Category: Fishing
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Fishing Trout Brook
Several have said all the feeder streams in this area have native Brook Trout. We chose Trout Brook. We didn’t know where to fish it or what the regulations were, so we just parked at a pull-off, geared up and started fishing. It’s a beautiful little creek. With plenty of logs and vegetation, we had…
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The Question Everyone Wants to Ask
Our friend, Ed Brownfield, asked the question many want to know the answer to, and he wrote it perfectly: Greg and Kelly Love reading your blog although I am not a fisherman. It seems to be an expert fisherman you have to have lots, like years of experience! In addition to that you have to…
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Moving to Roscoe, NY
Friday, June 28, 2019 I told Kelly to go fishing for a couple of hours while I caught up on posting. We didn’t know what to expect for WIFI at our next campsite. It didn’t take much convincing and he was off. I finished posting, straightened and swept the Airstream. Then I loaded up, cleaned…
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Sleepy Hollow Campground
Thursday, June 27, 2019 Wyatt runs a very nice campground near Phoenicia, NY.
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Fishing Esopus Creek
Thursday, June 27, 2019 We drove upstream where our friend in the hardware store told us to go and fished for several hours. Kelly went to a big hole where a feeder stream enters. I went up the feeder stream. The feeder stream begs for a dry fly, and I tried several with no effect.…
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Fishing Esopus Creek
Wednesday, June 26, 2019 Tags: Phoenicia Hardware Store, Phoenicia, NY, Esopus Creek. It was a clear, beautiful morning at our campsite on Esopus Creek. We could see no hatch or fish rising, so we decided to go to the hardware store in Phoenicia which also sells trout flies. A lady at the counter said good…
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Fisherman’s Paradise and Fishing Creek
Monday, June 24, 2019 We had passed an overlook several times, so this time we stopped to get some pictures of this beautiful area We knew Fishing Creek was muddy, but that was our best choice, at least of the streams we knew about. We stopped at a convenience store for some coffee. As Kelly…
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Fishing Poe Creek and Penns Creek
Sunday, June 23,2019 We were excited to fish Poe Creek this morning, where David said we could keep 5 fish. Trout for dinner – yum! We figured we would fish half of it in the morning and the other half after lunch. On the lower part of the stream, it turned out to be deeper…
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Scouting Penns Creek and Fishing Creek
Saturday, June 22, 2019 As we packed up at Bumblebee RV Park, Andy came by to say hello with his dog, Charlie. We chatted for a while. This is a nice campground with very nice owners. Since Lisa and Andy work remotely, their WIFI system is great. They have owner’s WIFI, camper’s WIFI and full-timer…
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Fishing The Savage River
Friday, June 21, 2019 We know fishing the northeast is technical, meaning you have to match the hatch, and the fly has to be presented without drag. There are lots of hatches, so depending not only on the time of the year, but sometimes even the time of day, the hatch will change. These are…