West Branch of the Delaware Fly Fishing
Sulphur anyone?
19'' West Branch Brown.
You know when you have one of those days on the water where everything just clicks and you have a great day of fishing? That is exactly what happened to me on the West Branch of the Delaware River recently. There was an extremely thick hatch of Sulphurs, and the fish were locked into them.
I landed a total of 14 Browns, with 6 ranging from 16-19''. Most of them were taking a sulphur emerger I tied up the night before, but one took a sulphur dry and I landed a couple at dusk during the spinner fall on rusty spinners.
I actually met up with fellow blogger Craig Dennison for the evening down at the Delaware River. We were doing something new for me - working bank feeders! It was a rush to see high quality fish in such shallow water and it will definitely change the way I fish and look at water. Im not talking about opposite bank feeders, but bank as in right where you would start wading.
It felt great to slam fish down there on flies that I tied. It was a day I won't forget!
Tight lines.
Artie
Jordan Ross:
Artie… can you expand to your blog entry. I don’t understand… were there fish rising all day during the day? Sulphers hatch in the evening? Or were you prospecting with a dry fly? Can you fill us in… many of us would not fish for trout in the middle of the day in 90F weather. I want to hear more.
Artie Loomis (Whitesboro):
Jordan,
Sulphurs were on the water from about 11:30AM on. Fish were up on them all day – too many for the fish to ignore.
You have to remember that the West Branch is Damn controlled. They have many similar issues with the West Branch that we have with the West Canada. Anyways, their damn release is from the bottom of Cannonsville Reservoir so the water is usually very cold. The day I fished this hatch it was mid 50’s, so the sun actually helps the hatch in my opinion. There is plenty of shade on the other bank :-)