Hellgramites

[nsell]

Hi-Way Sports Shop on route 31 has hellgramites at times, mostly during the summer months. They can be expensive though.

[RWole]

Yes, I get them there during June and July when in sock. at $12 a
dozen a bit expensive but worth it. Keith runs a well stocked shop
and provides great information if needed. I was just looking for
another place if his supply is limited. Sometimes I buy 12- 15 dozen
at a time, usually deplete his stock.

[Dave B.]

Originally Posted by AndyS

I think the river bottom itself is very different between the two rivers. From what I have seen the Raritan has a very hard flat shale bottom where the Delaware seems to be more rocks. I think Wag's is closed, they always had them.

WAG's has been closed for a looonng time, like over 15 years. Walt finally decided to retire and sold both the sports shop and his engineering firm.

In addiditon to the 'D' the Paulinskill has a fairly abundant population of Dobsonfly larvae, AKA hellgrammite's. As others have stated find a riffs/rapids stream section with rocks from baseball to watermelon sized, place a net directly downstream and start rock rolling, taking the time to swirl your hand around in the hollow below the rocks as you roll them.

[Mark B.]

AKA: “The Tingler”,.............they can get pretty big:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zrp004kprl8

[Dave B.]

Originally Posted by Mark B.

AKA: “The Tingler”,.............they can get pretty big:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zrp004kprl8

Nice! Hell, that one could be striper or musky bait! Must'a come from the Susquehanna below Three Mile Island!