Angler 119's Delaware River Fishing Report

 Two weeks ago I had the best week of fall fishing I've ever had. That weekend I wrote the "This will be the last time - - " page.  I was totally satisfied with the years fishing (It was the fourth best year I've had fishing the Delaware). I had turned the last page.  It was time to close the book and move on to a new season.  My tree stands beckoned but the deer just weren't moving and I was bored.  With the camp closure process only partly completed I decided to come back down fish in the afternoons and finish closing up the camp. I've got most all of the work done (the gutters and raking will have to wait for my neighbors Norway Maple to shed its leaves about November 15th) but I'm  done fishing for the year. Left camp about two today and I knew by the time I got to Cadosia that I wasn't going to fish.  Drove around the river system for two hours taking in the beautiful hillsides of red and white oak that are now at their peak color.  It was in the

  Left Lordville early this morning and drove to Syracuse to get my flu shot and archery equipment.  Have seen more deer in downtown Lordville in two days than I have in three weeks in Lafayette. Might just hunt here. Drove back and spent the early afternoon crossing items off items on the camp close down list and sighting in the pins on the new bow. Found the fish  rising again below the Lordville Bridge so I decided to give them a try. Not a good idea. The shore is lined with knotweed and the water near shore is deep and muddy.  When I got down to the risers I couldn't get out far enough to reach them and had to slog back upstream through the mud.  Went up to the riff where there was a mix of pseudos and winged carpenter ants on the water.  Saw but one fish rise and was unable to get it to come to my fly. Hooked and landed an 11 inch brown on a blind cast. Drove over to the BE and gave one of the pools in the lower river a try.  Again there were pseudos and winged carpenter ants.

 It's been 10 days since I last was at the Lordville Estate.  I try to schedule appointments and meetings during the fall archery season as I am more likely to be home. Took care of most of the items on the list, cut up two of the trees that had blown over during the high winds two weeks ago but did not yet kill a buck.  Had a one horned crotch horn walk out in front of me opening day and I gave him a pass. Have not seen a deer since. What I have seen, however, is an array of bucks using my two trail cams for selfies.  Every night at least one (last night three) shows up and poses between the hours of 9:00 pm and 5:30 am.  Hopefully they get overconfident during daylight hours next time I'm up in a tree. Arrived in Lordville at 12:15, had lunch, got the front and two side yards mowed (they were the ones with the leaves) before the rain, put on a new tippet and went fishing. Stopped on the Lordville Bridge and it was obvious that the fish had not waited for me to be seated befor