Didymo found in the neversink...

[Catskill Mountain Man]

It's a sad day. A day when all anglers weep for such a wonderful stream and the hardship we will now face protecting.... you all from an APRIL FOOLS JOKE!!

On a more serious note if this happens I'll be extremely upset. We need to be vigilant and always wash and/or completely dry our gear before switching water bodies.

The neversink is surrounded by and drains into other famous catskill rivers that are known to be infected by didymo.

Long description short, there is not a lot of evidence that didymo destroys the ecosystem completely; but it's a fly fisherman's nightmare. Your fly (dry or wet) is constantly cloaked in the algea. Making fly fishing near impossible.

Help me keep my Neversink clean and if you are planning a multi day trip take 1 water body at a time (unless you do your research) and try to work the day down stream. I find this fits nicely into a conservationist schedule if you plan ahead and fish non didymo infected stretches/stream before you fish didymo infected stretches/streams.

Also if you start on the upper stretches of lets say.. The Beaverkill, in the morning you tend to catch more small hungry fish, you also tend to; move around, hone your skill, see the bug life. Then you work up to the big guys farther down stream.


For all of you new comers into this wonderful sport please take precautions and be aware of where you are.

Don't just blindly go to a new water body with out at least googling/asking/reading about if the water is infected. It's not that difficult.

http://www.dec.ny.gov/animals/54244.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Didymosphenia_geminata

http://www.fish.state.pa.us/water/habitat/ans/didymo/faq_didymo.htm

Be safe this season fellas.

Regards,
DH

 

[decker1313]

Had me fooled. One of my favorite places to fish. Would be a damn shame.

 

[Trouser Trout]

What a shame......

 

[LyNcH]

Make site you carry a loaded shotgun when fishing this water and DO-NOT allow any water birds within 20' of landing. Damn wandering gypsy birds.

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[flyI4]

Didymo, the most over-hyped threat out there when it come to the catskills. First, its constantly wrongfully identified and common weeds that are a sign of a healthy tail water are called didymo after an angler has a frustrating day with his fly covered in green slime algae and wants to complain about the river going to hell. Secondly, where I have seen didymo in certain stretches, it has had ZERO affect on buglife. Hatches are as prolific as ever on our tailwaters which is where didymo thrives best due to year round cold water. Lastly, from what I've been told from those in the know didymo will make its way to other rivers in the area regardless of fisherman via transient species like birds for instance. The whole felt sole ban and shift to these new streamtred boots has become more of a marketing fad than a conservation shift in my opinion. Some may disagree, but at the end of the day didymo is only a threat to bugs, not the fish themselves, and you cannot make an argument that hatches have suffered in anyway up there.

 

[Thursthouse]

Catskill Mountainboy,

This is the most views you've ever had on a thread. Congrats.

 

[Future Fanatic]

Didymo, the most over-hyped threat out there when it come to the catskills.

Now, wait just one second there....

 

[Catskill Mountain Man]

Catskill Mountainboy,

This is the most views you've ever had on a thread. Congrats.

thanks dude. im kinda famous i know