Archive : Delaware River

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...

Two friends and I recently enjoyed fishing a quality sulpher and blue winged olive hatch on the West Branch of the Delaware River.  There was a good flow (600 plus cfs) and stable water temperature (50 degrees).  With this heat spell, the Upper West Branch has been one of the more trout friendly fishing...

Anticipating a repeat of last Saturday, I journeyed to the West Branch of the Delaware hoping for another epic day of sulpher fishing. With the sulpher hatch well under way for a month, we knew that the fish were getting selective.  Sam (West Branch Angler’s Resort) encouraged us to throw a tiny...

As anglers, we tend to enjoy all aspects of fly fishing and relish each opportunity to wet a line.  I don’t know where I’d be without my annual dose of crashing bluefish, lazy farm bluegills, fresh tributary chrome, salmon madness in the fall, Thousand Island smallmouth, and so on.  We...