Angler 119's Delaware River Fishing Report

 It kinda snuck up on me is what it did. The "Irma" necessitated trip to Florida knocked nine days out of September.  I no sooner got back and it was October.  Didn't even stop at Marino's until yesterday to get my archery license. A dentist appointment and social obligations will fill up the remainder of this week and then I'll be doing a little bow hunting while trying to cross off items on the "to-do" list back home.  To put it in words fly fishermen will understand, Angler 119's reports are about to become "sporadic and intermittent".  Sort of on an if I go, you'll know basis. The fishing.  After a frosty morning it was another bright sunny day with no chance of rain.  Temps got up into the 70's and the fish, who are without sunglasses, hunkered down along shady banks and under rocks.  Drove around reflecting on the season (more on that later) and opted to fish a long riff in the Beaverkill strewn with basketball sized boulder...

If  you think you're good dry fly fisherman and are up for a challenge I've got the fish to test you on.  Pick a pool, any pool really, from East Branch up to Downsville.  Start at noon and fish 'til dark.  There will be olives, maybe some ants and an assortment of little stuff on the water and the fish will be feeding on top. Gave myself the test today. The fish were on top eating duns.  In two hours of  casting to rising fish I got two refusals and one boil under the fly.  I tipped my cap to them and headed back to the car. If you take up the challenge, let me know how you do.  Good luck! With the warm afternoon air temps the last of the iso spinners have been on the big river and the fish are looking for them.  I found fish feeding on spinners the last two nights both in the soft water and in the tailouts. The fish of the day was a 22 inch brown that was sipping spinners in the tailout of a big river pool.  he was not only fish ...

It was 38 on the porch this morning and the sun didn't burn through the fog until about 10:30.  After that things warmed up quickly.  Left the camp in bright sunshine at 1:30 with the air temp at 64 degrees.  After yesterdays efforts to find a place to fish on the UEB and Beaverkill without being set upon by the weekend warriors, I opted to fish a piece of the BE that sees lots of boats during higher water but is not often crowded with wade fishermen. From two until six I fished three pools without seeing another fisherman.  I hooked at least one fish in each pool, landing four of the six fish hooked.  Some of the fish were the 1 and a half year olds now about 11 inches long.  One was a mature fish that summered in the EB, long, thin and quite weak.  One was a mature fish that had found a better place to spend July and August, she was fat and sassy. From what I've seen there are a few fish in every pool in the BE.  When I say a few, I mean a f...