When I had my place up there woulda been there already -taking long upriver August walks- watching for snakes too.
Funny how some down low disappear the further up ya go.
Loved it.
 
It aint the fish- its the fishing.

pafisher
Hey Rich,you ever hear about "The Music Fest" in Bethlehem Pa?

Yes, I was invited by 1 of the band to come but its just to far for us.

Yes, I believe its called musik festival. I'm sure it's a great time. We kinda avoid festivals though. To many people for us old folk, lol.
We want to go to Saratoga ( spac) to see Lukas Nelson again on August 30th but they are opening for zac brown band and it's one of the most crowded shows of the season so we are on the fence between there or my friends band in the beer tent at county fair.
I'm trying to get my wife on board of just hopping on a plane and hitting up smaller more intimate clubs to see some bands. They may draw a packed house but there is a big difference between a full house of 3-6 hundred vs a stadium or amphitheaters of thousands.
If Willie Nelson survives and or the tradition continues, he hosts a 2 day gathering limited to 800 every year at his ranch in Texas that has the best of the best people.
That's my goal next year. I had a free pass this year but the wife balked.

Are there still any live web cams of the river on the putor??

Likely gonna run up for a couple of days in a week or so - no matter the fish reports- just want to wet some line.
Again with a son and friend or two in oct.

fishermans post from DSR today is exciting-great fishing.

Great

Young man shows good form at full draw. Also noted, no arm guard. In my book, a sign of confidence.

San Francisco  declared the NRA as terrorist organization a few days back and today California banned fur trapping statewide.
Our way of life is under siege in a way heretofore unimagined.
yea -its political and this is a fishing forum, but -it merits mention as a  way of life for generations is rapidly changing-IMHO.

That's pretty nuts rg. Some places no matter how beautiful, I just couldn't stay if their laws and regulations effected me profoundly.

On places to stay, we took grandchildren 30 minutes from home camping at a first time location.
This certainly isn't deer camp. There are more people here than in my entire town.
Its super great for kids but we both agree, its not our type camping in a 20X 40 foot box.
Only thing desirable for me later is to see the bon fire and band later. I need a firepit like this at deer camp

Gotta throw in an old story-
Years back my Uncle Ted and I were coming back to Ct after a GREAT SR trip in Oct.
Ted was a recently retired Chief of Law Enforcement for the CT Dep and I was a recently retired Detective in a local Ct PD.
Coming down the Throughway I had noticed a pickup on my tail for miles- Fast or slow it was right there.
Then fast approached 3 Ny State trooper cars all with lights and sirens and we  got  stopped.
 
Ted and I noted immediately that this was a 'felony stop'-them boys were serious and there were four alert and  cautious troopers around us.
That Truck behind stopped a bit back as well.
We put our hands where they could be seen and we gave ID and Truck paperwork.
After all was said and done it came out that a guy in the truck behind me had POSITIVELY identified my truck as one that had been stolen from him and called 911.
Troopers had responded from some distance and done their jobs.
Upon telling me this info I offered to be the one who 'spoke' to the 'positive identifier' but the Trooper at my window  politely advised that he would be quite happy to do that job.
 

So--
Stan, Duda and Ed go swimming in the lake.
Duda drowns.
Ed says "Stan, ya gotta go tell his wife while I stay with the body".
Stan says 'but I stutter when I'm nervous and can only stop when I sing".
Ed says" go tell her, its important she know".
Stan runs to the house and when she opens the door he sings--
"Guess who drown in da lake today, Duda, Duda---"
 

Heading up tomorrow AM in the rain- will fish with my youngest son Tues and Wed.
Low reports stink as do upper reports.
Fish there- yea but not a great year.
Even a lotta guides saying its light.
Too bad-Columbus is usually the height of a run- Oh Well- thats fishing.

Yes

To the unitiated on the Sr and 'fish talk'--
When was up last had a young guy tell me that we had all missed the 'big run' this year as it happened in Mid Sept.
said he had read about it and not been able to get up to SR-told him I was there and there was NO big run- he wouldn't believe it cause he had read it- he said.
In Sept heard the story about 3 miles of Kings just outside getting ready to run-also read a few days back of a large school  of Kings on radar just outside the river getting ready to run.
Neither 'run' ever occurred.
Keep seeing photos from guides, with great fish, posted  only hours before with green leaves in the background -implied good fishing - HEY the leaves are turned now- those are OLD photos.
Hear stories about down way low where fish are first coming in,  even those are thin, but uninitated hearing the fishing was better here or there may think that indicates  GOOD FISHING- NO -just a bit better here or there.
These 'reports' are generally honest but dont reflect whats  happening to anyone but those of us who have been reading between those lines for years.
ex- when they say ya gotta cover a lot of water to find them it means the fish are few and far between.
Too often they are given by business folks who make a living on the river and have to make ends meet- understandable-those MUST be intertwined with actual fisherfolks reports which have been all too few and far between this year.
Old story- Years back chomped at the bit for Summer run Atlantics- read a tackle shop story from way upriver how they had just come up in big numbers and 'even the kids are catching them'.
Took Vac. time and ran up immediately-went right to that shop and asked what they had used to catch them. Guy behind the counter said  he hadnt seen an Atlantic all Summer. Shrugged his shoulders when I mentioned the story and quotes from THAT VERY shop.
Turned around and drove right back to Connecticut- didnt even see the river. 300 miles each way for Bovine Field Splatter.
I was pizzed , and after all these hears- still am.
To you newbies -read between the lines and dont be duped.
Granted they have been better the past few years after gettin hosed for unreal reports for so long but READ BETWEEN THE LINES.
Its a great river with great fish but ya gotta realize that-lately- your not gonna fill the freezer- even one on a trip is a trophy.