Posted on July 13 2021
My wife has announced that she will be spending the next three nights "monitoring" our two youngest (teenage) grandchildren. Some might consider this a plea for help. With Jean, it was a signal for me to go fishing so she doesn't have to worry about feeding me dinner.
Being realistic and perhaps a bit negative, the furtherance of the current onslaught of "severe" weather is not good for fishing this summer. Most of the streams are now too high to fish and even where you can get into the river the rainwater makes them too warm for concentrated sulfur hatches. The reservoirs are heading in the direction of spills (they have already increased the Pepacton release as it is over 98% full).
What to do? Hope the weather pattern changes. Fish where the water SHOULD be the coldest and the most wadeable (up top in both branches), and if nothing is going on there look for bugs in any water downstream where you feel comfortable wading, late in the evening.
Will look at flows before leaving Lafayette tomorrow morning. If the streams continue to drop I'll be on the road. If we get another batch of thunderstorms, I'll break out a jigsaw puzzle.
I’m very sorry for all of the flooding at your home. It sounds like a ton of work—not easy at any age!
Do you need a “go fund me” to pay for the cleanup? I can just add you to the one I started to pay for all of the equipment I’ve needed since starting fly fishing since last summer!! LOL!
BTW, you mentioned sending in pics of fish from the Delaware system. Where do I send them?