Titicus Browns On High Water

Weather: [82 degrees] Water Conditions: [70 degrees and high. Some smaller local tribs maintain a steady level through the weeks an raised about 10 more inches after storms] Fishing Activity: [few stockie browns] Methods: [nymphing] Insects Observed: [caddis] General Concensus: [flood rains brought spill overs to high water levels. Streamers took some fish on the West Croton River. Nymphs took fish on the smaller tribs]

East Branch Croton River

Low water conditions. Little murky tint but clean. Not a lot of debrie. Leaves dropping in low winds, some litter around banks. Some nice fish holding. Not many bugs.

Croton River West Branch

Weather: [75] Water Conditions: [High clear and 70 degree] Fishing Activity: [slow at best...no action] Methods: [] Insects Observed: [few small caddis] General Concensus: [barbacue]

West Branch Croton River

Few Cahills are still popping off in the early evenings. Mixed caddis duns...olive seems most prevalent. Before the evening caddis hatch, Griffith Nat taking fish. An occasional rainbow shows.

Maine Winter Rivers 2008-9

Some local not so well know streams that had the opportunity to fish in Spring 2009. Mostly Brookies. Black caddis with and orange thorax in size 22 was the only fly that produced. After buying some local Umpqua flies I found that the local bugs were not all black. On the Androscoggin River a fellow handed me some of his own ties and right away I noticed they had the orange like the locals. It made the difference.

East Branch Wint 2011

East Branch Winter/Spring 2011 high waters. Rainbow haven

Croton Falls Wint 2011 Pics

Croton Falls Winter/Spring 2011 High waters

Mt Kisco Park Spring 2011 flood

Any question as to why the Croton Watershed levels were high this 2011 Spring here are some pics after the rain fall in Bedford NY. Mount Kisco Lenard Park was almost reclaimed back to the lake it once was. The river running through the park became a pond. The guess and ducks had a FIELD (?) day. It you liked, a Kayak to the ball field would have done well. You could have almost rowed to the drive thru parking lot at Friendly's

Croton Watershed 2010-11 Ice fish

Was it a cold winter, the bugs thought so. The Croton East Branch must have seemed so too. The river did not want to give up its normal take of rainbows for most of us. The spillway did not give us the normal heavy flow. Precipitation came to us more as snow than rain. The reservoirs did something not seen for a number of years, they not only froze, it happened early. Last few years we were happy with a week to a month of ice fishing. Unlike places like Maine that freeze over well by the first week of December, some of us here pray for some ice at all. Well this year we had are plenty as ALL the reservoirs did freeze. So we had some other use for our warm weather gear other than hunting or skiing.
Here are a few poorly taken pictures with my 10 year old digital, that kept freezing up its memory while out on the chilly ice. Again here this year I found young new comers braving the temperatures to get in on some ice fishing. The fellow in the plaid red jacket was the second place winner with a 11" Brookie only out placed by a 12" Brown in the Mt. Kisco NY youngster fishing derbie.

Croton West Branch

Henrickson's 14's have made a serodic appearence on the upper West Branch Croton.

Early Season On Amawalk

Weather: [50-60 mostly afternoon clouds slight drizzle] Water Quality: [Unknown temps. water high but fishable.] Fishing Activity: [A number of arrivals gave it a shot.] Methods: [The dry fly guys did not pull any fish but not all the nymphers got skunked.] General Consensus: [Considering the high water level you had to work for any action. Not everyone had a payoff] Insects Observed: [Blue Quills 14 - 16 Small BWo 18 - 20]

Stone Hill River Spring Stockies

Weather: [sun and clouds last week mostly around 60 degress. Water level ideal for this stream] Water Temp:[unknown but slight tinged with rain but not murky mud] Fishing Activity: [father and son team took 5 plus fish from one pool. Spin guys took about nine fish the following day] Methods:[caddis for the fly and wooly bugger and bead head streamers for the spinners] General Concensus: [Fish being stockies look for movement upstream so induced take paysoff] Insects Observed: [3 - 6pm black caddis 20 - 22 abound, mixed with some of the remainder of black stones 16 - 18]