A Barn Sale Worth Attending.

Drove up to Deposit to try and get in an hour or two of fishing during what is predicted to be a couple very rainy days. Drove down to the Men's Club and saw a giant tree that was growing on the riverbank just back of the club house laying at right angles to the shoreline out in the river. Glad no one was fishing along the wall when it came down.

The fishing - What would you pay to be the only fisherman fishing a pool during a blanket hatch of Dorotheas with every fish in the pool up gulping the duns? Without a moments hesitation I put the $5.00 bill in the tin box, donned my gear, (vest inside the raincoat, for once), went through the gate and into the Red Barn pool. Never had to cast more than 30 feet but the competition from live sulfurs was fierce. They were no more than six inches apart on the far side of the stream. The fish seemed unbothered by my casts and kept on gulping. Singled out a fish and made cast after cast until it ate. In the first hour it didn't take long to get the fish to either eat or refuse my fly, got 9 fish to eat and about the same number to refuse. Lost only one of the first seven but put too much pressure on the last two and the hooks pulled out. 

The second hour - Didn't go so well, river was still covered with bugs, fish were still rising but most of the duns were left undisturbed, as were my flies, got a few refusals and not a single take. Ended the affair in a downpour throwing at boils with no acknowledgement whatsoever from the trout. Still, I think I got my monies worth.

Home during a rain break and decided to answer more of the recent questions.

Charlie - My bad on the EB description. I went downstream from Downsville to Jaws in the UEB description and should have continued the journey on the EB which flows from Jaws to Junction Pool in Hancock where it meets the WB and forms the BR.

James  - Everything seems to be OK at the Red Barn, (watch out for  ED S. when he heads towards the fourth tree). I derive great pleasure from walking along behind an angler or anglers crowding the far bank and hooking fish they deem unworthy of their attention. It's even more fun when the hooked fish swims over and jumps near one of the fishermen.

Steve L - Stripers now reside in many, if not most of the big pools throughout the river system. They were reported to be seen last year above Corbett on the UEB and have often been seen in the run below where Oquaga enters the WB. I've had numerous encounters with them on the BR and this year had a yearling fish eaten by one in the pool below the 191 bridge on the WB. 

Bob F. - I did two books, "A Season On The Delaware" and "Upping Your Game". The Troutfitter  sometimes has copies available but both books can be purchased directly from Amazon. 

At 7:22 the evening fishing was officially washed out.