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Hi George! Out in Montana for 10 days, I’ll have a couple videos for you guys in a week or so. Stay tune!

Hi Jim! Yes, really doesn’t matter for nymphing, honestly it really doesn’t matter for dry fly fishing, it just makes the presentation a little nicer if you’re starting out with dries first, but it doesn’t affect your nymphing drifts in the least. Thanks for watching and commenting.

You’re welcome Rich! That’s great to hear, improvements in small steps. Thanks for the feedback.

Ha! Funny, but thank you very much for the support. I’m out in Montana right now, the Madison was super tough for four days, but now on the Gallatin and had a great first day yesterday, three more days left then back home.

This is right in East Stroudsburg between the parks, there’s numerous access spots along the Brodhead with fish well spread out. Have fun and be safe. Appreciate you watching and commenting.

Hi Brian! Nice to hear from you! It is a blast seeing a fish come up and hit that big black stimulator. Believe me, one hookup and you’ll be hooked on it also. Have fun! Appreciate you watching and commenting.

Going up 2nd week of May..again.

That’s around the same time I go 👍🏻

Nope, I’m not a float guy, I always prefer to wade and slowly pick apart the water.

Hello Marcelo! There’s really not ever a bad time because it’s a tailwater fishery. For nymphing , I particularly like the Winter, usually the flow is lower and the fish are more opportunistic. For a combination of dries and nymphs, I’d say late April through June. As far as the flow rate, use the USGS Hale Eddy gage, anything below 600cfs is great, still fishable wading is between 600-1000. Try to stay off the East Branch below the Beaverkill junction from July through September, usually it’s too warm, usually the upper EB is ok year round above the Beaverkill. Hope this helps. Appreciate you watching and commenting.

Hey Sung! Glad to hear you had a nice trip out West. Last time I fished the Henry’s Fork I fished around the Harriman Ranch area, no monsters but a bunch of solid 12-14”, saw several big boys feeding at dark but difficult to wade into good positions. I’ll mainly be fishing the Madison and the Gallatin, may try a couple other streams too. Yes, gotta love the West Branch! So much potential there, wish I lived closer. It always surprises me how much it pays to explore there. Hope to bump into before year’s end. Take care and thanks for watching and commenting.

Hello Stephen! Nice to hear from you. You’re welcome and my pleasure. Appreciate you watching and commenting.

Hi Bruce! Love hearing that, makes me smile 😊. Appreciate you watching and commenting.

Hello Joe! Well, I don’t know which bridge you’re referring to. If you mean the Hancock 191 bridge, I park on the NY side. If you mean the Deposit bridge, I park where I can find a spot and access the water from either side, you gotta trailblaze a little but not bad, don’t trespass, you don’t wanna ruin things. Thanks for watching and commenting.

Good morning buddy! Thank you very much! Well, we have to understand, no guarantees with fishing or Mother Nature. Oh yes, I’ll be back! Appreciate you watching and commenting.

Hi buddy! Yes, I definitely recommend having both a PA and NY fishing license, just yo be prepared for whatever and have all the options open for you. Please be careful of water temps on the East Branch, usually too warm to fish safely until the Fall. Try your luck more in the early mornings after the nighttime cool down and at dusk, bugs and fish more active then. Thanks for watching and commenting.

@@pawoodsnwater7551 how far up do you go? I have only fished downsville to als landing and that water is rediculiously cold through summer from what I remember . Will keep my eye on it though thanks.

@@sawtoothscream1521 I’ve fished it all the way up to Downsville, usually for summer try stay above the Beaverkill junction, anything below is usually way too warm, especially all the way down in Hancock.

Thank you buddy! And that’s good advice on a small stream with smaller fish, but a Delaware trout, anything over 12”, he covers water and screams off drag in seconds, absolutely no way to stay ahead of that fish. Yes, a decent fish, get him on the reel, bring him in as quickly as he allows, but don’t potentially hurt yourself running around the stream. Hold your ground, try to lead and direct that fish as best you can. Honestly, the odds are way in his favor to get off, the way he fights, never ending, jumping and twirling, plus that Delaware current, every fight is a challenge and consider it a big success if you actually get him in the net. Thank you very much for watching and commenting.

Hey brother Todd! Yes, as you could see, this was a trip where missing it was a blessing in disguise. Consider it, dodging the bullet, ha! Thanks for all your support. Appreciate you watching and commenting.

Hey Dave! It was my pleasure to meet you and stay at Troufifitter. That’s Mother Nature for you, no guarantees on fishing trips. Hope to see you too before year’s end. Thanks for watching and commenting.

Naaa, full head of hair at 60yrs. old but hat-head. Come on man! Cut me a break! 😊😉

Ha! You gave me inspiration Dave! 👍🏻 Yes, I commented back to Erik, also DRC is not very good accommodations 👎. Thank for watching and commenting.

Hello Arthur! Yes, the past several years I’ve been using Wulff Triangle Taper Classic Floating Trout line, also an oldie but goodie is Cortland 444 Floating Weight Forward line. Hope this helps. Appreciate you watching and commenting.

It’s a tough but very good fishery. Next time try up near the dam release, much cooler water, and fish the last several hours around dusk, bugs show up more. Thanks for watching and commenting.

Hey Doug, you’re welcome and my pleasure, try it out 👍🏻.

Well, what’s the saying, when you got lemons, make lemonade 😅.

Oh baby! That what some heavy rain in about 8 hours! The thing about that spit in the middle of the river, there’s absolutely tons of areas exactly like that spot all over the river system, so hard to focus on anyone because it’s do featureless, no seams, no rocks, no visible drop offs, just very uniform looking, but hey, I like the challenge 👍🏻.

@@ithacaster Oh, never tried there, I’ll have to give them a shot 👍🏻.

@@ithacaster Thank you buddy! Never a bad time to go to the Upper Delaware, except during a hurricane, ha! Appreciate you watching and commenting.

@@snookmcdermott6894 Good morning Snook! We learn from every experience, hopefully. Yes, still salvaged the trip and found another new way to approach a new section of the river. 👍🏻 Thank you for watching and commenting.

@@zachsnow8629 👍🏻 Good boy Zach! Keep that pheasant tail on all day! Or even two with the Globug up top, a proven rig. Good luck and have fun! Appreciate you watching and commenting.

Hello Dave! Moses!!?? That’s funny! 😂 I place my splitshot above my top fly, I build my tandem rig from my heaviest fly up top to my lightest on the bottom. I don’t prefer the drop shot rig method, I don’t want to fish the water column in most nymphing situations, most times when fish are feeding underneath they are mostly on or near the bottom. My method offers all threes flies to the fish down at their level, on the bottom, also I don’t like how the drop shot rig casts, because of all that weight on the bottom is casts more Iike a high hangtime lob cast. On the Globug, I mostly like to use the pale yellow or pale fluorescent orange colors, the egg pattern is very effective because it’s a major source of food for trout for almost 4-6 months of each year due to the brownie spawn in the Fall and the rainbow spawn in the Spring. Also the Globug is an excellent attractor pattern to catch a fish’s attention to make them look in the direction of your rig or to get them to move in the direction of your rig. Hope this helps. Appreciate you watching and commenting.

Hi Erik! Very sorry to hear about your misfortune, trust me, I understand, been there done that. Better times ahead. Thanks for watching and commenting.

Good morning Ed! I’m coming from the Reading PA suburbs, a solid 3hr. drive. Thanks for watching and commenting.

@@pawoodsnwater7551 thanks Scott. This early Sept I am going to a cancer retreat in Poconos springs. The brodhead is the closest river for me to fish. Is there a map or something online to get info on where to fish?

@@EdwardLawton-jm1gt Fish from Dansbury Park up to the next park with several baseball fields, a good half mile section, or at the end of Collin St. at the Rt. 80 bridge, upstream and downstream all good.

@@pawoodsnwater7551 thank you for the Intel. Im going to stop at the local fly shop and see what they recommend also. Love the videos. Keep em coming!!

@@EdwardLawton-jm1gt Good luck Ed! Have fun and be safe, hope you get into a big boy.

I totally believe you Andrew, the amount of under-fished water on the Upper Delaware is staggering. It really shows the amount of “refuge” water there. How to take it? Be very patient and thorough and strategic in how you work the river. Thank you for watching and commenting.

Thank you guys, glad you enjoyed it. Hope you’re doing well. Hope you get a chance to try the Upper Delaware out some day. Appreciate you watching and commenting.

Hi Will! Yes, Dave is super nice, chatted with him for a long while, have a lot in common. My tandem rig I mostly use 4x on the Delaware, but 5x on smaller streams with smaller fish. I build it it with my heaviest fly up top down to my lightest on the bottom. I have around 16” of tippet between each fly and the past 3 years I’ve been tying them off the eyes, not from the bend of the hook and I don’t use tags, I place my splitshot above my top fly. Hope that helps. Thanks for watching and commenting.

Troutfitters is awesome. I love the 50s vibe of the old style motel, and their fly shop is well stocked.

@@phattygoodness7347 Yessir, I enjoyed my stay there and highly recommend it.

Hi Chris! Thank you and my pleasure. Glad to hear you had a good time out in Montana, I leave on Labor Day. I’ll have my camera so stay tune. Appreciate you watching and commenting.

You’re welcome Big J and my pleasure. Thanks for watching and commenting.

Hey Mr. Mike! Thank you very much for your kind words. There was some vegetation floating by down in Hancock but no slime like there is up in Deposit. Appreciate you watching and commenting.

Hey Snook! Hope you’re doing well. Nothing like an Upper Delaware River trout 👍🏻. Glad you enjoyed it. Appreciate you watching and commenting. Peace brother!

@@flyman451 Omg!! You said it!! I’ve had better luck up there with ISOs, ants, BWOs and caddis. Now, gotta practice what I preach.

@@pawoodsnwater7551 I think by Tuesday the WB will be wade-able. It is 1330 cfs at Hale Eddy now.

@@flyman451 Hi again Matt! Hmmm, never thought of that, I think of junction pool for stripers. Don’t know what I would do if I hooked into a stripper! He’d probably just break me off in a second, unless it was a little one.

@@pawoodsnwater7551 I've caught them in Balls Eddy and in the Methodist pool. The BE striper was 27".

@@richsmidtke119 Good morning Rich! Thank you very much, glad you enjoyed it. I had a great time at church today , since I work weekends, I’m not able to attend the way I used to. Appreciate you watching and commenting.

@@williamgunn1076 Good morning Bill! That’s awesome! Glad to hear you experienced a good day on the Delaware, when memories are made👍🏻. Thanks for watching and commenting.

@@uni_shadow164 Hello Dave! That’s awesome when the videos can bring back the memories. Hope they were mostly good ones, ha! Bass, trout, sunnies, whatever, as long as you’re out there having fun. Keep it up 👍🏻. Speaking of fishing in a hurricane, stay tune! Thanks for watching and commenting.

@@mylesreilly5912 Hello Myles! Nice to hear from you. Personally, I don’t rely on just the beads to get me down where I need to be, just the beads are ok for skinny water 18” or less, but in anything deeper and especially in fast water, I’m adding splitshot. I’m not a euro nympher tying up a bunch of nymphs in all different bead sizes, I make all my adjustments with shot. Both ways work, just which method you’re more comfortable with. Thanks for watching and commenting.

@@pawoodsnwater7551 Your a gentleman thank you very much for taking the time to share your experience, much appreciated.

@@chiptitus7398 Hi Chip! Thank you buddy! Oh yeah, both destinations worthy of the bucket list. Appreciate you watching and commenting.

My singing!!?? Ha! There’s a few that may hold the opposite opinion 😅. That’s good, Shawn and his dad are top notch. Hope the wiggle nymphs do well for you. When I use them I now put them at my last bottom fly position because I feel it gives them more freedom to wiggle and get less tangled. Good luck 👍🏻. Appreciate you watching and commenting.

@@toddwilcox142 Hey Todd, thank you brother! That was a super exciting fight with all those jumps from that big boy! I hope for great weather and racing tomorrow up at Unadilla, GO DEEGAN!! Talk to you afterwards. Appreciate you watching and commenting.

You’re welcome Chuck! Appreciate you watching and commenting.