Angler 119's Delaware River Fishing Report

 With the EB and WB still unwadeable, I decided to try a little exploring on the Willowemoc.  Drove over the bridge at "The Secret Spot " (only four cars in the lot), turned left and drove upstream just past the Creekside Cabins where I encountered a brand spanking new "Fishermen Park Here" sign together with Special Regulations advising me that I couldn't keep any fish in a 3.5 mile stretch of the Willowemoc. Walked upstream two or three hundred yards before coming to a big beautiful pool and run which I fished for over an hour without having a single fish come to my fly. Someone please give me some help. I didn't even know there was a special regs area on the Willow. The water at current levels looked great but is it any good?   Are there any wild trout there? Is it stocked?  Is it worth going back to? Returned to the car and drove over to the Museum, pulled into the empty parking lot and read the sign, Hours 10:00 to 4:00.  It was 4:09 on the car clock. 

Spent the morning raising and lowering ladders.  Got most all the dead limbs cut off the apple tree and thinned the peaches on freestone limbs that were too high to reach three weeks ago.  Made a dump run about one and on the way back, decided to head east on 17 to have a look around.  Maybe stop in the shops in Roscoe and possibly head up to the museum.  As luck would have it, the parking slots in front of Beaverkill Angler were full, turned right and headed out of town  past the Roscoe Diner. Drove out to the right hand turn that goes down under 17, over an old iron bridge and into a "Fisherman  Parking Area" that's big enough to hold all the cars at a high school football game. Arrived to find but one car in the lot. Last time I was there your wife could sit in the car, look for risers and watch you fish.  Today the only water I could see, (knot weed now lines the banks), was in the parking lot pot holes.  Walked out on the bridge and saw the lone angler wade to shore

 You say it best, when you say nothing at all. 

 As I sit down to write this, there is a severe thunderstorm warning for Delaware County.  It calls for 60 mph winds and quarter size hail. Fortunately it appears that the worst of the storm will pass to the north of Lordville. Where is it supposed to hit? Why Walton of course.  If Walton and the surrounding area get the heavy rain predicted Cannonsville (now  99.3% full) will spill. This coupled with the current maxed out release of 1,500 cfs will keep wade fishermen seeking alternative forms of recreational entertainment for the foreseeable future. The drift boat fishermen ?  In their glory.  No wade fishermen to row around and no boulders to bang into the bottom of their boats.  Saw five boats go by me today, (yes I fished), and no one in any of the boats was throwing a fly.  They were all just sitting down letting the guide and the current carry them to the takeout.  Perhaps they caught all they wanted upstream or - - - oh never mind. The fishing?  Well, I came down ostensibly to c

Wade fishermen, just stay home.  There is no place for you to fish safely at current water levels.  Even if you have a boat you should stay off the rivers until flow rates subside. An accident at current water levels can turn into a tragedy.  I have a friend who had his driftboat run up on a submerged log.  The stern became submerged in heavy water and in an instant he found himself underneath a flipped over boat, in the middle of the river. Lost both his fishing equipment and oars and considered himself very lucky to get out alive. The weather forecast for the coming week looks much better and while it will take some time to get back to safe fishing conditions the increased flows of cold water will be good for the trout throughout the river system.