On Your Mark, Get Set - - - -

 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 Troutfitter lodge. He said he'd be down at 8:00 this morning with a new tank. By 9:30 the new tank was filling with water and the old tank was in the back of his truck, ready for it's last ride.

In case you're wondering, the refrigerator started like a champ and had ice cubes ready for my Perfect Manhattan.

The rivers are dropping with wading opportunities opening up on both branches, the BK and the Willow. The BR, (mainstem) is still too high. Bugs? The little black stones are hatching along with the micro caddis. Didn't spend much time looking but did see one rise. The guys in the boats are catching some really nice fish that are dining on the alewife wash overs, (check out the pics on the Delaware River Club page). I plan on going back down on Monday to try to prove my prediction for a late start to the dry fly fishing wrong.      

 

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