CDC flies are not at their best in the rain.

 This is the time of the season when it is the hardest to write an interesting and informative fishing report.  Why? Because it's the same old, same old. By now you know when and where the sulfurs are hatching.  You know it's a good sulfur hatch this year and that there are rising fish from noon until dark with a slower period between four and six. You know there are tiny olives and brownies (just pick up a few and look), isos (don't even bother putting one on in the S.Z., the fish won't give it a sniff), and yes Green Drakes up where the water is really cold (you don't need your G.D.'s either - see isos above). So why am I writing?  Because if I don't the Orvis fishing report page sneaks up above mine and I have to scroll down just to see if anyone has written a comment.

Read the fishing outlook (see above) and seek out water that isn't being pounded from dawn 'till dusk. Get away from the red barn, those fish may be the hardest trout on the planet to catch on a dry fly. Go down river at 7:00 pm, yes even as far as junction pool, where you can stand in the warm east branch water and fish to the fish in the WB water.  The river is full of more fish sixteen inches and over than I have seen in my 35 plus years fishing the Delaware River system. If you have the skill and the will, there is no limit to the fun you can have catching them.

If you have any questions best put them in the comments as I'll be doing a "Wind Knots and Tailing Loops" page over the weekend.

Just a word of thanks to those who have taken the time to comment favorably on here about A Season On The Delaware, there seems to be a spurt in sales (it doesn't take many sales to create a spurt) at Amazon whenever someone says something nice about the book.     


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