Angler 119's Delaware River Fishing Report

  Left the Lordville Estate a little before 6:30am this morning in order to get to Lafayette in time for the USA vs Japan soccer game. Was happy that the USA won in overtime but disappointed that Japan played a 1- 4-5 low block, which stagnated play. Darryl B. - Browns feed less on the surface and consume more fish as soon as the major spring hatches come to an end. Some of them continue to eat may flies, especially where hatches are heavy, (the sulfur zone), but by mid June there are far fewer big browns feeding on top. Jack - If memory serves me, you have asked twice about the algae and I missed the question when doing a WN&TL page earlier. Rest assured the algae is with us again and those fishermen only checking their fly occasionally are probably throwing spinach at the fish most of the time, (and not even fish like spinach).  Jack - With regard to the ants and beetles question, I have a small box of them and try to remember to bring it if I'm going after bank sippers,...

  Why?  1- It has rained almost every morning in Lordville for over two weeks and with a departure time of 11:30am to be in Deposit for the mid-day sulfurs, I have been unable to work on what has become a long list of  weather dependent projects. 2-I get bored fishing the same pools over and over again. 3- The fish in the zone are now refusing to play fair.  What good comes with not fishing the Sulfur Zone? 1- Don't have to clean green algae off my fly after every cast. 2- My landing net is free of algae for the first time in six weeks. 3- Was able to start tying olives while waiting for the grass to dry. 4- Worked on the yard from 9:30 until 12:30 with no worries about missing the mid-day sulfur hatch. 5- Was able to clean up, rest, and relax for over three hours before heading out to fish.  6- Took a leisurely drive over to the UEB, where I watched the water flow by at numerous vistas, with nary a rise to be seen. The fishing - Returned to the lower WB to find...

  Was behind right from the start again today. Tried to play catchup with the yard work, made some progress but was soaking wet by the time I quit at eleven. Took a shower and then sat down at the bench and tied more sulfurs. Didn't finish tying until almost noon, made sandwiches, loaded everything into the car and once again headed for Deposit, stopping to pick up a couple bags of ice along the way.  Arrived at about 1:15 and found decent sulfurs at the grass island upstream from the Men's Club. There were enough rising fish to get me into my waders and out into the stream, which if nothing else offered relief from the heat. Spent time casting at the risers without even an acknowledgment that there was a fly on the end of my line. Tried the wonder fly in the same riff where just over a week ago I hooked six fish and had two refusals in twenty minutes of action. Today, fishing just as carefully, I got two refusals on the same fly. I wonder why. Left the grass island at 3:30 wi...

Was up at 6:15 this morning and mapped out a plan for the days events while eating breakfast. The woman's soccer team was playing at 1:00, and I had already arranged for a room at the Troutfitter Inn  where I could watch the game. Planned on doing yard work until 12:30 and then driving up to Deposit for the game. Would forego the mid- day sulfurs and fish after the game. Plan was fine right through breakfast, then it started to rain, hard. Decided to wait out the rain by cleaning the fishing camp and tying some sulfur duns. At 7:30 the power went out, no phone, internet, lights, well pump, or air conditioner. It was so dark in the camp I couldn't even tie the flies. Power came back on at 11:30 so I could at least do a little vacuuming, (I'll just never remember if it's two c's, u's or m's, I get the red line every time), packed a lunch and drove up to Deposit only to find that the soccer game had been rescheduled for 6:00pm. Ate my lunch and went fishing. Th...

  Was behind schedule before I even got out of bed this morning. Overslept and hadn't even finished breakfast by the time Jean called. Got a half dozen flies tied waiting for the grass to dry, had a nice chat roadside with my Olympic archer friend, mowed the lawn, and presto it was 12:00. Made two sandwiches, put them in the cooler with some Gatorade and water and tardily headed for Deposit. Stopped for ice in Hancock and arrived in Deposit at 1:00, well after the sulfurs should have been hatching. Below Oquaga, they weren't. Moved upstream and found both bugs and fish in good numbers. The problem is, they are now reluctant to eat flies with hooks in 'em. The afternoon fishing was both peaceful and productive. Hooked and landed a nice 18 inch rainbow right off the bat. Then hooked a big brown that came unstuck downstream a couple of reel turns from the bright yellow backing on my reel. An hour later I landed my second fish, (a 10 inch rainbow). I know that most readers dism...

  Only away four days, and a bat took up residence in my absence. Saw droppings on the kitchen floor downstairs, went up stairs and sure enough there were droppings by both windows. Hope he found his way back out. Was anxious to see if the warm flood water, (almost 3,000cfs) from Oquaga hurt the sulfur hatch. By the time I got down to the Men's Club, I had my answer. At 12:30 in the afternoon there wasn't a single boat or wade angler from the route 17 bridge all the way to the Men's Club. Saw a few sulfurs hatching and an occasional rise but nothing like before the rain. Was deciding what to do when Troutfitter regular Stuart drove up, he had gone to the red barn to fish but it was too crowded for him. Said there have been enough bugs to get a few fish up where we were but that it has been slow. Both of us chose solitude over the red barn and spent the afternoon trying to convince the few risers that we had something good for them to eat, (it wasn't an easy sell). Did l...