Father's Day 2015 Catskills

[Leif]

I finally got up to the Catskills with my son this year after a couple years of bad weather and schedule conflicts. We had a nice trip. We fished Friday night and Saturday for trout and Sunday morning in a lake for bass and pickerel.

We fished the East Branch Friday night after a few slices at Raimondo's and managed one feisty brown in the high off color water. We had to leave the river early due to wader failure. On Saturday we fished a spot on the East that produced nothing before we fished the Beaverkill with some drys and had a nice brown on a yellow drake.

Later that evening we went back to the East Branch and managed another nice brown on a black marabou leech. My son loves to catch LMB and pickerel so we also fished a lake and caught bass and many pickerel on frog patterns and a purple fly my son tied that the pickerel could not resist. Leif fished a buzz bait as well and had many explosive strikes.

We saw very few bugs. A few yellow drakes, some caddis in the evening along with some sulfurs and BWO's. We saw some fish rising but not consistent and very sporadic.

We had a great time and it was nice to get away with my son. We saw some big snapping turtles, porcupines, eagles and enjoyed the peace and quiet.















Leif

[AndyS]

When did the boy become a man ? Great photos and fish !!!!

[Gerry Zagorski]

Wow - Did he grow up fast.

[kcritch]

That sounds just awesome...Great Pics. Thanks for sharing.

[Skunk City]

Sounds like a very memorable trip, great photos!

[FASTEDDIE29]

Great report and pics! That's the way to spend Fathers Day weekend. Beautiful area up there. So much to fish and so little time.

[Duffman]

Great report Leif!

Feel like I've seen your son grow up here on NJF!

Good stuff for sure!

[jimcnj]

Great pics! Looks like you guys had a good time. Nice mixed bag.

[Leif]

Thanks everyone. Time sure does fly. It seemed like I turned around and he was a young man. We had a great time over the weekend. Hopefully we'll get out again soon.

Leif