Angler 119's Delaware River Fishing Report

 A social engagement preempted Thursday's fishing. Would liked to have been there today as there was an all day drizzle here that kept me from crossing things off the to do list. Tomorrow Jean and I are driving down to take in the fall leaves that are now at near peak.  Might possibly sneak in an hour of fishing somewhere but we will be having an early dinner so that we can watch our granddaughter's volleyball game. Will be driving back home Sunday morning for yet another social engagement in the evening. The coming week doesn't look much better as the eye doctor gets to dilate my pupils on Tuesday and quite possibly the loggers will be here by Wednesday. Will probably spend time up in a tree. The fishing - I'm out of the loop. If anyone does good feel free to let us know.  Congrats to Ed S. on his blind casting success. For those with keen ears the sound the trout make when engulfing a fly floating on the surface is a glup not a gulp which is what you do when chugging ...

 When the release from Cannonsville is only 130 cfs, 90 cfs of muddy water from Oquaga is more than enough to "stain" up the WB.  Drove up to Stilesville, not really because I wanted to fish there but rather to see what Dennis was talking about. Usually trout are willing to eat pseudos on top and I was curious. With no one in the pasture  pool and some fish rising I paid the $5.00 and waded in.  Got half a dozen refusals to my pseudo within the first half hour. Then fished for an hour in a decent pseudo hatch without a fish even glancing at my fly. Dennis asked what do you do when fish are feeding subsurface like that. Dennis, I reel it in and head for someplace else. Seriously, I don't have a clue what the fish were eating. All I know is that if you were to look at the water up close (yes, with your bifocals), you would have seen more living creatures than ever you could imagine floating down the river, none of which could be duplicated on the smallest hook that has...

 Personally I like to fish in the rain. Thins out the crowd, covers up poor casts, gets the bugs hatching and the fish up feeding. Yes, it makes my CDC flies harder to fish but I learned a long time ago that life is full of tradeoffs, it's why I like the color gray.  Drove down this morning with a band aid on each arm, one for the covid shot and one for the flu shot. It started raining at about Whitney Point, not hard but steady. If you pay attention to the weather there has been a more or less stationary rain event (Ian remnants?) sitting just south of us in Virginia and southern PA.  Despite predictions to the contrary it came up here today and is still, at 7:00 pm, depositing rain on the river system. Arrived at the Lordville Estate about 11:00 and after turning on the heat, unpacking food and clothes and having a bite to eat I was ready to go fishing. It was 1:00 and still raining quite hard so with the air temp a chilly 47 degrees I decided that I would  tackle ...

 It's Monday and I'm somewhat frustrated sitting home waiting for my 5:00pm covid booster shot appointment. Just talked with a logger that is going to come and remove some large dead ash trees from around the house and he has covid, no he didn't get the shots and he said he wishes he di d now. The cut back in the release from Cannonsville should be a good thing for waders on the WB. No boats and the fish will be up eating pseudos. Of course they will have a long time to look at your fly and won't be easy to catch. Greg Tarris you can include the blind casting info in the TU newsletter. Referencing the source and web site would be a nice pat on the back. Dennis -  When I first starting fishing here back in the late 80's fishermen were able to drive the railroad's service road and park in the pull offs. I actually slept in my van as many a train rolled by. As the number of  fishermen using the tracks increased the railroad closed off the service road to vehicular ...