Nice weekend!

Excellent.  I took a ride to the Housatonic Thursday afternoon but the river was still roiled and running near 1500 CFS, too heavy for my liking.  I did notice some bugs on the water, yellow sallies and caddis.  I hope to try again later this week provided the T-storms don't dump too much rain.

Back at ya Charlie, that is a beauty !! Love the shoulders and what a whale tail, deep long runs they do. The bows I got were aerial and tired themselves out quick.
Kudos for taking a father and daughter fishing as well and from the sounds of it even uglyfish got in on the action
Yup, winter is becoming a fading memory .. Good to hear and see folks are out fishing... How boutcha Db & Tb .. get some boys !! I know Clint is  :)
 
Long, don't like Mondays at work: Till the next adventure , cant wait for the report Charlie
 
 

My season had been a bust, a total of 5 fish, landed until Sunday night.  Bugs have been s[potty , most fishers in WNY were beginning to believe the mergansers had wiped out all the trout in the local honey hole, Oatka Creek, as well as Spring Brook, site of the Caledonia fish Hatchery.  Spring brook is pretty much cleaned out, even the sticklebacks were impacted, but Oatka had enough ice cover to hamper the birds, which would normally winter on Lake Ontario or the Finger Lakes, but all were frozen over.  I had spent many evenings watching a rise here and a rise there, with maybe a 10 minute flurry right at dark for the spinner falls.  Friday, I drove out, got geared up, walked to the stream and got in, and got blown right out by a t-storm and deluge.  So I was not optimistic when I competed chores around 5:30 PM Sunday and took the `1/2 hour drive.  I got down to the stream at about 6:30, and immediately regretted not leaving earlier.  The long flat that greets the arriving angler was alive with rise forms, many very frequent and regular, a dry fly fishers; dream.  I had a 16 parachute sulpher on my six weight.  I could not see anything on the water,  but now is sulpher time, and this payed off well.  When the hatch slowed down I had missed about a dozen and landed 6 others, a couple around 12", respectable fish in the no kill Wild fish section of the stream.   The lull lasted about a half hour, during which I switched to a 2 weight with an 18 rusty spinner, but this was not the ticket.  As the intensity picked up, and from the frequent relaxed rises, obviously for spinners, I was not scoring, so I switched back to the six with the 16.  The fish didn't care that the parachute was, by the book, a dun pattern; and I rose another half dozen and managed to hook two, the second being a nice 16"er,  As it was too dark to see and the sounds said the fish were sated, and I am still attending work on weekdays, I headed home.  Of course, now that the switch has been thrown, it has rained every PM, and the flow is up to where dry fly fishing is less than productive.  Maybe this Friday night!    

Charlie what the storms do to the Battenkill last night? We got it bad here in saratoga.

Thanks you saved me a trip till Friday night or Saturday morning. Let me know if your interested.

Or we just move on lucky to keep the cycle in full circle. I have fond memories of the western cats and tribs of the upper Delaware system with ghosts

"But I have promises to keep, and miles to go before I sleep."

A few B'kill pics. Wayne and I had a good evening last night, and finished just before the rain. The photos omit the most picturesque part of that big pool, which is an abandoned mill with marble walls.
Maybe the heat index won't go through the roof and the fishing will continue for awhile. We also fished an area behind an Art Museum that is a hidden gem. I usually don't give a rat's azz for scenery if I'm catching fish, but sometimes it's a pleasant distraction. 

The only improvement on those pics would've been if the chartist was there....Nice photos

Housy has been a mix of green caddis, yellow sallies, Iso's and Cahill's.  I haven't heard of sulphurs but I'm sure they are around.  The spinner fall is in my opinion the best time to be on the Housy but that entails fishing well after dark.  Big browns & bows when that happens. 
I haven't seen much on the Croton when I've stopped.  Midge's are always prevalent with Griffith's gnats being a deadly pattern as is a gray serendipity.  BWO's are also a go to fly.  In a couple of weeks the Trico hatch should be on but that can be as frustrating as it is rewarding.