Mayfly Musings

I try and visit New York State every June for several reasons: 1) To see my family 2) To visit old friends and reminisce about the glory days 3) To go on our annual camping trip to the Genesee River 4) To go to the Delaware River The Delaware River system is the best fishery east of the Mississippi.  For years I have had moments of agony and ecstasy on the Delaware. This year I was lucky enough to fish with some old friends and a new one.  Tim Flagler (creator of Tightline Productions) came up to fish with us and we had an absolute blast.  For years he has made the finest fly tying videos known to man (link is at the bottom of my blog) and it was awesome to chat with him and fish with him as well. My other buddies (Jared and Darren Clark) have "owned" the Delaware for years and this trip was no different.  They flat out catch fish and they hammered 'em again this year.  I still have so much to learn and I love that. The Delaware is a river where no two days a

A good friend of mine came out to visit me in Colorado in search of Salmon Flies, trout, and just an all around good time!  The first fishing day we had was up in Gore Canyon on the mighty Colorado.  Due to poor snow pack this year the flows were around 800 cfs, which is incredibly low for this time of year.  I had read that there were Salmon Flies buzzing around about a week before his arrival so I was hoping for the best. Pumphouse was a mad house, but the majority of fisherman were putting their boats/rafts in floating downstream as we began walking in the opposite direction.  There were Salmon Flies buzzing around as soon as we hit the trail and I was excited.  We heard a wild splash or two, but there weren't many bugs on the water.  Some were flying overheard while others were performing their mating ritual on nearby trees, rocks, and bushes. The water was off color, but if we put our flies in front of fish, we were confident they would eat our delicious offerings.  We cau