Angler 119's Delaware River Fishing Report

 Today I'm a day tripper. Drove down this morning and arrived in Deposit at 12:00, far too early for the pseudo hatch but like most day trippers I suited up and fished. There was nothing on the water and of course nothing rising. Fished an October (a/k/a pumpkin) caddis for a while (I've never caught a fish on one) and then switched to a caddis (not because I thought it would be any good, but I could at least see it). Got a big boil refusal from the "brush pile behemoth" but didn't hook a fish until the first pseudos appeared. It was a beautiful, sunny day but the gusty 5/10 mph wind out of the wnw was troublesome as it put the fish down and made casting to risers difficult if you weren't patient enough to wait for the lulls. My patience doesn't rate virtue level but I was able to hook and land four 12 inch fish by 2:30, at which time I reeled it in and headed downstream to fish the pseudo hatch bonanza. Reentered the water a little before three and there ...

 On battery saver mode. Will try to get the report out. Had planned, with the wind blowing 10/15, to do a pool hop on the BK. At it's current level the fish are easily spooked and often catching one fish sends the others for cover. Caught one and did nothing else in the first pool. Much to my surprise pools two and three were both occupied by multiple anglers. The pool hop plan came to an abrupt conclusion and was morphed into a river hop Second stop was the BR, which I had originally passed on because of the wind. Saw but one fish rise in 45 minutes with almost no bugs on the water. Reeled it in and headed for the WB  At 4:00 I walked across bare rocks in a place that had two feet of water back in May. The good news is that there were bugs, not much variety, just pseudos, but lots of them and there were fish up and sipping. In the wind casting was no problem, it was just that you had no idea where your size 22 pseudo landed. Spooked lots of fish but got a few to eat. Two big ...

 This will have to be short. Drove down yesterday with the PC but without the charger and the PC isn't fully charged. Left after my eye exam (still 20/15 corrected in each eye). Leaves are beautiful as was the bright sunshine (which came through the car side window at 12:30). The fishing - Fished both the lower WB and middle section of BR. Wading is slippery but you can wade anywhere in the low water. The usual fall bugs were present isos, (now size 14's), brown caddis and of course pseudos. With the sun on the water the flies were quickly air born and the surface sipping risers were hard to find until the sun got off the water. Was able to attract a few of the splashy risers and had about an hour on the BR with good fish, sipping tiny flies. The big brown trout have more important things on their mind than eating pseudos (at least I haven't been catching many) but the rainbows have continued to feed. Two big, heavy 18 inch rainbows, shared honors as fish of the day. If you...