Archive : Delaware River

When the hendrickson hatch is in full swing, there’s no river I’d rather fish than the West Branch of the Delaware.  The WBD is a bug factory.  This river provides a substantial emergence of hendricksons, along with other tasty insect species for trout.  Prolific hatches produce trophy...

On Good Friday a friend and I fished the Upper Delaware River System.  The conditions weren’t ideal, but it was our only chance to fish.  We decided to make the lengthy car trip, despite an unfavorable forecast.  There was a heavy frost the previous night and it took hours for things to warm...

The recent exit of Syracuse University in the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament put me in a funk that only fishing could cure.  My sympathetic wife, an SU grad, understood my grief.  It was a magical hoops season that ended short of the Final Four.  I’m proud of the SU crew and all the...

On Tuesday, November 15th I’m presenting for our local Chapter of Trout Unlimited.  Seth Green Chapter of Trout Unlimited is the Rochester based Chapter that meets at Gander Mountain (300 Jay Scutti Boulevard – Rochester, NY 14623  (585) 424-4100).  There is a fly tying demonstration...

Timing is everything on the West Branch of the Delaware.  If I manage a trip to the WBD in late August,  I try to coincide my fishing time with overcast conditions.  The absence of bright sun and heat seem to improve the quality of the blue-wing olive hatch.  While some might favor heat and sun for...

My cousin and his pre-teen son recently took up fly fishing.  They live in Massachusetts  and we hadn’t yet enjoyed the opportunity to fish together.  We agreed that it would be nice to take an overnight fishing trip and decided upon the West Branch of the Delaware River.  I was confident...

After a self imposed two week hiatus from the West Branch of the Delaware, I longed to return.  The calendar said it was July.   I reasoned there wasn’t a better way to start July 4th Weekend than tangle with wily WBD browns.  I invited my brother along and he was a good sport to join me. ...

If you have faith in your favorite fishery, good things tend to happen.  Such is the case on the West Branch of the Delaware River.  High water, heavy wind, and cool temperature put a damper on early season wade fishing.  Recently, conditions improved as warm, stable weather coincided nicely with...

Over the past three weeks I’ve closely monitored the USGS Water Flow for the West Branch of the Delaware River.   It’s been plenty high this season.  Wading has been limited and it’s been tricky to catch this superb fishery just right.  This is the first year in many, that I haven’t...

For several weeks I’d been planning a Labor Day escape to fish the West Branch of the Delaware River.  Over the years, I’ve enjoyed solid Labor Day angling conditions on the West Branch.  Consistent olives, isonychias, light cahils and streamers were typically on the menu.  Uncrowded water...