Well I went up today after my yearly physical. Uh ts kind of a tradition. I made the walk t ok m.j y mid river spot. Water is up some with the rain and getting a little muddy. There were fish in the usual spots , but not a ton. Crowds were not bad . I was the only one " fishing" so hence the only one "not catching" I managed 2 hooks and one long battle that was a freshish fish. Took me to the get backing twice. Thatt was it . I was soaked to the bone when I left. Took me twice as long to walk in and out, but the heart held up fine. I was hoping for a trout , but saw none

11/3/20. Went up and voted and decided to fish. Got there mid morning pretty busy, but times it right and got there as someone was leaving and got a good spot. (not that it mattered) . Fist cast bam , second cast bam. It was good fishing all around with pretty much everyone getting a few on. Lasted about 2.5 hours and then it sputtered out. Most fish were dark and cookie cutter size. There were plenty of them around for this time of year. Flesh flies, steelhead hammers and green nymphs took the most action. Happy birthday Charlie (know it's around mine) .

Real nice to see an actual fishing report this year- THANKS
Sounds like a good trip too-congrats on the hookups.

Happy birthday to you too, Clint. You gave me a present. I've got the steel itch, bad. Wonderful to get a real report from a real fisherman. I'll be up sometime this month for sure, I'll let you know. Be great to fish with  you sometime this season. Thanks!

11/8/20
Not a good day.
Plan was to head up early. Said what the heck slept in though. Got there at a little before 0500 and knew it was not good. Lots loaded. Walked in and did not make it far maybe 50 yards and I could not breathe. Rested a few minutes 25 feet and no breath. I had to take a Nitro and rest. As I am resting I am looking around place is loaded with people. Looked like Christmas lights. Fish were jumping everywhere too. After 20 min I trudged back to the car feeling better. My issue I think was I put off medication until "normal time" at 630. I took meds in car at 530 and went home a n.v d slept a few hours. Felt ok. Stacked some wood and did ok. I went back up at 300 and people had filtered out, fished for a few hours. Plenty of fish jumping around, but very few hook ups. I managed a few hookups but there were quick. Lesson learned I hope

I relate to the heart issues, Clint.  I waded out in the Hudson when it was pretty high and fast in early May and almost passed out trying to get back to shore.  I might have been a floater.  I had some  severe bouts of supra ventricular tachycardia where my heart hit 200 bpm for hours. Good thing I use to be in shape. It's now OK, as I discovered it was a calcium deficiency (helps regulate blood pressure and electrical activity in the heart) caused by a medication that is healing all the lytic lesions in my bones. I've been stuck between oncology and nephrology  quite a bit in this battle, a few things have fallen between the cracks. I'm glad you made the  good decision to not push it. I do the stupid thing most of the time.
     I got an appointment at the Dana Farber Cancer Institute in Boston today with the one Dr. on the east coast that is an expert in the rare form of myeloma I have. He is going to design my maintenance program.  So far, so good, my numbers are the best they've been.
     Looking forward to a steel trip, just not sure  when yet. I'm ridiculously busy with work coming out my ears. People seem to not care I'm supposedly riddled with cancer.  No rest for the weary.  Once again, thanks for the report, Clint. I'd be happy with a cookie cutter at this point. It's been too long.

11/14/20
Got out after lunch today. The water us finally back to base flow of 335. I was not expecting much with the bump. Found a spot but not any of my usual. Fish were finicky. They were there but you had to put in your casts. 5 hits in 4 hours , all on nymphs of red , brown , green. Should of landed 2 , but list one right at net trying to muscle it myself. Batten down for the winds. Same results for others all around except for 2 who were in the " right place "

Nice job Clint. Wishin I was fishin instead of staring at trees. Yes it's super windy today

I, for the first time caught more fish than I lost flies. Actually 2 up as i found 1 on the ground and dredged one up. Fished 3 hours and did not lose one fly. LOL . Had one on and netted another in the first half hour then nothing for the last 2 hours. Similar luck around. Fished 9 to 12 so not exactly prime time . Crowds were not huge .

I've only done that a few times and that was swinging  my favorite buggers or bunny flies. You're doing great , Clint. Nice shiny one.   Keep it up, and thanks for another report.