Good that yu guys are getting out and having fun!
 

River is full of fish. Got a few players to bite. Now I'm hungry

I started out midriver and did not see much I fished worms and flies for a few hours and got a few chubs lost a   medium brown. I hooked one king. I then went to the LFZ and that's where the Shartshow was.  I have seen behavior like this in the river, but never there.  Fishing with mono, rubber eggs and blatant snagging. One guy even was throwing rocks at the fish to get them to move and fishing above the Wire. 7/8 guys.  I blew up. One guy came up to me and screamed at me telling me I was acting like a child. I told him children throw rocks at things and he left.  Two guys were clueless and asked me why I was mad , I proceeded to tell them that there were special regulations here and they thought as long as try had a fly rod they were good. I proceeded to give them flies and she them the correct set up, they were thankful. They said Fat Nancs told them all's they needed was a fly rod..........      The 3 to 4 worse offenders just stayed down there and kept ripping. I told the two I just helped I was calling the DEC as soon as my phone had service.  I left and had to wait until Pulaski until I got service called and said my piece. They said someone would look into it. I ate lunch at the town pool ,   Saw one bright Coho caught at TP in 30 minutes. Ran omen errands and went back to the Zone and there was only one guy left fishing.   I just left.    I don't know,  maybe I over reacted , but throwing rocks.  I go there to get away from that crap. If you pretend to fish I will tolerate you.  PS the fish are there but they are slowing and starting to show their age.  I visited the hatchery , but they were not collecting eggs.  It seems they did collect TWT though. 10/13-17

S*** , Clint. That's the extreme downside of the river. My blood pressure would have gone over 200 . Throwing rocks. Unbelievable.  Hope the azzhats  blow away soon with some cold weather.

I also saw 4 dead browns in my travels. They ranged 3 to 5 inches long.
 
My big catch
 
 

20171124_125155 by Clint Stelmashuck, on Flickr
20171124_113624 by Clint Stelmashuck, on Flickr
 
20171124_143458 by Clint Stelmashuck, on Flickr
20171124_145412 by Clint Stelmashuck, on Flickr
20171124_122109 by Clint Stelmashuck, on Flickr
 
Here are a few from today it was a good day. All were Cookie cutter. 7  to the net.
 
My story from today. Fished from 10 till 5 in an few spots, but ended up on my favorite rock . Fly of the day was anything pink  including sucker spawn, eggs
and steelhead hammers.  The little green nymph was good too.  All the fish I caught were  dark and fought like ''winter '' fish.  Most places that usually held fish produced if you worked as seen by those around me.  Best day I have ad in a while. Noon to 2pm was the best time. I fished with 2 very nice guys and we netted each others fish (hence the reason I actually landed them ). I Gave them the name of the forum and I hope they visit. Today was a day that I actually have nothing to rant about other than the new trees that are down ad around making traversing a little more difficult.
11/24/17

Fantabulous Clint, good for you!! Thanks for sharing your story with great pictures. 👍

12/3/17
 
Fished midriver for a few hours with nothing. Went upstream and was lucky enough to go in at exactly the right time. Got my  rock. 10 till 11 I had 4 on and 2 in the net, no bad.  Not even one bite or nibble after that. There were a few on here or there, but nothing for me.  So home to take a nap I went. All fish came on a little green nymph.
 
 
No by Clint Stelmashuck, on Flickr
No by Clint Stelmashuck, on Flickr

Nice job Clint ! So jealous of the 2 hr jaunt then a nap at home.
I'm pretty much 2hrs away from most any outdoors adventures I take on so x2 for driving involved, I tend to get stuck in any elements that get thrown at me.
While I'm so sick of handling deer right now, somehow I convinced myself to give the woods another venture this Saturday and Sunday with my son.
Honestly, I'm wishin I was fishin. It seems pretty good on the tribs. Someday, I will come closer with the river.

Hang tight up there, the old man winter is getting ready to blow

12/10/17
Well due to my insomnia I was up at 0330 and 3 cups of coffee awake. I decided to go up knowing I would have to sit, but wanting my spot. I took n umbrella a book and a chair. The drive up was nerve wracking as it was snowing at my house and I was nervous that someone would beat me there. Snow stopped at the high school and when I drove the rest of the way my tracks were the only ones all the way there. I brought extra stuff so it took me two trips down.  So I sat and read my book in 30ish degree temps with an on and off snow, not that unpleasant at all. After an hour at 0530 3 guys Come in and were disappointed I was there. They went above me in the fast water.   a few guys trickled in on the other side and that side had 10 or so guys.  I started fishing at 0700 and by 0704 I had one in the net and by 0800 had 4 others on. There were a few hook ups around me too.  After that it was like a switch was thrown and only 1 fish on by a guy across in the next   2 hours. At around 930-1000 it started to snow and I caught a small COHO and that was the last fish I saw hooked when I left at 1100. Many others had gone by that time too. Left in a storm and drove out of it. 1 god hour was all I got, but it was better then nothing. Will post a few pics later after my nap
 
20171210_070439 by Clint Stelmashuck, on Flickr
20171210_092119 by Clint Stelmashuck, on Flickr
 
20171210_104033 by Clint Stelmashuck, on Flickr
20171210_104028 by Clint Stelmashuck, on Flickr