This season has granted us with great conditions day in and day out. We are hoping for a some rain to bump up the early summer flows or raise up the reservoirs enough to get a significant release bump. Rain is in the forecast, but often goes around us, or drops less rain than expected in the Delaware watershed. keep your fingers crossed. Otherwise, the Isonychia hatch has been great, with periodic days of Blue Winged Olives and Caddis regularly. Sulphurs are heaviest on the West Branch this time of year, and we must keep an eye on the water temperatures on the Main Stem. This spring showed us a very healthy class of Rainbow trout.
Our Mixed bag spin fishing trips have been incredible, with many 18-25” Striped bass making the Upper Delaware their temporary home, they hit hard and fight hard, and are being caught almost daily during June. Some 12-16” Smallmouth bass have been around with plenty of cookie cutters daily, and the Walleye come to the net on cloudy days too.
Check out these photos of our successful anglers.
Hard fighting rainbow trout.
Herb lands a sunny day Brown trout.
20.5” Rainbow for Evan on a Stimulator.
Cookie cutter Brown trout.
Charley’s personal best Rainbow at 19.5”
Slammer 18” bow for Mark.
Arthur with an 18” bow on an Isonychia.
Arthur with a post spawn American Shad on a dry fly.
Mark with a Walleye.
Arthur with another Bow on an Isonychia.
Healthy Rainbows!
Hard fighting Rainbows!
American Shad on the Fly rod for Dave.
Slammer bow in the net.
David Gurda with a 18” Bow.
Stan with a nice Bow.
Beginner fly guy John connects.
Jim showing us the colors of the Delaware.
Another Rainbow trout for Jim.
A March Brown mayfly.
Wading for a fish.
Incredible Sulphur Hatch
Fat Rainbows in the net.
Cherene Padua hooked up on a Rainbow.
Cherene with a feisty bow.
Quality Smallmouth bass
Matty with a Slammer Channel Catfish
Feisty Rainbow trout.
A Common Loon spotted on the Upper Delaware.
Slammer Redbreast Sunfish.
Smokey days brought some nice bass to the surface.
Mikol finds a Striper.
Quality smallmouth for Jon.
Mark with a 22” Walleye
Mark with a Striper.
A nice image of a Walleye.
Matt with a slammer Striper.
Cameron with 1 of 3 Stripers for himself on this day.
Jeff with a 23” Striper.
Kennedy with a 24” Striper!
Kennedy with a good Smallmouth bass.
Two young eagles sitting in a tree.