Posted on May 26 2020
A week ago there were three days where I landed a total of 4 fish. The combo of bright sun, no bugs, no rising fish and drift boats and wade fishermen everywhere was too much to overcome. My wife, perhaps fearful of me coming home for an extended stay, said "Don't worry in a couple of weeks it'll be all over and people will leave". Well, it's not all over, in fact it's just begun.
With the warm temps (the car said 92 today) the BK and EB peaked at close to 70 degrees. The unseasonably hot temp coupled with bright sun quelled all midday hatching on the BK, BE and Big River. Didn't visit the UEB today but the WB upriver of Hale Eddy had hatching bugs and rising fish all afternoon.
The evening fishing (you have to stay 'til dark) has been great. Tonight the March Browns appeared first and floated unmolested down the river. Then came the other stuff. What other stuff? Don't know, didn't have time to look. Almost any big fly will work. The fish that had been hunkered down all day were eating everything in sight both above and below the surface. The river that ten minutes earlier had no fish in it, was a boil with feeding fish. Last night on the EB I hooked four and landed three. Tonight I was a perfect five for five.
If you come ( this is your best chance to land a big one) and it's still hot, get out fishing early in the morning, tie flies or catch a nap mid day and hit the river around 7:00 in the evening and wait for it to happen. If it cools down, be on the river all day long.
With the warm temps (the car said 92 today) the BK and EB peaked at close to 70 degrees. The unseasonably hot temp coupled with bright sun quelled all midday hatching on the BK, BE and Big River. Didn't visit the UEB today but the WB upriver of Hale Eddy had hatching bugs and rising fish all afternoon.
The evening fishing (you have to stay 'til dark) has been great. Tonight the March Browns appeared first and floated unmolested down the river. Then came the other stuff. What other stuff? Don't know, didn't have time to look. Almost any big fly will work. The fish that had been hunkered down all day were eating everything in sight both above and below the surface. The river that ten minutes earlier had no fish in it, was a boil with feeding fish. Last night on the EB I hooked four and landed three. Tonight I was a perfect five for five.
If you come ( this is your best chance to land a big one) and it's still hot, get out fishing early in the morning, tie flies or catch a nap mid day and hit the river around 7:00 in the evening and wait for it to happen. If it cools down, be on the river all day long.
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