hatch of summer sulfurs mid afternoon.  Arrived in Deposit a little before two and knew right away by the absence of fishermen that the sulfurs hadn't started.  Tried two places one above the no kill and one in the no kill.  There were a very few sulfurs hatching.  The only fish up were yearlings and hatchery fish. At 3:30 I left the WB and headed to the UEB.  By the time I got to Corbett I knew the sulfurs weren't going there either.  Saw one car at long flat and one at Thayer Hollow. Fifteen miles of stream and two fishermen!  The falloff in the number of anglers in the last two weeks is amazing.  I know a lot of fishermen head west about this time but Hancock is a ghost town.  Last Friday there were anglers everywhere I wanted to fish. Today I could fish where ever I wanted. I know that the crowded conditions during the big bug season made fishing less en