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The greasers take the stage at a recent performance of "Grease" at the Honesdale Performing Arts Center.

Rising Stars cabaret, the Civil Air Patrol and more

Rising Stars cabaret to support performing arts HONESDALE, PA — The promising talent of Honesdale Performing Arts students will be showcased at the first annual Friends of Operetta Night of … more

5/19/22

A pheasant tail and a prince nymph, rigged with a split shot to fish deep.

Deep-water nymph fishing

According to my fly-fishing diary, the last time I went to West Yellowstone, MT, was during the late summer of 2002. At that time, with the exception of late-morning trico hatches, most of the mayfly and caddis activity was over, and the eagerly awaited blue-winged olive hatches had not begun. more

By TONY BONAVIST | 5/17/22

SUNY Sullivan's Kite Festival is back. Everyone is invited to a free event resplendent with kites, food and family fun.

Go fly a kite and more

Go fly a kite at SUNY Sullivan LOCH SHELDRAKE, NY — It’s been 30 years of kite-related fun. And after a pandemic-related hiatus, the Kite Festival is back.This year, the … more

5/5/22

Quill Gordon

In the last three or four years, the years I’ve written about fly fishing for the River Reporter, there have been columns about most of the important mayfly species that hatch from Catskill … more

By TONY BONAVIST | 4/8/22

Andrew Sander, 13, of East Meredith, NY, was joined at Fly Fest 2022 by his father Henry, part of a self-described outdoors family. Andrew was mentored in the art of fly-tying by Joe Ceballos, president of the Catskill Fly Tyers Guild.

Fit to be tied

ROSCOE, NY — On February 26, the Catskill Fly Fishing Center & Museum (CFFCM) held Fly Fest 2022, its annual rite of passage as the frigid grasp of winter starts to thaw, bringing forth … more

By TED WADDELL | 4/6/22

Fishing the home pool

A river can be a strange, yet beguiling, mistress, drawing us in with its charm and potential reward, much like a beautiful woman. A river can be elusive one day and generous the next. A river can … more

By TONY BONAVIST | 3/9/22

Dust off your leather jackets, pull on your bobby socks and take a trip to a simpler time at the Honesdale High School production of "Grease."

‘Grease’ is the word at Honesdale High School and more

‘Grease’ is the word at Honesdale High School HONESDALE, PA — Dust off a leather jacket, pull on bobby-socks and take a trip to a simpler time during the Honesdale High School … more

2/17/22

The Hendrickson mayfly, female of E. subvaria.

The last Hendrickson hatch

It was about 9 p.m. on a late April evening when the Old Man called. Ginger, my Brittany spaniel, was snoozing on the rug by my feet. Every time the Old Man’s number appeared on my caller … more

By TONY BONAVIST | 2/9/22

The Yellowstone River in Yellowstone National Park.

Fly fishing the Yellowstone River

The Yellowstone River begins as a tributary to Yellowstone Lake, southwest of the Absaroka mountain range in Yellowstone National Park. Upon leaving Yellowstone Lake, the river joins the Missouri … more

By TONY BONAVIST | 1/26/22

Winter is for remembering

The holiday cheer has depleted, like many blow-up snowmen scattered across front yards everywhere. The cold has now settled in, just as part-timers settle into their pool chairs in … more

By BRANDON KENT | 1/25/22

"View of Sunset Sailing on the River," by Edmund Darch Lewis, from the Hudson River School.

Online auction of Hudson River School paintings announced and more

What's going on in arts, leisure and the community January 20 to 26 more

1/19/22

The Wulff School of Fishing, Beaver Kill Road, Lew Beach.

Teaching at the Wulff School of Fly Fishing

Sometime in early 1978, I received a call from my friend and fisheries associate, Ed Van Put, letting me know that Joan and Lee Wulff had purchased the old Doubleday property on the upper Beaver … more

By TONY BONAVIST | 12/15/21

Deputy Michael Barrett poses with Cooke students Desmond Crawford and Carl Dalley.

Learning fire safety from one who knows and more

Columnist Tony Bonavist wins OWAA award NARROWSBURG, NY — Anthony Bonavist, who writes the “Ramblings of a Catskill Fly Fisher” column for the River Reporter, has just won third … more

11/24/21

Changes to water releases, spearheaded by research done by Kolesar and his colleagues, have balanced the needs of fishermen, the fish themselves, residents and those who drink the water in New York City's reservoirs.

To balance the needs of all

These are Boyar’s remarks as he introduced Peter Kolesar at the Catskill Fly Fishing Center and Museum’s ceremony on October 30. The center named its newest Hall of Fame members and … more

By ANDY BOYAR | 11/3/21

The DVAA is requesting submissions for "Art in Sixes."

Understanding disability without judgment and more

What's going on in arts, leisure and the community, October 28 to November 3 more

10/27/21

Blue-winged olives are hatching in the Catskills

With summer on the wane, and fall just a few short weeks, away, the little blue-winged olive mayfly hatches are beginning in earnest on most Catskill rivers. I actually saw the first emergence in … more

By TONY BONAVIST | 9/22/21

A Rusty Spinner, Pale Evening Spinner, and Pheasant Tail, Parachute Nymph—patterns that work when others do not.

Observations and determinations about fly selection

As most of you know, if you have followed this column since its inception, I’ve a been a big fan of the Rusty Spinner dry fly. In fact, I wrote a column about the fly for the June 15 edition … more

By TONY BONAVIST | 8/25/21

"Old-timey, five-piece band" Breakneck Annie.

Painting, poetry, and pizza—and more

Cut flower, design workshop at Farm Arts DAMASCUS, PA — Learn about popular flower varieties, new trends, seed sourcing and more at Willow Wisp Organic Farm on Saturday, August 21 from 9 … more

8/18/21

Clockwise from lower left: A popper, deer hair bug, streamer fly and black woolly bugger. The types of large flies used for bass with a fly rod.

Bass on the fly

When I was in high school, my friend Tony and his father had a routine when it came to outdoor sports. Fortunately, they included me in that routine. When trout season opened, we fished for trout … more

By TONY BONAVIST | 8/11/21

Persistence pays

My notes reveal that there had been no fishing since June 30, so it was time to go to the river. Since my friend, Rod, left for Montana on July 6 to chase trout around the “Big Sky,” … more

By TONY BONAVIST | 7/27/21

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