Angler 119's Delaware River Fishing Report

  Drove down to the Lordville Estate early this morning, stopping briefly at the Troutfitter in Deposit to pick up a new pair of waders. Had an appointment at 10:00 with Hancock Telephone, (now Archtopfiber) to install internet and activate the phone. By noon I was all hooked up. Opened the rod tube on the IM6 that I had sent to Winston for repairs and found that they had done only one of the two jobs. New tip guide was perfect, but the reel seat fell off the rod when I took it out of the tube. Called the repair department and they told me what to use to make the repair, (an "I'm sorry", was surprisingly, never uttered). Will tackle the repair job tomorrow. Spent the afternoon pruning and spraying the fruit trees. The doe with twin fawns came by to browse the pruning's from the plum tree before I was out of the yard. As you are no doubt aware, the temperature has been averaging ten to fifteen degrees below normal most days, with a mix of rain/snow and wind. There has ...

  Departed Long Key at 2:30 am last Tuesday morning and rolled into Winchester Virginia 17 hours later. We were on the road again at 6:45 Wednesday morning and arrived home in Lafayette, New York at 12:30 pm. The only glitch in the journey was a one hour delay in the Scranton / Wilkes Barre area for a serious traffic accident. Spent three days cutting up downed dead ash trees, getting things in order here in Lafayette, watching the USWNT beat Brazil in a "friendly" slugfest of a soccer game, feeding the trout in the pond, and buying provisions for the Lordville Estate. Packed the car yesterday, and took off this morning for Lordville. Stopped at the Troutfitter in Deposit where David replaced the backing on my reel and attached my Christmas present, (a new double taper 4 weight line) to the reel. Arrived in Lordville around 11:00 and found everything to be in good working order. Both the refrigerator and hot water tank started right up and appear to be expecting to receive so...