Angler 119's Delaware River Fishing Report

With a beautiful weekend on tap, a Hendrickson hatch in full bloom in Deposit, the freestones out of the doldrums, (but still a challenge to wade), and a plethora of anglers anxious to get on the river, it's not hard to imagine this being a record breaking weekend for both shuttle operators and number of drift boats on the river. Stopped at the Troutfitter on my way back to Lafayette to chat with a group of long time fishing friends. At 10:00 am people were worried about getting a parking place at both the Red Barn and the game lands. Flies were being purchased by the dozens, boats on trailers were lined up in front of both the motel rooms and the fly shop, Anthony and Andy were spreading mulch under the hedge, and five ***** "Accommodation Specialist" Janet was trying to drive her vehicle through the congestion to prepare rooms for incoming guests. It was so busy and congested that I'm sure no one noticed that I slipped my bag of trash into the dumpster. After six da...

 With a beautiful forecast for the weekend and the Hendricksons finally arriving above Hale Eddy in numbers, I felt there was sure to be more than enough drift boats and wade fishermen on the WB. I decided to try the BK which at 900 cfs is no piece of cake to wade, but I've read reports that there have been March Browns and other assorted flies on the water with fish having actually been seen eating them. Arrived about 1:30, drove a couple miles along the river without seeing an angler in the water, selected an empty pool and waded in. The water in the BK is twice the "normal" level for this time of year. Most of the dead algae has been washed off the rocks so it's not wicked slippery, but if you decide to fish it, do not look at the rising fish on the far side, you just can't safely wade within casting distance, concentrate on what you can reach. Rose two fish blind casting, one refused, and one ate. The fish I landed had a raw wound in the top of his jaw where s...

 Let's be clear about a few things. Hendricksons don't hatch when the water is too cold. I've gone out twice when I hoped the sun would shine enough to get the bugs hatching and caught a total of one fish, and one of those times was yesterday. Today was colder and as cloudy as yesterday. My only plan was to mow the grass, which I did. I had no intention of going fishing, until I had to get some papers scanned, signed and returned. My job was to sign, called David at the Troutfitter and he took care of the rest. Was at the Troutfitter about 1:15 and rather than drive back to the Lordville Estate, I drove down along the river to the Men's Club where "Mike the Cop" was parked beside the Lee Conklin plaque, turned around at the parking area and pulled up next to Mike's car, we both rolled down our windows and shouted at one another, (we are both what might be called hearing challenged, aka deaf). Mike shouted that there were Hendricksons two days ago, (when th...

 Yesterday was a day to remember, a blizzard apple caddis hatch that was so thick you can't help but wonder how all the nymphs could possibly fit on the stream bottom, followed by very good hatches of paraleps and Hendricksons. Every fish in the river was up feeding on the Hendricksons. The wind was no factor and I imagine that up and down the river, a lot of fish got to feel the point of a hook. It didn't last a full two hours but for sure I got my money's worth. Today there was rain hitting the porch roof at 6:00 am with a forecast calling for intermittent showers and a cloudy day with a high temp of 60 degrees, "A great day to be on the river", says the DRC report. Regular readers of this missive know better. With water coming out of Cannonsville at about 44 degrees we need sunshine to get the water up to a temp where Hendricksons will hatch.  Watched the USGS real time temps on the WB creep slowly up under a light overcast sky in the morning, but around noon d...

 If anyone thought the Hendricksons were in trouble, think again. I spent the last 10 days of April looking for them on the freestones and didn't find them. The apple caddis that are supposed to appear about the middle of the Hendrickson hatch, came and went, and still no Hendricksons.  When reports of good Hendrickson hatches on the UEB started to be heard, I was relieved. When I fished a Hendrickson hatch on the lower WB, I was thankful. One morning last week, I walked out on the back porch in Lordville and saw two to three dozen Hendrickson spinners on my screens, a good 10 days after they should have been done hatching.. Talked with a guide, (of questionable character and veracity), who said he's been seeing both Hendricksons and March Browns hatching on the BR below Lordville. Talked with a fisherman on the 97 bridge in Hancock, (a much more reliable source), and he said he caught six fish in a mixed hatch of, (you probably already know the answer), Hendricksons and March...

 Do any of you understand why it's good to have a Joe Btfsplk, (who, beside Ed S. remembers who Joe B. was, or why Li'l Abner was cancelled), contributing to the blog? He's said lots of things that we all know are true, the Delaware system is more crowded than anyone wants, and the fish are beat-up and stressed, unfortunately he also states, as truth, many things that have little basis in fact. His beliefs are no doubt sincere, 2012, the year he referenced for example, was also my best year on the Delaware. Why? The river had one of its biggest populations of trout ever, the bugs came early and in big numbers, there weren't nearly as many boats or people fishing as today, and the river system didn't suffer a single "blow out " from a rainstorm all year. BUT, at the tender age of 81, my second best year on the Delaware was 2024. There were boats galore and wade fishermen everywhere, the fish were beat-up and stressed but, as Hackelhouse said last year, you ...

Was taken by surprise when I looked at the stream flows this morning, either the weatherman forgot to mention that the river system would get an inch of rain yesterday, or, I forgot to look at the forecast. At any rate, the only part of the system that could be comfortably waded this morning was the UEB, yes you could get in the Willow and Neversink, but neither fishes well a todays levels. So, I decided to take a tour. People are so obsessed with the Delaware and it's trib's that lots of little streams get ignored. Drove east, either caught up with yesterday's rain, or found some that the weatherman wasn't talking about. Saw a lot of little brook trout streams, half a dozen waterfalls, several lakes/reservoirs with tiny camps side by side million dollar second homes, and two buck deer standing beside the road with horns just starting to grow. Never saw a fisherman, a rise, or for that matter, even a bug hatch. Crossed the Neversink, Willow, BK, BE without seeing more t...

 Left the Lordville Estate at 7:15 this morning. Why? My GP spends Mondays with his grandchildren,  so I have to get my annual  physical on a Friday. The good news is that he scheduled me again for next year. It was cold, windy and rainy on the drive home this morning, (there were even a few flakes of snow here in Lafayette). Saw that the temp in the lower WB did get up to bug hatching level, but the upper and even the middle sections were probably too cold for Hendricksons. Had time to read all of the comments from the last few days and if you piece together the contributing anglers experience it sorta all makes sense. On most days there are places in the 90 miles of river system where there are bugs hatching and fish feeding. Being in the right place at the right time is obviously the key to success. The worst thing you can do is go to the same place every time you fish, (except perhaps during summer sulfurs). The best advise I can give is both read and contribute to th...

 Nobody ever accused me of being smart, but today for sure, I was smarter than yesterday. A front blew through two days ago while we were fishing, dropped the temp from 78 to 63, but it stayed in the 60's all night. Never gave the water temp a thought in the morning. Went out, sat streamside on AN OVERCAST, CLOUDY, (I'm being redundant to make a point), day and never saw a bug hatch or a fish rise. Why? 'Cause the air temp doesn't mean manure when it comes to raising water temps, it's the SUNSHINE that counts. The water yesterday, where I was, never got above 46. Today, I woke to bright sunshine and 35 degrees, watched the gauges like a hawk and when a place I wanted to fish got to 48 by 12:30, I left camp, sure there would be fish feeding on the paraleps and Hendricksons. The bugs - Arrived at 1:45 and there were a few apple caddis popping, but nary a fish stirred, (they knew what was coming), by 2:15 the paralep scouts were on the water, by 2:30 the entire army ar...

 It's 5:14, the Perfect Manhattan is on the table beside me. Mark headed for home at 8:30 this morning, (he hates fishing in the rain), and should arrive within the next couple of hours. Did a little house work this morning and intended to take it easy and limit my fishing to the Hendrickson hatch. Left early enough to drive over to Roscoe to pick up a 100 1x long, 12 and 14 dry fly hooks, (using 1x long hooks gives me the illusion that there will be room behind the eye to neatly finish the head). Neither fly shop had them, so much for buying local.  Drove back 17 to the WB, arriving streamside after a 15 minute walk, at 2:35. The water was "snow melt green", and judging by last year's Knotweed floating by, was rising. There were Hendrickson spinners in the air and both paralep and Hendrickson spinners on the water. Sat until 3:45 without seeing a rise, gave both the bugs and the fish a three fingered salute, and headed for the Lordville Estate. (The WB water temp at ...

 Today was the last day of Mark's trip. We left camp at about 1:00 with the hope of finding bugs somewhere above Hale Eddy. We did not. Stopped at numerous places where we looked for both bugs and rising trout, nada. It is strange to see, what is the most heavily fished water in the entire river system from June through August, devoid of bugs, rising fish, drift boats and anglers. The Hendricksons are slowly making their way up the river and should be in Deposit soon. At about 2:30 we got serious about fishing and headed downstream to the middle section of the WB. It was warm, (74 on the car dash), the smokestack at the Deposit on ramp could not get the smoke more than a foot above the top of the smoke stack before the wind cut it off, the number of boats was about the same as yesterday, cars parked at the gamelands was down a bit from yesterday. We made the decision to go to a place where the boats probably wouldn't get to us during the hatch, and they didn't. Access to th...

 Back down to the Lordville Estate by 11:30 this morning after a quiet weekend home with Jean. Bill Gross who has done our shuttles, said he did 145 shuttles this weekend. So far Bill Peterman is the only fisherman who bothered to file a report. Mark floated amidst the West Branch armada on Sunday, saw a huge paralep hatch, a good Hendrickson hatch, and very few rising fish. On the way back to the fishing camp he blew a radiator hose in downtown Hancock. He called Bill Gross, the shuttle guy, who trailered both Mark and the boat down to Lordville and arranged to have his auto mechanic look at the car first thing this morning. Mark had  called me and I called Barry Weinperl from Equinunk who also volunteered to haul both Mark and the boat back to Lordville. Called Barry back and told him he was fired. Small towns are different than big cities, thanks to all who offered their help. With the water levels on all but the BR ideal for wading, we opted to leave the boat in the yard. ...

 Mark departed early this morning for a family reunion celebrating his mom's ninetieth birthday, (if Mark shows you this, Happy 90ith Carol Hellen).  Woke to a frost covered back yard with the thermometer on the back porch at 31 degrees. With bright sun the frost quickly disappeared and I was able to spend an hour raking up areas of dead grass from the grub invasion of last year and then planting grass seed where the grass was killed. The frosty night dropped the water temps into the low forties, but by one this afternoon the sun had the water back up to a temperature that both paraleps and Hendricksons will hatch in. Morphed back into my wade fisherman persona and headed for an area in the middle section of the WB that I am comfortable wading at current levels. Walked down to the river at 1:30 expecting to sit streamside and wait for the hatch to begin. Wasn't there two minutes when a fish rose not 100 feet out from shore. On her third rise I was close enough to make a cast a...

The rain didn't stop this morning until after I was finished with breakfast. It was a cold rain, (the red stuff in the thermometer on the porch couldn't get above 44). The forecast for today was grim, high of 49, with winds out of the north at 10 to 15. Mark and I sat in the Lordville Estate, with the fire going in the wood stove, and tied flies. At noon we were bored enough to begin assembling our gear from the various places it was hung to dry after yesterdays fishing.  Where to fish?  We knew the lower BR was entering the doldrums, the upper WB still had very few reports of bugs and risers, and that the caddis spinner fall had been called off due to wet grounds yesterday. On the positive side, the launch/takeout sites from Balls Eddy to Buckingham had but a third of the trailers they had last week. We decided to fish where there were still massive numbers of caddis egg layers primed to do their thing, both paraleps and Hendricksons were reported to be hatching in sufficient...

 After spending Tuesday mostly driving around looking for rivers we couldn't find, Mark and I decided  to save gas, pay for a shuttle, and float an area where we felt certain there would be a good caddis spinner fall. A Hendrickson hatch would be a nice bonus, but if we had fish up eating caddis spinners during the last hour of the day, everything would be just fine. Put in at 1:30, (heard from a fisherman that he had Hendrickson's in the same water  at 2:00 the day before), and saw a few Hendrickson's already on the water at the launch site. Despite the presence of Hendrickson's on the water we did not see a single rise for almost two hours. At about three we started see rising fish, not many, but enough to keep us interested.  From 3:30 until we arrived at our take out at about 7:45, we were  occupied trying to entice both one and doners and feeding pods to eat our dry flies. We met with varying degrees of success. Mark is an able boatman, but is still learnin...

 My long suffering bonefish partner Mark showed up lastnight, mostly because his family was gathering in Syracuse to celebrate his Mom's 90th birthday and the Lordville Estate is right on the way. Coincidentally my GHOF was also on the river fishing with his son Adrian. The good news is that the two vehicles transporting the four anglers both made it safely back to their respective fishing camps without a head on crash. Every river in the system was either fished in or looked at for both rising fish and hatching bugs, almost none of either were found. The bugs -  There were some Hendrickson spinners seen on the UEB, and there were unconfirmed reports of a modest Hendrickson hatch on the WB. The glut of caddis in the BR is waning and the BR up to Buckingham appears to be headed into the doldrums. The BK, for the most part, has been caddis only and in the lower reaches the caddis are waning. The EB also is seeing mostly caddis egg layers at this time. The fishing - If you see He...

 First of all, thanks to everyone who jumped in with their on river experiences, it all helps to form a more accurate picture of what is happening. The past two years have produced very few stories of heavy Hendrickson hatches, which is concerning. I've found fishable Hendrickson's both years on the Neversink but, so far, not on the Delaware. Today, I drove around a lot. Wanted to get a feel for the pressure, the hatches and angler success. There were far fewer boats/trailers/cars, at the launch sites than late last week. Despite the higher water levels there were quite a few wade anglers having at 'em. There were caddis throughout the river system. The freestones had the lions share, but there were caddis on both the UEB and the WB. Saw rising fish in quiet pools that were out of the wind and sun. Saw very few mayflies and nothing resembling a Hendrickson hatch. Other anglers - Talked with an angler taking out at Shehawken who had put in at Balls Eddy and had caught fish, ...

 It's 6:10 on Monday morning, I'm at the breakfast table catching up on the fishing reports, and no one has posted a comment on the weekend fishing. In fact only the assoc. editors, Rich T. and Smitty have filed reports so far this year. I will not be found standing shoulder to shoulder with a group of wade fishermen, or in a place where a seemingly unending string of boats floats by 100 yards apart. I do the best I can to keep you appraised of what's happening on over 90 miles of trout water, BUT, I need your help. The past few days the launch sites had trailers parked out on the road, wade fishermen were everywhere and no one took the time to make a comment about the fishing.  If you are happy just reading about what a nice day it is to be on the river or being wished "Lotsa luck.", fine, perhaps I'm wasting my time. If this site is to continue to be the best and most accurate source for what's happening on the river system - it needs input from everyone...

 Left the Lordville Estate at 1:30 today, drove up the PA side of the river. There were four boats in sight below the Lordville bridge and over a dozen between Lordville and Buckingham. Both the Buckingham and Shehawken launch sites were packed with cars and trailers. The One Bug Tournament is this weekend. I don't know where the boats are floating but the river is sure to be crowded.  Had a place in mind to fish but took the time to look for bugs on the BR, WB, EB and the BK. In the hour and a half before I started fishing I saw just caddis on the water. The only fish I saw rising were at the 97 bridge in Hancock where three fishermen were wading out to fish them. The fishing - Spent from 2:30 until 4:00 casting at rising fish. There were but a few mayflies, (quill Gordons ??), and a mix of hatching apple caddis and egg laying caddis. Found a bank with five sippers all of whom ate my offerings, (landed four). When I got to the side of the river that the boats travel, there we...

 Today was not what I expected. If I'm not mistaken, it's just Thursday, yet both Shehawken and Buckingham were filled with both trailers and cars. Why? Probably because it's been a long cold winter and people just want to get out and do something. Reports of bug hatches can, and often times are, misleading. On line reports might tell of a good olive hatch when an experienced guide covering the same water would say "paraleps". What might be described as a hatch of Hendrickson's by one angler another might recognize as a hatch of stone flies. The magnitude of a hatch is also rated on a sliding scale where three anglers might say light, medium or heavy when asked to describe the same hatch. What have I seen? Two fair/good Hendrickson hatches on the Neversink, and one poor one today on the EB. I also saw a prolific apple caddis hatch today on the EB and BK. There are countless cadis of all types migrating upstream everywhere to lay eggs. The guide boats say the H...

 Today the weatherman made choosing where to fish more complicated than it should have been. The predicted high was 60 degrees. All the rivers should have had water temps over 50 degrees today, (Hendrickson hatching water). The day dawned with a heavy overcast and a few drops of rain. When, by 11:00 o'clock, neither the clouds nor the temperature had risen, I took a look at the satellite view of the area. There was a cloud front east of us that was reluctant to move off. The clear skies and sun were between Binghamton and Deposit, and moving slowly eastward. What to do? If the sun came out by noon, it would warm the water and you could fish anywhere. If, however, the clouds didn't clear on time, the water would be too cold for the Hendricksons to hatch. Yesterday the Neversink was the only river to hit 50 degrees, (it was also farther east and unlikely to see any sunshine).  I stopped at the EB at 1:40, saw no bugs and drove straight to the Neversink.  Assoc. Editor Ed S....

 Spent Saturday watching our youngest granddaughter's new lacrosse team (Cortland) demolish another hapless opponent. They have won most of their league games by such a comfortable margin that Alana and the other freshmen have gotten to play most, if not all, of the fourth quarter in almost every game. It was another 80 degree day and I didn't mind missing the fishing one bit. Sunday, however, was another story. A cold front moved in, (we got three inches of wet, heavy snow in Lafayette). Looked at the water temps that were still way above 50, and said to Jean, "If the bugs hatch, they'll be glued to the water and the fish will go nuts". If anyone was crazy enough to be on the river Sunday, please  tell me what I missed.  Monday water temperatures plunged into the low 40's, the wind blew, and it snowed. I had an appointment to get my teeth cleaned and walked out with an appointment for a root canal and a crown,  (no I don't want to be king), and I will get...

 Resigned to my designated driver role, I set out at 1:30 this afternoon, made cursory stops at the BE and  the BK, not really expecting to see anything, and I didn't. Continued straight up 17 to the Neversink arriving at 2:30.  Pulled up facing the river with the intent of giving the bugs until 3:30 to get going. They didn't wait. Saw a fish rise, then saw a Hendrickson lift off the water, when two more fish rose I  suited up.  A car pulled in next to me and the driver said, "Hi Angler 119, do you prefer Dick or Richard? He knows three names to call me, and I had to ask him his name again, (which I once more forgot). I need to write down names instead of length of fish caught. He said there were Hendrickson's and caddis yesterday and he had gotten refused on both. Waded into the river and had rising fish to throw at, (thought it would never happen). Some ignored my casts, some refused, some ate the fly and came unstuck, but enough ended up in the net to make it...

Started the day early, as I had an 8:30 appointment for an oil change and tire rotation at Craig's, CL Repair across the bridge in Equinunk. Arrived ten minutes early, and Craig was taking care for Boris, one of my Lordville neighbors. Oil change and tire rotation went smoothly and while I was squaring up with Craig, (who unlike the people in Homestead and Ft. Pierce, leaves an air hose turned on 24/7, for free), (although he told me once, after I filled a leaky tire, that he charges $4.00 a pound for air), Barry, an Equinunk resident who has done some carpentry work for me, and, as an expert archer, has given me a few pointers that have greatly improved my accuracy with a bow, stopped by and we caught up with both last years hunting stories and this years fishing prospects. I like that in a small town people still judge you by what you say and do, in large metropolitan areas, sadly, this is no longer true.  It's 6:00pm, I'm sitting on the back porch where the temperature i...

 With my printer refusing to print crosswords and sudokus, there was not much more for me to do today, but go for another drive and talk with anglers, (mostly my age), who were all happy to still be upright and above ground, out experiencing some of the most beautiful weather imaginable after a long cold winter cooped up inside. They've done the dance before and none seemed disappointed that there were no bugs or rising fish to throw at. The downside - Degree days matter and this winter, the iced over river did not provide enough degree days to allow nymphs to mature. We've had six straight days where the water got up to, or over 50 degrees, (over 60 today), and yet nothing but micro caddis and stone flies are hatching.   The upside - There have been dandelions in bloom on the south facing banks of homes in Hancock for the last three days, (regular readers will know that the "south bank dandelions" precede the streamside ones by up to a week). Saw my first mayfly toda...

 Did yard cleanup work until noon, made a sandwich and took off for another ride. Managed to look at the EB and BK early, (lots of stone flies and micro caddis on the BK), before getting back on 17 and heading for the Neversink, where I put on my waders and a pair of new, but much too tight, felt bottomed neoprene booties. Sat on the shore for an hour without seeing a fish rise or a mayfly hatch, pulled the plug and headed back west on 17.  Skipped the Willow, but stopped during prime time for paraleps and Hendricksons at several spots on the BK, BE, WB, and even the BR without seeing a single mayfly hatch or trout rise. Its still early days, BUT, the water has been over 50 for almost a week and there should be some bugs starting to hatch. At 83, its no fun watching, "Your Life Run Down", (at least not without a rising fish to throw at). Did see a Golden Eagle circling over the Lordville pool while enjoying the 80 degree temperature out on the back porch. It was so warn I had...

 Tended to some business items early this morning and was out the door at 11:15 with a car packed with enough food for the week.  Dropped off some of our home grown tomatoes, (from Florida), at the Troutfitter, unpacked the car at the Lordville Estate and was back on the road heading east by 1:30. Turns out I needn't have rushed. Stopped at all my regular "look see" spots on the EB, BK and the Willow both on the way out and on the way back. The only difference being that it was dead calm heading east and it blew 15/20 on the way back. Saw some micro caddis, a few little black stones and not a single may fly. Saw a grand total of two fish rise, one on the BK, and one at Jaws, technically he was in the UEB water.   The fishing - Never gave a thought to putting the waders on. Saw four fishermen on the BK, and one boat on the WB below Balls Eddy. DRC has had  pictures of some very large trout caught on streamers, but the absence of fishermen today is clear evidence ...

 Drove down to Deposit for a 9:15 haircut appointment at Vicky's on Thursday morning. Stopped at the Troutfitter to chat with Dave who said the streamer fishing from boats has produced some very big browns. By 11:30 I was unlocking the front door of the Lordville Estate. The yard had quite a few dead branches from my neighbors Norway maple but the town plow had mercifully left the road in place and I was spared the job of raking it off the lawn. Turned on the well pump and the pressure tank began to fill, (always a good sign), went outside and turned off the two spigots as soon as the water began to flow. Did the same upstairs noting that the hot water side wasn't yet running. Went downstairs and saw why. The 35 year old hot water heater had called it quits and was dumping water out on the cellar floor through a hole in the bottom of the tank. Shut off the water flow to the tank and called Gary Hubert the plumber  that keeps both the water and sewer lines flowing at the Troutf...

 This will be short. Going down to the fishing camp tomorrow and will report on the fridge and hot water tank. John H asked about trigger fish. I've caught some in the keys on bait and yes, I've fished for them in the Bahamas. Found them to be not very spooky, but fussy about what they eat. They feed on crustaceans, shrimp and even gnaw on coral. They have very sharp teeth, but very small mouths, try the smallest flies you've got and don't move the fly very much. Got several to eat when the tide went slack and the bonefish were nowhere to be seen. In case someone is wondering, they are good to eat, their skin will dull the sharpest knife, and they have a sharp point that sticks up on their dorsal fin, which is probably why there isn't a pelican that will try to eat one, (how do the young pelicans know this?)   

Jean and I left Long Key Saturday morning at 2:45am, and within 5 minutes were in a line of five cars following a construction truck (they work on the roads at night), with blinking yellow lights, moving along US-1 at 35 mph. Got on the Florida Turnpike at 4:00am and ten minutes later the low air warning light came on showing but 26 lbs. of air in the right rear tire. Car has neither jack nor spare, and the can of "Fix a Flat" was in the storage compartment buried under a loaded freezer. Found an open Convenience store/gas station with an air pump and for $3.00 put 40 lbs. of air in the tire. Back on the turnpike, we drove for two hours and watched the tire pressure slowly drop to 32 lbs. Stopped at Ft. Pierce where there are several gas stations and two truck stops, none of which were open for service. Bought a can of "Fix A Flat" but was unable to get more than about 10 seconds worth of the stuff into the tire before it stopped working. Spent an additional $2.50 f...

 Surprised myself and made it to 83 on Monday. Birthdays are something I no longer celebrate, but rather a day to assess the ravages of time on my aging carcass. It has occurred to me that I am now burying friends at roughly the same rate as I am becoming acquainted with new physicians (not a cheery thought). I'm currently weaning my self off a med prescribed by my cardiologist (a recent addition to the medical team), that I was told would slow down and strengthen my heart beat. What it does is lower my blood pressure to levels that, if converted to golf scores, would enable me to pin Dennis Molter's ears back with regularity.  It's been an uneventful winter here in the Florida Keys. There are almost no Ontario and Quebec license plates to be seen but the traffic on US 1 is the worst I've ever experienced. Have not seen a bonefish skiff on any of the flats all season. The Keys are warm and sunny, it never snows, but with the disappearance of the bone fish, they hold lit...