Hope You Had A Bang-up Fourth Of July.

 

Jean came down to take in the world famous Lordville Fourth of July Parade. When the roads were reopened we took a ride into the area between route 17 and route 97. Some beautiful scenery with expensive second homes surrounding small lakes and reservoirs. It being a holiday weekend the lakes were crowded with every imaginable type of water craft. Our circuitous journey included dinner at the Riverside Restaurant on the Beaverkill over by Horton. Both the food and the Perfect Manhattan were excellent. 

Sat out on the back porch at the Lordville Estate in the late evening watching the Lordville deer herd. The fawn that was orphaned midsummer two years ago is now a two year old buck. Last year he sported one crooked little two inch horn. This year's horns are still going to be spikes but they are about eight inches long. Mom and her twin fawns came by and stopped under the plum tree looking for drops. There are two other adult does that are around without fawns. One of them looks like she is carrying triplets.

Fishing report - Didn't fish. It's now Sulfur Zone time. For the past week the freestones have all had temps over 70, and are probably done until fall. The action is concentrated on the tailwaters, (UEB and WB), where there have been Dorotheas, (summer sulfurs), hatching. So far the hatches have been modest and somewhat unpredictable and the bigger fish seem to be unimpressed. I will give them a try tomorrow.

Note - Dave is back on the job at the Troutfitter after his vacation, but is without internet service. Apparently there was a big storm west of Deposit that took out numerous poles, and the cable company isn't even able to give him an estimate of when the internet will be restored. I'll post on the Angler 119 blog page as usual and Dave will transfer them when he has internet service restored.

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