Posted on September 19 2021
If it were Hendrickson time I'd be on the river system fishing. The current water levels offer limited wading opportunities if, you are familiar with the area you want to fish and are comfortable wading at the current USGS gage levels.
But it's not Hendrickson time. Yes, there are still a few iso's, cahills, and white flies but the bread and butter fall flies are the pseudos. These tiny olives hatch in good numbers all fall but trout show a reluctance to eat them in high water. The present near maximum release rates from both reservoirs have pretty much eliminated the good fall pseudo fishing on both branches, the BE and the BR.
If and when the releases are cut back to normal fall levels this should change but for now the best fishing opportunities appear to be on the BK and Willow. They are still a bit too high for good fishing but if we avoid meaningful rain for a couple more days I'll be back down to give'm a try.
Note to D.D. - EB is the East Branch below it's junction with Beaverkill. BR is the Big River, Main Stem or the Delaware from junction pool down to Callicoon.
Thank you.
I am having a problem indentify your abbreviate letters of “BE, BR, etc”?
Correct me that BK stands for Beaverkill, Willow is
Willowemoc, UEB & LEB is Upper & Lower East Branch, UWB & WB is Upper & West Branch, STEM is Main Delaware Rivers?
Thank you, I appreciate your BLOG and it is wonderful of you to share your fishing expertise with us. Keep water clean and support C/R.