While the lovely Lackawaxen River completes its tenure as Pennsylvania’s 2010 River of the Year, the Delaware River is poised to wrest the title/mantle for 2011. Nominated for this recognition by the Delaware River Sojourn Steering Committee and Delaware River Basin Commission, the longest un-dammed river east of the Mississippi is one of six finalists for the designation.
A rented cabin in Oklahoma at Beaver’s Bend State Park was our destination on Sunday, November 14. When we discovered that we had four straight days without a family obligation or a doctor’s appointment, Barb said, “let’s go.” We had fished the Mountain Fork in November 2008 and had experienced good fishing. Particularly in that part which flows alongside of a lengthy, towering cliff known as “The Devil’s Backbone.”
