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Fall Fishing Has Been On Fire!

The fishing is on fire to say the least. Here is a few picture below of some of what we’ve been dealing with. We set some records on the best days with over 40 fish hooked. Most of my clients now are very seasoned and don’t do the picture thing anymore. Which makes my job easier! A lot of the fish below are firsts for clients which makes me very happy. The isonychias, olives and hebe’s have been the bug of choice for the past two weeks. Nymphing has produced the numbers however. Basic pheasant tails are the go too fly mixed in with some jig patterns as well. Next year is nearly booked already with a few open days. end of October of this year I have a day or two as well. November for those brave enough we will be targeting the rainbow water. I will be doing a few lake tributary trips in November and December. The releases are scheduled to slow down but as of right now it is PERFECT for what we are trying to do. If you see a redd (trout nest) below the dams or in the feeder creeks stay the F away!!!!!

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Summer Fishing Report for the Catskill Mountains

It was a great season for night fishing in the Catskill Mountains. We still have a few nights left but with the colder evenings the daytime fishing has been steadily increasing. The west branch and upper main are the place to go with low water and high temperatures in other places. Lordville is now in the upper 50’s while writing this.

Flying ants, ISO’s caddis bwo’s and some terrestrials have been the ticket. The big storm a week ago changed many tributaries and sections of the big rivers. New strainers can make boating dangerous if you do not know the rivers.

All of the rivers are looking healthy and have solid amounts of cold water right now. There was a sketchy section mid July when the rivers did get to some deadly warm trout temperatures. Don’t forget to check out our FLOWS PAGE to see what the current levels are.

We have a few days left for September and October. Both can be the best dry fly months of the year depending on conditions. The dams both should be releasing water due to the scheduled maintenance October 1st. Feel free to text us as we will be on the water every day.

Below is a few of the fish we got in the past couple weeks.

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Current River Update Catskill Mountains

Ladies and gentleman, we are almost there!

The past two weeks I have been in the big apple helping a family member after surgery. It went a little longer than expected but they are healthy and we are back!

East and West Branch of the Delaware River

Today I drove around the reservoirs to see what we have coming our way. The number of the day is 100.7. Both reservoirs are currently spilling and almost a full point higher than capacity. This is a great thing looking forward. Without any snow pack this year, our river levels will depend on rain and the dam releases. Please see current levels below. The Cannonsville starts the West Branch of the Delaware and the Pepacton Reservoir begins the East Branch of the Delaware River.

Beaverkill and Willowemoc

The freestone Catskill blue chip rivers the Willowemoc and Beaverkill are also pretty high as well. If you are looking to wade this weekend the Willowemoc appears to be the safest choice. Still be careful and fish with a parter. The air might be warming up but the water is still very cold.

Current Hatches

Black Winter Stones Size, Midges, BWO’s and Blue Quills have been spotted as well

Streamers out of a boat is still the best option right now for larger fish.

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Catskills Fly Fishing Rivers Update

Tailwaters

The reservoirs are in the 90th percentile going into March. The Cannonsville and Pepacton were both spilling until about two weeks ago. The state released a bunch of water and then stabilized flows to about 600 out of Cannonsville and 300 out of the Pepacton. Without much snowpack in the hills we could be in trouble coming into the season. It would be very beneficial to get a huge dumping of snow like we did last year in March. However the next 5 days will be in the 40/50’s. If the DEC/NYC fix the aqueduct this year (hold your breath year 3) we could see exceptional fishing due to dam releases in the summer. (after June 1). Whatever happens we will keep you up to date.

Freestones

The Beaverkill and Willowemoc are both gin clear and semi-low. The river is fishing pretty decent at this flow but location and steadiness is the key. Look for deep pools (winter homes) with a gradual run coming into it. Fish small flies and light tippet. Currently the Beaverkill is running at around 300cfs while the Willowemoc is around 85cfs. Both river temps skyrocketed with todays temperatures. They will continue to hold for the next few days warmspell. Olives, midges and winter stoneflys are the ticket.

Even though its fishing now we are worried about the season. Just like the reservoirs not having snow to fill them same goes the Freestones. The snow dumping downstate and CT NJ LI got didn’t hit us at all. The freestones need a big snowfall to help them out.

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