Posted on August 09 2024
Unless you just like to get away and watch it rain, stay home. Today was supposed to produce .12 of an inch of rain. Based on what I saw, and fished in, the decimal point should have been moved to the right one place. The ground is saturated, the tribs are gushing muddy water and the worst, (predicted 2.00 to 3.00 inches of rain), is yet to come.
Scheduled my hair cut for 4:00 to coincide with the "dead period" between the mid-day and evening hatches. Arrived in Deposit at 12:30 to find it raining quite hard, with neither bugs nor risers to be seen. Killed time in the Troutfitter with several Troutfitter regulars and watched the rain come down. It let up about three and the sulfurs put their umbrella's away and hatched. The fish fed, and Mike and I suited up and had at 'em.
Was late to my last haircut appointment so I kept close track of the time and was in the Unisex shop at 3:47. Told Vicki that the bugs were hatching and the fish were feeding. She asked, "What does that mean?" I said, " Get me back out on the river", and at 4:05 I was putting my waders back on. Landed six fish, all between 12 and 13 inches. At five, as the hatch was waning, I drove upstream hoping that the colder water upriver would have delayed the hatch even more. There wasn't a fisherman in sight, when I waded in and hooked four rainbows, landing three before things shut down.
While getting out of my vest and waders, I couldn't help but notice two, two year old heifers, (are they still heifers when they are two?), walking down the road towards me. Went to the farm house to let them know but no one was around. Drove over to the Shaffer farm and saw the family out on the porch. Told them about the heifers, and they said they would take care of it. Drove home in the daylight with deer out feeding everywhere.
Dennis, If you need a donation to help subsidize the event be happy to contribute
Greg the meeting is at the troutfitters on the bench. Driving down today to check things out and stop at dew-Dec farms for fresh vegetables.
Angler119- Hope you and Dave are ok. Saw the Delaware in Lordville was at 42000 cfs. Unbelievable.Stay safe. Ed
Butch thank you for your timely response. It’s disappointing but like you said we need to respect the landowners rights. I always make it a point to pick up any garbage and if I see the land owner I thank them
Aug, 21 4PM where are we meeting?
Don’t know if this can help in reference to the posting signs below barking dog but about a month ago we called the gentleman who owns the property who posted it and he told us it was a liability issue and that he was afraid someone was going to get hurt going up and down to the river. The next time I went past someone had ripped the signs down and the third time they were reposted. We need to respect the landowners rights.
That being said, I assume he owns the property.
Greetings Mr. Angler119 and thank you for your informative and entertaining insights. Would you happen to know about the recent large yellow posted sign on river road below the Barking Dog boat launch. It’s the spot along the guardrail where only two cars can fit. Is that access now off limits or perhaps something else going on. Thank you
Dennis. Thanks for arranging the meeting. It will be great to get together again. See you on the 21st. Ed
Associate editors meeting is scheduled for august 21 at 4pm. This will give us a chance to meet and get out to fish for the late hatch. The main topic will be a discussion on what flies get fish to eat in the sulfur zone!!
I am looking forward to seeing everyone there!! Hopefully my wife will bake some cookies
Angler119-Looks like Debby will blow out the system for a while. There are even tornado warnings here in NJ and up by you. As they used to say on NYPD Blue- Be careful out there. Ed