Ramblings of a Catskill Flyfisher

Fly fishing with Karen Graham

It’s interesting and somewhat ironic how certain sporting venues change dramatically once certain celebrities become involved. For example, fly fishing as we knew it, let’s say about 30 years or …

The other river creatures

As fly-fishing anglers, most of us approach a river with a certain intensity, especially when we find a good hatch of flies and rising trout. Under those conditions, it is very easy to become …

To know and love a river

I began to fish the East Branch of the Delaware River below the Pepacton Reservoir as a teenager, in 1958 or ‘59. That was a long time before the adoption of the water release regulations was …

Sulphurs in the mist

I’m not sure whether it was the summer of 1989 or 1990, when my friend Bill and I began to fish together. I do remember that we purchased an RV at the end of May in 1989. We kept it at Oxbow …

Fishing the river with Bead Head Nymphs

I always considered myself a pretty good fisherman, fly or otherwise. That conclusion came after years of fishing worms and assorted spinning lures in all types of water, from tiny brooks to the main …

Night on the Camp Pool

There are times when I have to remind myself that sometimes there are pools that, upon initial observation, are actually better than they appear. That is exactly what happened when we moved our …