Delaware 5/28

[Shaq]

Darthwader and I went fishing Saturday.

This is a small short film I have titled Delaware Madness. Or, Why I hate the Delaware...I mean love....I mean well, you'll see. The Delaware and it's tributaries have alot of wild, selective, large trout and they get the bulk of our best fly tyer's flies to look at. This river, more than any other I have fished has shaped my tying and presentation skills. I like to say, The D is the game. All my other trout fishing is practice. Caddis, olives and a smattering of march browns were present and the olive x2 caddis had taken some fish earlier.

Most of you know, the way to effectively fish the Del is to target individual rising fish and work them..."Flock shooting" while it will take a sporadic riser, isn't a productive way to do it.

Here is the story of one particular 16 incher we had set up on. The water was low and clear, and he had taken residence in 8-12 inches of water between two rocks which created a tricky drift.




So, that's how it goes, you miss one, you find another, and there's almost always another. Maybe he'll take the fly with more confidence, maybe he'll take the first drift by, maybe you'll snap the 6x on the hook-set, maybe you'll land one.