Ramblings of a Catskill Flyfisher

Trouble on the East Branch?

The first time I fished for trout in the East Branch of the Delaware River was over Memorial Day weekend in 1959. It was shortly after New York City completed the construction of Pepacton Reservoir …

The vast New York City water supply system

It all began way back in 1842, when New York City completed and brought online the first Croton Reservoir, located in Westchester County. Years later, in 1905, that water body was enlarged and named …

Summer on the rivers

By this time each year, in July and August, some of our trout streams are in perilous condition. High water temperatures along with low flows set up life-threatening conditions for trout …

Managing Delaware River flows

In 1931, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a decree that authorized and required the City of New York to release up to 440 million gallons of water per day (681 cubic feet per second{CFS}) to the …

Bug Week

As fly fishing anglers, we all wait for spring, the beginning of a new trout season and the many insect hatches that will follow. When I taught at the Wulff school, one of my responsibilities was to …

Dusk on the Delaware

I began fishing the main stem Delaware River while still in high school. That was in the late 1950s. I learned about the rainbow trout fishery the river had to offer when my friend Ted Boeglin called …