Some of you probably saw this already - new agreement from the DRBC regarding thermal releases from Cannonsville. (Most important section is pasted below.) My take is that this is very good news. It insures that the mainstem will stay cool enough to hold trout (under 75) all the way down to...

Thinking about a Montana trip with my cousin next July or early August. Anybody got suggestions? We'd be going mostly DIY and roughing it, looking to save money and maximize our fishing time. Campgrounds and public access areas, rather than resorts and expensive guides.

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Got out for a couple hours on the evening of July 3, with my brother-in-law, a decent fly fisher who mostly targets warm water species, and had never fly fished on the Upper Delaware. We took my venerable 17-foot Old Town canoe down to Bard Parker and paddled upstream, then floated down the...

I've been hoping one of the usual suspects would start complaining about the conditions in the Catskills so I wouldn't have to, but it seems this place is all tumbleweed and mothballs this spring. So here goes: WTF is up with this never-ending heat wave up there? And the lack of rain? It feels...

Got out for a couple of hours on Friday night to see some old friends next to my favorite rock on the EB. Scattered rises, mostly finning browns eating emergers, with sporadic fish jumping here and there, chasing them right up to the surface. Mixed hatch - tan caddis, the occasional march brown...

I'm going to be near a nice piece of water upstate this weekend - a couple of days before it opens for trout fishing. Not particularly worried about John Law. But would rather not harass spawners or do anything detrimental to the fish population. Truth is, I don't actually know what the...

Alright, this may be almost as dumb as MacFly's halloween candy thread, but here goes: This time of year, unless you're a steelheader, fly fishing in the northeast is all about mentally revisiting times gone by and anticipating times to come. Personally, by late January / February, I start...

Anybody else having this problem? All I get is a red circle with an exclamation point. I just want to make sure we get these issues ironed out before SSA posts his backpacking TRs so we don't have to wait a month like last time.:)

A NEFF member with deep pockets should buy this land and invite the rest of us to fish it. I'm not entirely clear on which part of the gorge it covers, but I believe it's the very top, above the Katrina Falls Road access, and covers mostly the western side of the gorge: Ben Wechsler acreage...

My cousin and I got out for one of our semi-annual trips this weekend. They used to be more frequent, these weekends, and also usually involved several questionable decisions, at least one brush with the law, a range of mild bodily injuries (e.g. broken thumb, sprained ankle) and two or three...

Hit a popular spot near home after dinner for 45 minutes. Low, clear water and big heads lazily surfacing on all sides. I gave free rein to all my bad habits. Up-and-across presentations, looping line in my left hand, swinging wets when fish are taking bugs on the surface. Sensing an amateurish...

The nymph rod thread got me thinking about a question I've had for a while. Do you guys have any tricks for handling line when making long casts and retrieves? Forget short line situations when you can just let your spare line gather at your feet or in the water, or wherever, and forget...

Before the lower east branch turned into a bubbling cauldron of sulphuric demon piss, I got out with my four year old on a few mornings over the weekend. Our routine consists of him waking me up at 6am, cereal, scooby doo, and he's ready to head down to the river. In the meantime, I drink...

Serious question. Are any of you tiers weird enough to tie me up a fly that looks like a baby swan? LU I'm looking in your general direction. You devised the alpaca emerger and the ear hair nymph if memory serves... Below is a picture for reference. The fly would have to float and look...

Got some top of the bottom of the line Orvis waders and boots for sale. Orvis quality at rock bottom prices. Need to make room in my fishing closet for some G3s. Endura waders in a medium long. Encounter boots, size 10. Totally unused. Asking $100 for the waders and $90 for the boots.

So, I got suckered by one of those Orvis fliers that they send out to every chump who has ever bought some overpriced fluorocarbon from them, and one day later, some of Orvis's low end breathable waders and boots are on their way to my house. I don't even know what happened. It was like a date...

Thought I'd send this around. Looks like a lot more public land is now open for deer depopulation.

Good morning commie-lovers and running dogs, What do I have here? This cane rod - a Heddon "Expert" of unknown vintage - was tucked away in a primitive cabin in the pacific northwest in a pile of my Granddad's stuff until my Mom found it recently and gave it to me. Here it is on top of a...