Resources

Fishing Report

For a daily report of fishing conditions provided by Mary Dette, call (607) 498-5350. 24 hour service – April 1 – July 1.

Insect	Artificial	Date	Time	Size
Emergence Chart: Beaverkill & Willowemoc Rivers
Prepared by W. A. ManchReprinted with the permission of Quik Type, Livingston Manor, NY.
—	Little Brown Stone	3/1 – 4/15	1-4	20
Baetis Vagans	Blue-Winged Olive	3/15 – 5/1	11-2	18/20
Chimmarra	Early Black Stone	3/20 – 4/20	11-2	18/20
Paraleptophlebia adoptiva	Blue Quill	4/10 – 5/15	11-2	18/20
Epeorus pleuralis	Quill Gordon	4/15 – 4/30	2	12/14
Ephemerella subvaria	Hendrickson	4/20 – 5/10	2	12/14
Brachycentrus	Shad Fly	5/10 – 5/25	10-12	14
Stenonema vicarium	March Brown	5/15 – 6/1	A	12-14
Stenonema fuscum	Gray Fox	5/20 – 6/15	7	12/14
Ephemerella dorothea	Sulphur Dun	6/1 – 7/15	An&E	18/20
Ephemera guttulata	Green Drake	6/1 – 6/7	A	10/12
Isonychia bicolor, harperi	Dun Variant	6/1 – 9/20	A	10/12
Epeorus vitreus	Sulphur Dun	6/7 – 7/10	7	16
Ephemerella cornuta	Blue-Winged Olive	6/10 – 6/25	10-12	14
Ephemerella attenuata	Blue-Winged Olive	6/15 – 6/30	10	18/20
Stenonema canadense	Light Cahill	6/15 – 8/15	A	14
Potamanthus distinctus	Cream Variant	6/20 – 8/20	6	10
Tricorythodes stygiatus, atratus	Trico	6/25 – 10/15	7 a.m.	24
Pseudocleon carolina, dubium	Blue-Winged Olive	6/25 – 10/30	1-6	24
Ephemerella lata	Blue-Winged Olive	7/15 – 10/1	6	20/22
A – all day; An – afternoon; E – evening

The Creekside Bookshelf

When you can’t be hip deep in the cool, scenic streams of the Catskills, why not read about your favorite activity? Our cabins have no televisions or radios to distract you, so cracking open a book when the sun goes down is the next best thing to casting. That is why we created the Creekside Bookshelf. We handpicked these titles with Lisa Lyons, former Director of the Catskill Flyfishing Center & Museum.

In the Company of Rivers: An Angler’s Stories & Recollections by Ed Quigley
Catskill Flytier: My Life, times and techniques by Harry Darbee with Mac Francis Lippincott, 1977. Introduction by Sparse Gray Hackle.
Art Flick’s New Streamside Guide by Art Flick. The definitive guide on aquatic insects.
The Dettes-A Catskill Legend : Their Story and Their Techniques by Eric Leiser. The family that greatly advanced fly-tying in the United States right here from Trout Town, USA (Roscoe, NY).
Catskill Rivers : Birthplace of American Fly Fishing by Austin M. Francis. The story of where it all began.
The Beaverkill : The History of a River and Its People by Ed Van Put (Editor). Read the history of this famous river, written by a favorite neighbor of ours.
Fly-Tying by Helen Shaw. An outstanding introduction to fly-tying.
Joan Wulff’s Fly Casting Techniques by Joan Wulff. Joan is a legend world wide — and for good reason. Her techniques work. We are very fortunate to have such a talent residing locally and teaching at her famous school.
Lee Wulff by Jack Samson and Joan Wulff. Lee Wulff was a flyfishing pioneer who traveled the world but always returned to the Beaverkill.
“Land of Little Rivers” A Story in Photos of Catskill Fly Fishing by Austin McK. Francis

Links

The following links are among the best flyfishing resources that the Web has to offer.

The following links are other attractions in our area.