Catskill fishing report April 23 2025

Today will be a high of 67 and partially sunny, looking at the 10 day forecast the conditions are looking great for fishing. The Beaverkill and Willowemoc have been fishing tuff the last few days, while I have seen some dry flies all the fish I've caught or heard of being caught have been on nymphs. Any day now we should see consistently rising fish, Hendrickson's and Caddis are the bugs to be on the look out for.

 The Delaware River System has been fishing great, early seen dry flies like the Quill Gordon, Blue Quill, and Hendrickson's have all been seen by our guides and fish are rising to them. This time of year is a great time to do a float on the Delaware, the fish haven't been pressured yet and readily take flies. If you have interest in doing a float trip give us a call we do just as many guide trips on the Delaware as we do on the Beaverkill.   

 With the fishing starting to pick up there will be a lot more fisherman on the water, on the Beaverkill I've found that the river fishes the same in most spots and the best fishing is almost always where you can get away from other fisherman. Same goes for the Willowemoc and all sections of the Delaware river system if you need advice about where to fish, stop by the shop we are always happy to help.

GUIDE RECOMENDED FLY'S: Hendrickson Klinkhammer (Sz 12-14), Hendrickson Comparadun (Sz 12-14), Blue Quill Parachute (Sz 16-18), Elk Hair Caddis (Black Sz 14-16), Hares Ear (Natural Sz 14-18), Mylar Prince (Black Sz 16), HS Pheasant tail Jig (Orange Sz 16-18), Frenchie (Shrimp pink Sz 16-18), Fulling Mill Perdigon (Black or Purple Sz 16-18), Spanish Bullet Jig (Silver Sz 16-18), Jiggy Pats (Black and Brown Sz 10-16)