greg s
Fishizzle, I use worms but I'm looking to upgrade!
Fished Saturday near Phoenicia starting around 4. Water temps in Esopus not bad at 66, the portal was only putting out a little water, but the T-storms dumped plenty. The stream was turbid from the rain and rising, fishing was decent for a couple of hours but then the water got higher and it slacked off for me. I did catch a really nice brown of 17's, and one rainbow around 12's, which are both pretty good Esopus fish. My partner caught a few rainbows and browns of 8-10"'s fishing nymphs and soft hackles. I caught my fish on a black marabout muddler with a split 10"'s above. Pretty good afternoon for mid-summer. Didn't see many bugs, a couple of iso's and one sulphur, not enough to get fish moving. I did see a couple of rises but they were very small fish. Had to duck under the tree's a couple of times to dodge the rain.