Report from Roscoe

[Sawkill]

I was able to make it to Roscoe yesterday, to get in one day at the Fish In anyway. Pretty nice day, very nice people.
I was fortunate enough to be one of the students in the casting class run by Ray DuBois. Great class. Ray teaches things a bit differently than I had been taught, so at first I had some problems. Eventually however, I caught on, and started casting better than my usual. I think that with more practice I may see a lot more improvement. Ray's method is logical, simple, and easy to remember. He is always encouraging even when one is not doing very well. It was a most instructive and enjoyable class. Thanks Ray.
Fished a bit on the upper Willowemoc, and caught a couple small ones on a size 16 PT nymph dropped off a Chernobyl ant. Then, guilt set in and I headed home to attend my 8 yo daughter's dance recital. (I'm not a big fan of dance recitals.)
All in all, a great day.

Bob


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There is a fine line between fly fishing, and standing in the water waving a stick.



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[purebs]

I am sure all are having a great time. Sure wish I was there!
Bill

[ET custom flyrods]

I was able to make the Fish-In (my 1st)for 3 days. Wed, Thurs, and Friday.

Although the fishing conditions were not the best (Low/Clear Water), My friend John and I were able to catch quite a few fish (most in the 12-16" catagory).

Thurs. nite we attended the BBQ, met other FAOL members and were able to BS like long time aquatinces. No snobs, just nice folks!

Like I said the fishing was challenging. The fish were doing things I never seen before, like rising once to take a fly and then darting 20ft away after the take. This made it almost impossible to cast to a rise. Very few fish rose more than once in the same spot... Wet flies (which I love to fish) seemed to be flat out refused.

On Friday, right before dusk was another high point for me , when I served up a size 10 grey fox and had an 18"+ butter belly pounce on it. After a nice battle I was able to get it in and release it.

We broke camp from Roscoe campsites Sat. morning 6am and wound up fishing the west branch of the Del. River. Fishing conditions there were even worse.
First time in my life I was ever able to walk across that river from the Pa. side to the NY side.
My buddy John managed to land a 19" brownie and a few others of smaller size, while I went hit-less for the morning dispite my best efforts. Ya win some/Ya lose some...lol

All in all we had a great time, and a special thanks to the guy who went outta his way to play Host for the Fish-In. That would be Zebco.......opps, I mean Allan.

PS: forgot to mention the wildlife sightings, Beaver, Mink, Bald Eagle,Osprey, Balt. Oriole

Note: Anyone who opps to sit home instead of making a fish-in is missing a great time!

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[scott1805]

I also was able to make it to the fishin for the weekend. Was the first time i made the trip. Fishing was tough but i was able to catch a few fish saturday night nothin really big but all in all was the best fishin trip i've been on yet. The people were great and very helpful. i would like to give a big thanks to allan for puttin everything together, and mike (nya) for taking me around and showin me places to fish and many other tips. Thank You to everyone who made this a memory that i will have forever.