I have been using Maxima Chameleon Butt to Ultragree tippet leaders on Catskill rivers for years but have always gone with 3x for streamer and fast water nymphing and 5x for dry fly. I got a good price on ebay , $4.89 a piece and ordered 8, 5x leaders. However , they shipped me 6x and are out...

The use of profanity on this forum is evidence of ignorance

Thanks for alerting me to the post on Catskill Flies. I contacted the poster and we spoke and I got my flybox back last Sat., as it turned out the guy lived only a few miles from me. Thank you so much for alerting me.

Lost a gray flybox full of dry's into the current behind the train station off 28. If anyone finds it I hope you will contact me. :crap:

:crap: I to lost a gray fly box on Esopus Creek on Friday the 28th of May , in the evening, behind the train station off Route 28, before Phoenicia.. Would love to hear someone found it.

I think he meant that they don't feed

Heavy cinnamon caddis hatch on the Beaverkill on Sat. in the PM

Sat. I was on the Beaverkill starting at 11 AM and quitting at 7:30PM. Hatches of caddis and mayflies started around 2 and remained growing heavy from 5PM on. I never saw a single fish rise the whole day. I might of heard a slurp once or twice but never saw a fish break the surface all day...

Which nymph color do you prefer in the Catskills for late summer or fall?

I am heading to New Mexico next week and will be in the Taos area just touring the mountains and am bringing my rod. The Cimarron river east of Eagle Nest looks good. i would love to hear from anyone with experience fishing these waters or how have general suggestions on locations or tactics.

Really enjoyed your report. Your love of our sweet insanity is evident as is your ability to find diamonds in the rough.

Left work at 2 that day and headed to the same river. As it turns out, I could have left at 5. Got on the water at 4:30 and saw no rises until 7:30. Nymphs seemed a waste of time. The fishing was great from then on with one nice rainbow thrown in. My last fish was my biggest, caught at about...

Was up there myself and had a memorable day. I lost count of the small browns that kept me busy all afternoon into the evening. I left work at noon and headed up and will never regret it. There were a couple of big ones as well, one that I landed without a net ( watchin it float away, I chose...

I saw it for the first time three weeks ago on the Esopus just above Phoenicia. I had to keep cleaning the stonefly i was using. It was a very light grey color and streaming from the rocks. I didn't notice it last Sat above the portal or in Boiceville.

I am new to the Forum. My first fly fishing experience was three years ago with my brother in law, I caught one brown on a dry fly and have been a fanatic ever since. Every time since, I have fished alone as I have yet to meet other fly fisherman from my area to hook up with. I have spent many...

My first fly fishing experience was three years ago with my brother in law, I caught one brown and have been a fanatic ever since. Every time since, I have fished alone as I have yet to meet another fly fisherman from my area to hook up with. I fish the Esopus and Rondout/Beerkill mostly and...

I work in the State Courts with a Judge and we operate a drug treatment court. The pay sucks but the rewards are plenty. I try to promote outdoor sports to the addicts as a way of finding a healthy high as those on this forum demonstrate, as we are jiunkies all.

Thank you Peter. I think I see what you are saying, releasing the big ones helps keep the whole thing going. I have yet to have an oppertunity to fish with a knowledgible fly fisherman. I ask friends to join me but few are interested in the time investment. I look foreward tothe time when I...

I am new to fly fishing ,this is my third fishing season. I am in my late 50's and as my tag line says, this ol boy needs a mentor. The post Mountain Man responded to was my first on this forum. As a neophyte, I am not aware of the common etiquette and saw nothing in the forum agreement to...

Like you, I am a newbie and because of this, while I fish the whole lenght of the Esopus, I like to fish the smaller water above the portal because I have an easier time reaching the holding spots. Went there yesterday and picked up a 19.7 and a 16 inch browns. There were three DEC men (who...