DELAWARE RIVER CLUB SELECTIVITY CLINIC-FEW SPOTS LEFT!

                    I have three spots left for you to join us for an in-depth Selectivity tailwater trout weekend . It is next weekend , Labor Day weekend in the lovely Catskills, which should be cool by then ( NOTE: Due to the request of many that have plans the first Labor Day weekend, we most likely be adding another weekend clinic the following weekend- Sept. 10/11th ) . Should see fall hatches like Isonychia/Heptagenia hebe ( the larger modeled wing sulpher etc.) 
If you are a beginner, or advanced tailwater/freestone lover who is trying to figure out the extreme selective behavior these wild browns and rainbows love to exhibit, here is a great learning and sharing opportunity that 'will up your game' and allow you to crack the code that always baffles even the most expert of all fly anglers.  Here is the link to Delaware River Club for more information- call them and reserve your attendance for what promises to be a great event!

http://thedelawareriverclub.com/events/

My goal for the intimate setting are many, but mainly to make you come away with an extreme in-depth understanding of how a seasoned tailwater trout guide, which I have been for over 20 years on my current lodge home waters of the Muskegon, thinks and commands the approach on these finicky/fussy complex waters and why guides are so effective in getting you on large rising/nymphing/streamer trout when the average Joe/Jane angler struggle on their outings to figure out their secrets. Tailwaters are brutally complex and so are its trout behavior, hatches and daily fluctuations. 

 Having fished the Delaware system from the early 80's since I grew up in NY, and I  fish the Delaware/Beaverkill/ Neversink often since we have a summer home in the Catskills.

JUST A FEW AGENDA ITEMS

* IN DEPTH LOOK AT SELECTIVITY AND ITS APPLICATION TO THE COMPLEX TAILWATER/FREESTONERS OF THE CATSKILLS WITH PARTICULAR EMPHASIS ON THE DELAWARE SYSTEM

* READING WATER/APPROACH/PRESENTING LONG FINE 18 FOOT LEADERS

* TROUT (PFP) PREDATOR FORAGING PROFILES OF TAILWATER TROUT

* MASKING AND SUPER MAYFLY, CADDIS,MIDGES AND STONE FLY HATCHES - MY NEW 'TENKARA STYLE' ( BUT USING 9/10/11 FOOT 2-5 WEIGHT RODS WITH REELS) HIGH STICK STATUE OF LIBERTY LIVING CADDIS TECHNIQUE WHICH IS DEADLY ANYWHERE YOU FIND SUPER CADDIS HATCHES- IT WILL INCREASE YOUR EFFECTIVENESS BY 80%

* ON-STREAM 'BOOTS-IN WATER' INSTRUCTION OF SPECIALTY CASTS- SINGLE SPEY CASTING, NYMPHING TAILWATERS, STREAMER SUCCESS

* TYING SUPER SELECTIVITY FLY PATTERNS (BRING YOUR TYING KITS
* VIDEO WORK OF TROUT FEEDING BEHAVIOR

HOPE TO SEE YOU THERE!!!!

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Posted in: Big Delaware , Catskill fly fishing , Delaware river club , matt supinski , selective trout , Selectivity book , WEST BRANCH DELAWARE

DELAWARE TAILWATER SELECTIVITY CATSKILL CLINIC

Look forward to seeing all my east coast friends for my September Selectivity tailwater clinic- contact Delaware River Club for more info...cheers!

Here is the link:
http://thedelawareriverclub.com/events/

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Posted in: Al Caucci , Big Delaware , Delaware river club , hatches , masking hatch , Selectivity book , selectivity dvd , tail waters , WEST BRANCH DELAWARE

PINCH ME FOR DREAMING!

( here is the hog!- one of hottest dry fly bows I had on since that 21 incher in Big Bird Pool on the Big "D" in 1998

(This warrior's right eye taught him many lessons- look at the mouth-many hooks removed from this Gladiator)

(shows length and girth)

After spending a nice Easter day with the family, I decided to venture out around 5:00 p.m. just before Easter dinner and try to catch a trout on the dry fly with all those black egg laying stone flies on the surface. I've been watching two trout feed consistently all week at the tail-out of the Trout & Eagle pool while guiding for steelhead . These guys were very consistent from about 2 p.m till 6 ish. I had no idea what size they were and made small subtle rise forms- BUT.........what the hell, a trout- any size trout on the dry- would be exciting and a nice change from steelhead egg/stone flying.

So, I pulled up and there they were. Very selectively feeding in long intervals and changing positions frequently. There have been a bazillion midges lately with the warm weather, and have seen some trout refusing the stones( even though one stone is equal to probably 50 midges) and selectively targeting midges spent.

After at least 50 perfect down-and across presentations with my Darth Vader cdc, 18 foot leader with 7 feet of 5x tippet , I had no response with even perfect drifts over these two fish. I buried my head in the surface of the water and watched midge clusters, black stone females-and the clue finally revealed itself- dead spent black stone females!!!!!

I should have figured this out by the rise forms- back and tail sipping spinner style. So I cut down my wings of cdc in a V-shape and the first drift over the fish- which I thought was a 12-13 incher at best....WHAMMO!!!

I HAD TO LIFT ANCHOR AND DROP THROUGH THE SKINNY WATER OF MY RIFFLES TO LAND THIS PIG OF A RAINBOW BY MY DOCK- 19 INCH HOG BLOWING SPENT BLACK STONES OUT OF ITS THROAT!

TOOK ME IN MY BACKING 3 TIMES ON THE 10 FT.5 WEIGHT. ORVIS HELIOS- UN -FRICKEN BELIEVABLE!

SO.........how do I feel about the whole thing! Mesmerized!

Honestly I thought I was on the Big Delaware- chasing those huge wild 18-22 inch originally first stocked rainbows on the east coast in the early 1880's on Callicoon Creek. Those fish in Bard-Parker and Big Bird Pool are the most selective and wary rainbows a fly fisher will ever encounter. They actually make wild big browns look "dumb" and confused- seriously!

Moral of story, when you are receiving refusals and are unsure about a masking hatch, stick your face in the bubble foam line for ten minutes- don't come up for air till your instincts tell you so!!!

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Posted in: 18 foot leaders , Big Delaware , black stones , calicoon creek , Eagle Lake Rainbows , masking hatch , muskegon trout steelhead , Orvis Helios , selective trout , wild delaware rainbows