Angler 119's Delaware River Fishing Report

The sun came out this morning and burned off the fog, the air temp zoomed up from the 30's to the 60's, the clouds came in about one with water temps already in the 50's.  The water levels are great for wading and with the exception of the UE, for floating.  At 1:00pm the ten boats heading to Buckingham were all anchored on pods of fish, just sitting and waiting for it to happen - - - it never did.  Drove around the entire river system without seeing bugs or rising fish.  I'm heading home. Note to Tim W. regarding the valve repairs.  They are going to try to do the work when the reservoir is spilling or when the tribs are filling the river with water so as to not repeat last falls fiasco. As much notice as possible under the circumstances has been promised.

 With a forecast calling for rain/snow on Thursday and Friday, I decided to take advantage of the nice weather predicted for today and tomorrow.  Drove down to camp with the new lawn mower this morning, unloaded it, put away the mower and the weeks supplies and had lunch.  Before setting out I checked the water temps for the past week and headed for a place that had the warmest water. It paid off, sorta.  Was streamside about 2:00pm, a good hour before the standard start time for early season bugs.  Didn't even have to wait, there were already a few mayflies hatching.  Sat down streamside and watched the hatch increase to a point where I really expected the fish to start feeding.  He did!  One fish rose, came up a second time but did not eat a fluttering dun and then came up a third time to refuse my offering.  That was it!  Sometime during the afternoon a skunk took the opportunity to sneak into my waders where he still resides.  Things quieted down about 3:30 and I spent the rest