Fishing Report

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Epic Dry Fly Fishing is Here!

This past week pretty much every river in the Catskill Mountains has been a bug factory. We have had blanket hatches of Quills, Hendricksons, BWO’s and Caddis. On some of the warmer rivers we have also seen a good amount of March Browns. The warm spell really set these rivers on fire! Rain is expected for the foreseeable future and we expect to be back on the streamer fishing. The dams are both looking to spill tomorrow with heavy rains in the forecast. We hope the Hendricksons don’t disappear in the high water expectations.

Here are a few of the fish we took on dry flies

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Dry Fly Action Picks Up in the Catskills

The past warm stint has allowed us to get some really nice fish on dry flies as well as the reliable nymph. Right now the predominate hatches have been stoneflies, blue wing olives, blue quills and quill gordons. There have been some Hendrickson action around as well but shortly lived to mid the afternoon.

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Warm Weather Update

We have had a warm week on the Upper Delaware. Many from afar might see the temperatures rising and sun shining and assume fishing is automatically good. It has been a tougher week than last week. The rivers are high and clear and the wind has been brutal the first half of the warm spell. It has made the streamer bite slow down (without any color in the water) and the wind has swiftly removed any hatching insects. So far we have seen Stoneflys, BWO’s, Caddis a few Quill Gordons. Today and tomorrow will be 80 degrees with finally some lower wind predictions. Next week the weather goes back to normal and the bugs will most likely hold off for another week. Most of our fish this week have come from nymphing.

Good luck to those getting out in the warm stretch here. Don’t forget to MEND!

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Early Season on the Upper Delaware River

We have been VERY busy this year. The scares in the economy has not stopped Hackett Fly Fishing and our guides. We are extremely busy and wish we had more guides! So far the streamer fishing has been pretty steady with some big fish coming to net. We thank all of our customers and happy for their success. The coming week is going to get warm up here and provide us with more dry fly action. Let’s get it!