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Week of April 7th: Opening Day River Report

Short story: people are fishing! Downtown Califon smells of bacon frying on the riverside grill. The shop is not the hotbed of license...

Week of March 30th: Trout are Rising Again!

Week of March 30th: Trout are Rising Again! In times of uncertainty, the rhythms of the natural world can bring us back to what’s...

Week of March 23rd: Enter The Trout

The stocking is ongoing and now, we can all sigh a collective breath, the rivers are full of water, too. These massive rain events are...

Week of March 17th: May the Trout Rise to Meet You!

Happy St. Patrick’s Day (week) and good luck to us all this trout season, which begins on April 6th. This date becomes important as all...

Week of March 10th: Fish are Looking Up!

The river stocking begins this year on March 18th and, even though we had a days with a twinge of spring, we have a week or so of winter....

Week of March 3rd: Lousy Smarch Weather

The month began with a gorgeous, warm sunny day. The stone flies are out and the mayflies are right around the corner. I got out on the...

Week of February 25th - A little lighter, a little longer.

Greetings again after another couple rotations around the sun to face the final week of February. The fishing continues to please and...

Week of February 18th: Mid-Winter Break

I have to stop getting ahead of myself. Dreams of Ephemerella dance in my mind’s eye every time I drive over a bridge. BWOs aside, the...

Week of February 11th: Fab Feb!

Week of February 11th: Fab Feb Report What a week! The sun was out and the fish were too. Several friends shared pictures of Stoneflies...

Week of February 4th: Busy Start!

I lived near Utica, New York for a number of years and before I moved there no one warned me about the Lake Effect snow. The snow part...