Posted on August 22 2020
First of all I'd like to thank ED S., Dennis, Maxwell, Dick, Jim and Jim V. for their reports from the river and/or their kind words.
Marty - The entire procedure took twenty minutes with little to no soreness or swelling. Truly amazing.
The head of Buckhorn already had three cars too many when I drove by. There were tricos no doubt but you won't find me fishing tricos in that kind of a crowd.
Dennis - There are two fall caddis that I'm aware of - the October a/k/a pumpkin caddis that I'm told crawls up on land to hatch and the little brown caddis that spend Sept. and Oct. flying upstream in the evening but never fall.
As to the trico hatch - Where the hatches are prolific you can fish the duns early in the morning. On the Delaware you need to fish the spinner fall which occurs in the morning when the air temp reaches about 69 degrees. Look for them over riffs in the warmer sections of the river.
I Am looking forward to fall fishing. I want to learn more about the bugs that will be hatching and what patterns to use. Hopefully in the fall it will be less crowded and no drift boats. You then can soak in the beauty of the river and solitude it affords us.
In the 4 decades that I’ve been fortunate to fish the WB it has become my opinion that when the glamour sulphur hatch begins to come to an end changes begin to occur. Less sun, cooler days and nites, less bugs become the norm.. Fishing can be tough. The river and it’s surrounding begin to look and even smell different. Fishing can still be good, but most of all I think attitude begins to change… we sense another fishing year closing out…. it’s like reading the last chapter in a good book and anticipating opening of a new one…… maybe bittersweet, but filled with interest and excitement….. always looking forward to new opportunities