Splish splash, I was taking a bath - - -

 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 a very nice day. The fish ranged in size from the smallest at 11 inches to one 16 incher. Lost a better fish that I never got up from the bottom to look at.

The hatch was not a heavy one but there were both Hendrickson's and small black bodied, gray winged caddis and the fish were happy to eat them. The fish were going when I got there but the feeding quieted down when the sun came out. Was walking straight into the sun when I hit a shin high large rock mid-stride and went right over the top of it. I have never before and will never again take a more delightful midstream  bath in mid April. 

On the trip back to the fishing camp, I stopped at both the BK and the EB. Never saw a rise, (it was between 6:30 and 7:00), nor a bug on the water. What I did see at Jaws, was a huge flight of caddis egg layers moving up the BK to do their thing. When and where they hatched I haven't a clue. Never saw a caddis in the air while crossing the EB on the 97 bridge. 

Have a fire going in the stove and all my fly boxes are on the stove drying.

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