Angler 119's Delaware River Fishing Report

Knew it was time before I got out of bed this morning. Was going to drain the pipes today but it was just so nice I decided to wait until tomorrow. Mowed the grass, washed the kitchen and bathroom floors, cleaned out the cupboards, had lunch, shot the bow and before I knew it, it was 2:30.  Didn't matter, fishing today was like the last day of the Tour de France (mostly ceremonial). I've been playing this game for a long time. Every day I thank whoever might be listening, for having a wife that lets me do the things I enjoy, as much as I want (well, she does control the weekend calendar). Also am grateful for having been raised by a father, grandfather and an uncle all of whom hunted and fished their entire lives. I got into bow hunting to save my hearing as all of the aforementioned were deaf as a post from firing guns without ear protection. Fly fishing? How lucky can anyone get, with no forethought I became addicted to a sport that lets you preform with reasonable competence...

Stopped on the way down at the Troutfitter in Deposit where Dave manually transferred yesterday's offering onto the Troutfitter page. He said he would look for tonight's and get it up where it belongs asap. Set out from camp about 1:15 hoping the pseudos would find the cooler water temps to their liking and hatch during their scheduled two to five slot.  They didn't.  Drove up and down the BK and Willow without seeing a rise.  There were a few bugs on the BK but apparently the bright sun and rather stiff breeze quelled any urge the fish may have had to rise.  Did pull into several of the DEC parking areas along the Willow in an effort to learn more about a beautiful stream. Have found good numbers of fish there when there are bugs enough to get them up. The fishing -  With the releases both still way above seasonal norms most wade fishermen have been fishing the BK and Willow.  The number of anglers on the Willow today was next to none. The BK's popular poo...

Back in Lafayette waiting for the 10 pointer to walk in front of my tree stand. Fortunately most of the weekend rain fell up here and missed the Delaware. With the BK once again at a level where it can be waded and the water temps now low enough to hopefully trigger pseudo hatches, I'm planning on heading down to both fish and work on the camp shut down. Will let you know how things are when I get there. A tip of the cap and a big thanks to Ed, Keith and JIMI for your help with my disappearing blog pages. It's been 60 years since my one semester typing course and I'm liable to hit most any key at any time.  I tried JIMI's suggestion (Control +Z) after deleting a sentence by holding down the delete key and presto the sentence reappeared. If it also works when the page disappears as if by magic, I'll be able to reduce my blood pressure meds by at least half.   Just so you know -  - There is currently some problem with the blog page being transferred over to the Troutf...