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RIVER history AR RIVE ER REPORTER LIFESTYLE MAGAZINE

BIODIVERSITY BREEDS BIO

BEAUTIFUL FISH

hen people ask, “why do you fish?” I often say that it is to experience and better understand the myriad life forms of the river. Trout flourish where biodiversity reigns. Most every plant and creature in the habitat in some way contributes to the success of the fish population. And nothing makes a fisherman happier than a vibrant multitude of naturally reproducing fish. Biodiversity is fractal: global, regional, local and microscopic. In the Upper Delaware River watershed the biodiversity we enjoy produces the vital array of species we see and it also mitigates the effects of manmade and natural disasters and discontinuities. A massive flood may severely diminish the breeding population of one mayfly species important as trout food, but other surviving species will fi ll the gap. And, lo and behold, we have witnessed the slow and steady recovery of species affected by the 2004-6 floods over time. In this second annual “FISH,” we explore some new topics. Just where would you fish to maximize your chance of catching the wily trout in the 330 miles of unimpeded Delaware River and its branches? Break it down and you will fi nd the best places to land your fish. And if you fi nd a secret spot no one else knows, your secret is safe with me. What goes on in, under, over and alongside the river to embody a watershed of amazing biodiversity? Every time you look closely you will discover something new, all part of the bigger system. And the river you know and constantly rediscover is not the same river your great-great grandfather enjoyed. Once prized for fishing but also for transportation and raw materials, the Delaware River watershed today has become a unique natural habitat and an economic engine of tourism, leisure and recreation. This year we feature a centerfold map of the entire Delaware main stem and river branches targeted by trout fisherman from the Cannonsville and Pepacton Dams down to Callicoon. Useful information includes access points, pool names, a fly-hatch chart and river flow information. Photo by Susan Ferguson

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FISH

A RIVER REPORTER LIFESTYLE MAGAZINE

PUBLICATION DATE: APRIL 18

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Reading the Upper Delaware River PWXFS PWXFSPW

Fish where the Fish are

By CAPT. JOE DEMALDERIS

he beginning fly fisherman can sometimes become overwhelmed with all the information available on the sport from casting, to entomology, to how to read a stream. All of these elements can be broken down into simple and easy-to-learn parts that will make your days on the water enjoyable and productive. A successful angler will, over time, learn many things and each skill is an important part of the process of fly fishing. Effective casting is as important as knowing what fly to use in order to be consistently successful. The same is true of fly presentation and the techniques used to fish different types and styles of flies. Now the question becomes, where are the fish? It’s often been said that 10% of the fishermen catch 90% of the fish. I know that fishermen who fish in the right place will do much better than those that don’t. So let’s take a look at how to identify those secret locations. First, start thinking like a fish. You’ll quickly recognize two of the most important needs for survival are food and shelter. When both of these occur together, you’re better than on the right track, you’re there. In addition to geographic names fisherman share to identify location, such as “Trout Pool,” each location has a variety of types of water such as riffles, runs, pools and pocket water. Let’s start with riffles. These areas are parts of streams that have more of a downhill gradient that causes the water to have more velocity. A broken surface and somewhat of a gurgley appearance characterize a riffle. A small rapid might give you the picture. Riffles are higher in oxygen content and tend to be fertile with aquatic insect life. The broken surface makes seeing through the water difficult. It also makes it harder for trout and other fish to see out and, to a fish, that equals cover. The techniques you’ll use in riffles vary with the behavior of the fish. When there are insects hatching and trout noticeably

Photo by David B. Soete

Upstream and on the right is the tail of a pool where it begins its descent into the next run, seen at bottom left. feeding from the surface, a dry fly technique can be the most exciting method. At other times, nymphs, wet flies and streamers will also be effective. Riffles run into pools. Pools are deeper, sometimes wider parts of the stream that act to slow the current and provide depth for fish to seek cover. Feeding fish are usually near the top, or head, of the pool where current speed still provides the cover of a broken surface, or at the shallow end, or tail of the pool, where feeding on surface flies is easier but the refuge of deeper water is just a tail flip away.

Approach these areas carefully. Fish can easily see your approach and will hide in the deep water before you ever see them. As a pool spills downstream, it creates a run. This is the area just upriver of where the water forms the next riffle, and runs provide food and cover. Are you catching the theme, food and cover? Find it and you’ll find the fish. Pocket water is the type of water that has more velocity like a riffle, but also has many exposed rocks or boulders. These rocks and boulders provide hiding places for fish but also afford them ease

Photo by Steve Schwartz

This scene at Shingle Hollow Creek offers an example of pocket water, areas of a stream behind or in front of rocks or other obstructions where the water flows more slowly. Food, flowing downstream in the faster current, curls into the eddies where fish wait.

in feeding on what the current brings to them. The pockets also give smaller baitfish places to hide, and big fish do eat little fish. Some Upper Delaware River waters have lots of pocket water, while others hardly have any. Now that you have a visual picture of the looks and character of a river, it might seem that the entire place will be harboring trout. Well, not really. In each of these stream sections, there will be parts that are simply more productive and are more favored by trout and other fish. Identifying these sections isn’t too difficult if you remember that food and cover are what fish are always seeking. Break each river section down into components. What part of the riffle has the most or best cover? Are there deeper sections of a pool or sections with a more broken bottom, maybe larger stones? Keep in mind that fish are essentially lazy. Current breaks, also called seams, where two different currents meet, allow the fish to hold in the slower current while watching the faster current for an easy meal. Where you see foam lines form, you’ll usually find hungry fish. The same water dynamics that congregate the foam and other bits of debris, also congregate aquatic insects. You might find a large rock or a dead tree in the river and trout will use these as hiding places, lurking in the shadows with a watchful eye for an easy meal. In all water types, look to the banks. The deeper bank and those undercut by the current are also hiding places that trout frequent. Yogi Berra said, you can observe a lot just by watching. On-stream observation is the best way to hone your water reading skills. When you approach a river or stream don’t instantly jump in. Take some time and look around; watch the water for feeding fish. Sitting on the bank can be productive fishing time as long as you stay alert and enjoy the wonderful surroundings you’ve chosen, a place of wonder and discovery. [Capt. Joe Demalderis is a partner in Cross Current Guide Service & Outfitters, with offices in Milford, PA & Hancock, NY. In 2010, he was the 2010 Orvis Endorsed Fly Fishing Guide of the Year.] A RIVER REPORTER MAGAZINE • 3

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(Not so) secret spots PWXFS PWXFSPW By BART LARMOUTH

he idea and possession of a “secret spot” has been an integral part of the fisherman’s lore since the first hook was tossed in the water. All anglers have at one time found themselves in a special place, devoid of other humans but plentiful with their finned quarry. The quality of the fishing may be the allure of this magical place, but sometimes just the journey is enough to make it special—the harder or more unusual, the better. What defines a secret spot varies among different types of fishermen, but overall many are truly unknown and well-guarded, while others may be hidden in very plain sight. Trout fishermen across the country always claim to have a stretch of a creek or river that only they know the way into, and it invariably produces big fish eager to take any fly or lure placed in the water. These sacred places are usually found only by driving on a rutted-out, mostly disused logging road to a trailhead that takes you another three miles into the wilderness (uphill both ways, of course) until reaching that pristine piece of water. While this type of spot is more typical in rural areas with large tracts of public land, there are still those found within

the fences of a small farm in the outskirts of the suburbs, or in that creek behind the neighborhood shopping center. Getting there (or knowing the owner) is part of what makes it so secret and the harder (or more exclusive) the access, the greater the pride in the “secret” water, regardless of how well it fishes. Different from these trekkers is a type of bass fisherman who tends to stick to the larger lakes, usually afloat in a high-powered boat with every electronic gadget currently available. Members of this species of fisherman are known to take great pride in their secret spots or “holes.” Unlike a remote stretch of stream that requires a long hike, this place is usually a section or area on the lake that they know to hold true lunkers. These areas can be everything from underwater humps to back bays with an unseen channel running through their depths, attracting the larger fish with food and shelter. Anglers have been known to place these spots on their GPS devices, and guard them with the vigor of a Secret Service agent protecting the president. Spots are rarely even shared with close acquaintances, and if another fisherman is seen while heading to this spot, they will quickly pick up anchor in an attempt at a feint, fishing a different, less productive area until the threat of discovery has passed. This amuses me

Photo by Jeff White

Fishing a riff of one’s own

Finding a favorite spot

Photo by Bart Larmouth

Elephant Rock is so named because it appears wrinkled like an elephant’s hide. The run at Elephant Rock pool (see West Branch map on special pull-out) is on the West Branch of the Delaware at the gamelands parking areas above Balls Eddy. to this day, having witnessed it firsthand upon many occasions. In my own fishing across this country, I’ve had my fair share of spots that I considered secret and special. Some of them are truly secret waters, miles into the mountains from the nearest road, while others see tons of anglers who just happen to walk right by where I like to fish. The West Branch of the Delaware is what I consider to be my home waters, and I feel I know virtually every bump, boulder and run by name. This river is far from a secret, as it is one of the best trout streams in the country. There is plenty of public access, and it is fished frequently by a goodly number of anglers, meaning that the existence of a pure, true, secret spot is virtually impossible. As this is the case, I feel I can safely reveal one without repercussion. On the Upper West Branch, there are two Pennsylvania State Game Land public access points on the Penn-York Road. Once you reach the water’s edge from the lower access, you will be greeted by a shallow run with an island about 40 yards across the river. On the other side of this island is my (not-so) secret spot: Elephant Rock—a huge boulder partially on shore and in the water that is so named because it appears wrinkled like an elephant’s hide. Not only is it hard to see from the oppo-

site shore, but plenty of anglers will pass by this run due to its depth, and the difficulty it poses in presenting a fly. This intimidates many, making it a fairly ignored stretch, as secret a spot as you can get on such pressured waters. The hatches can be tremendous, and there are plenty of big browns and rainbows lurking in the swirling depths below this rock, which are two other factors that make me hold it in such high esteem. Of course I have many other spots I consider secret that are overlooked by the weekend warrior and career guide as well. These are hidden rocks, small channels buried in a large flat, or just a seam that looks completely unproductive. They are spots that I know hold fish, and places that make me turn into the above mentioned bass-man—casting in the opposite direction from the fish, moving the boat or walking away at the first glimpse of another angler. Feel free to ask me about these, as I may give up their location. Okay, not really. We all need our secret spots, after all. [Bart Larmouth is general manager of the Delaware River Club (DRC) located in Starlight, PA. He also authors DRC’s daily blog and river reports. He is certified as a casting instructor by the Federation of Fly Fishers.]

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Special pull-out map of river fishing The three maps you find in this centerfold (pages 7 through 10) were designed for you to take with you on location. Pull out the centerfold to see full maps on both sides. The dotted lines indicate where to fold to make a handy size for carrying.

To purchase waterproof copies of these three maps, visit your favorite area fly shop,or contact Jim Serio at 607/637-2992.

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Bouchoux Eddy

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The Deeps

Rt 191

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Blue Quill Hendrickson March Brown Gray Fox Green Drake Sulphurs Dorotheas Stenocron Isonychia Bicolor Harperi Trico BWO: Various

4/15 - 5/05 4/20 - 5/10 5/10 - 5/20 5/15 - 5/30 5/20 - 6/10

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#12 #14 #22 #16 - 24

NOTE: As season progresses use smaller sizes

Rt 94

Rt 97

LEGEND Paved Road Gravel or Dirt Road Railroad Stream Riffles or Rapids

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Estimate fish weight:

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Shad fishing on the Upper

Kordman Eddy

Jack Lord Riff

Lordville Riff

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Delaware Shad Hotline Delaware is best in June. The

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The Ledges (Snow Creek) can have spectacular waterfalls in the spring! Be Careful! Steep trail from parking lot to ledges.

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Maps reprinted with permission of James Serio

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Cemetery Pool

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Bodoit Rd

Old Rt. 17

Gibson's Run 4

get difficult. This lower section can get warm on sunny days. Good early season. 5

300-500 - This is a nice level, wading is easy and there is enough flow to keep the river moving. Look for fish in the tails of riffs and in the deeper stretches of pools. Smallmouths can be found in pools along with a few walleyes.

Peas Eddy Pool

Current Flow 10

Post Office Circle

Rt 28 Gaging Station

Bodoit Rd

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Fly Early Brown Stone Early Black Stone Little Black Stone Little Black Caddis Grannom Caddis Apple Caddis

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Winterdale Rd

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Hungry Hollow Pool

Shehawken Fishing Access

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You can wade the river nearly everywhere, but with care. At this level look for fish out of the main current.

Rts 8 & 10

BWO

700-1000 - This level is the best of both worlds. There is plenty of water to float.

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Access Issues: The majority of the lands along the Delaware and its’ branch are privately owned. Honor all "Posted" signs. If you cross private land, be sure to obtain the landowner's permission, well in advance of your outing. Many people give one-time only permission, when politely asked. Park so that your vehicle will not impede ingress/egress, or other traffic. Use approved access sites. Wade up or down stream to your destination. Remember that wading is permissible up to the point of the "mean high water mark".

soled wading boots, wading staff, catch and release landing net, water bottle, head gear, Using a guide will avail to you all of the wonderful fishing opportunities that the West Branch has to offer. A guide will also know current river conditions, hatches, and sun protection, polarized sunglasses, flashlight, camera and extra film. where the fish have been recently. Valid New York State Fishing License. Check regulations for seasons.

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Equipment Suggestions: 7-9 ft rods; 4-6 weight lines; adjustable drag reel, felt

200-400 - This is a nice level, wading is easy and there is enough flow to keep the

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Fish the areas of moving water. The slow pools can get difficult. The lower stretches can get warm on sunny days.

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hands or use a catch and release landing net. Remove the fish from the water for the photo, only. Avoid the eyes and gills while using a hemostat to remove the hook. If hooked too deeply, cut the line and release promptly. Face fish upstream, gently move back and forth in current to force water through the gills. Once the fish recovers, release. Be thankful for the fish!

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Cold water releases effect the fishing conditions

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Cannonsville Reservoir Spillway

Cemetery Island Pool

Rt. 10

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Post Office Rd

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Sportsmen's Barn

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Weir Dam

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O&W Rd

Peas Eddy Island

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O&W Rd

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Firemen's Park

500-800 - Careful wading along most of the river. River can be floated at this level.

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O&W Rd

McCarter's Run

SR 17 (Rt 86)

Exit 89

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<300 cfs - Wading is easy. Fish the areas of moving water. The slow pools can

Peas Eddy

Long Pool

Because of the influx of much warmer water, the lower East Branch tends to fish more like a freestone stream after it joins the Beaverkill. Careful approach and good presentation are a must. Check the USGS Gauge at Fishs Eddy for near real time flow information.

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Cold water releases effect the fishing conditions

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Healthy waters, healthy fish PWXFS PWXFSPWX By FAITH ZERBE

reshwater makes up about 2.5% of the water on the Earth. This water is recycled through the hydrologic cycle and is the same water that our ancestors used when the dinosaurs roamed the earth. Our bodies are 98% water. All life is intricately connected and dependent on this finite amount of freshwater. Biodiversity is the variability among living organisms and the ecological complexes of which they are part; this includes diversity within and between species and of ecosystems. I spent the first 18 years of life surrounded by streams that flowed orange and were (and still are) polluted by anthracite mining that hit its heyday long before my birth. Today, despite community efforts to clean up the legacy left by fossil fuel extraction, many of these streams remain ailing freshwater bodies where there is a dearth of aquatic life. Unlike the anthracite mining region, the

waters of the Upper Delaware River Basin abound with abundant freshwater diversity. Residents do not need to travel far to witness this amazing diversity. You can start by exploring a stream riffle. There is such wonder to lift up a few cobble-sized rocks in a cool flowing stream to get a glimpse of the quiet, amazing and active life that flourishes there. On a visit to a stream, you might see caddisfly houses, where each caddisfly has made her home by meticulously weaving silk with tiny pebbles or leaves—often lined up in tidy rows. These

Biodiversity is the key

count these insects to determine stream health. Healthy streams and fish are possible only with healthy land. Many a fisherman says, “Trout grow on trees.” The green buffers and native trees, vegetation and forests that line the banks of our streams, shade and cool the waters and hold the stream banks in place with strong roots. The native plant life drops into the stream to become part of the biomass, feeding the microorganisms that feed the insects that in turn feed the fish. Because of this diversity, the main stem

Photos by Faith Zerbe

This giant stonefly was found in the Lackawaxen River. Stoneflies have between 10 and 30 stages of development (called instars), shedding their exoskeletons over a period of one to three years as they grow, before finally becoming a flying adult. Stonefly nymphs need clean cool water with lots of oxygen to survive and grow.

Photo by Bernie Handler

Collecting and categorizing benthic invertebrates—organisms that live on the bottom of a water body and have no backbone—gives important clues as to the health of a stream.

“caddis condos” trap floating food that flows by, and in turn these caddisflies are an important transformer, consuming organic materials and algae, turning them into energy that fish need to survive. This nutrient cycling by caddisflies and other macroinvertebrates helps keep clean waters clean both nearby and downstream. Mayflies (Ephemeroptera); stoneflies (Plecoptera); and caddisflies (Trichoptera)—known as EPT species— make up much of this clean water diversity. These families of macroinvertebrates survive only in clean water and scientists

of the Delaware River has the longest stretch of “Special Protection Waters” in the nation—spanning 197 miles. The Delaware River’s main stem also still flows free—making the Delaware River the largest undammed river east of the Mississippi River. This free-flowing river has sustained ancient freshwater mussels when in other parts of the country these mussels are only distant memories. One in 10 of North America’s freshwater mussel species has gone extinct and 75% of the remaining mussel species are Continued on page 15

Photo by DNR staff

Caddisflies are amazing builders. Seen here on a rock in Equinunk Creek, they have formed a kind of caddisfly “condominium complex.”

o protect this clean water, over 70 groups petitioned the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to designate Upper Delaware streams as Exceptional Value, which only about 5% of the streams in the Commonwealth have been awarded. You can learn more and write a letter to support this petition at www.delawareriverkeeper.org/act-now/urgent-details. aspx?Id=95. Join Delaware Riverkeeper Network stream monitors and Stroud Water Research Center on April 26 and 27 at Promised Land State Park for a free two-day workshop that will teach participants to sample and identify macroinvertebrates; to register, visit http://bit. ly/13Vti6h. The workshop is limited to 27 people. And join us at the 2013 Upper Delaware BioBlitz, June 29 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. in Starlight, PA. For more information please visit upperdelawarebioblitz. com.

Photo by Faith Zerbe

This photo was taken along the Delaware River south of Mashipacong Island, the island that will be crossed by the Tennessee Gas Pipeline in the coming weeks.

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Not your great-great-grandfather’s river PWXFS PWXFS By GREG BELCAMINO We think of the Delaware and its tributaries as the locale of some of the very best trout fishing in the east, but the area and its angling would be unrecognizable to its earliest anglers. Even though the region remains relatively unpopulated, the river has been transformed by a series of man-made events. And although the angling is now perhaps better than it has been in many years (the 2012 trout season, because of an unusually mild and dry winter, will be remembered as legendary), it is far different from what it had been before settlement by Europeans. Historically, the only trout in the Delaware and its tributaries were brook trout (which is actually a char, and not a true trout). Brook trout require cold, clean water. The scientific name for the brook trout is Salvelinus fontinalis, or “char of the springs,” and they lived in the smaller headwater streams where temperatures were suitable. Settlement brought with it industry, transforming the landscape and habitat for the native trout. Perhaps the most destructive industry was tanning, which required bark from native hemlocks as a raw material for tanning hides brought mainly from South America. Enormous tracts of large hemlock were killed for their bark, and the disappearance of these trees led to greater erosion and less shade for the rivers, and consequently higher water temperatures unfavorable for the native brook trout. In addition, waste from the tanneries created pollution that further damaged brook trout habitat, driving them farther into the headwaters. After the tanning industry went into decline in the second half of the nineteenth century, other assaults on the rivers continued. Precursors to the modern chemical industry, acid factories appeared on the rivers, along with charcoal kilns, both requiring large quantities of wood and producing pollution, so that deforestation continued. (One well-known pool on the Beaverkill is called “Acid Factory.”) By the late nineteenth century, much of the original forest of the Delaware River basin was gone, and its rivers were warmer and their waters less pure.

Photo courtesy of Ed Van Put

This acid Factory on Willowemoc Creek in Sullivan County, NY once processed hardwoods to produce wood alcohol and other products.

How times have changed

Historical photos show a landscape devoid of trees that would be unrecognizable to either 17th- or 21st-century visitors. (The impacts of industry on the Delaware tributaries are well documented in Ed Van Put’s two books, “Trout Fishing in the Catskills” and “The Beaverkill.”) However, the area’s fishing had been discovered before industry had seriously degraded brook trout habitat, and photos show enormous catches of trout. Stories abound about anglers who came from the cities and killed hundreds of trout in aweek (or even just a day) of fishing. As fishing declined, as a result of both decreased habitat and over-fishing, many private fishing clubs were formed in an effort to preserve the quality of fishing for those who had the means to join them. Nevertheless, reducing angling pressure could not counteract the losses of

Photo courtesy PA Department of Conservation and Natural Resources

These bark peelers are hard at work supplying hemlock bark for the tanning industry. In 1900 Pennsylvania was the largest leather-producing state in the nation. (Photo taken in the Hammersely region of Clinton County, PA.) brook trout habitat. Two other events began the transformation of the area from a pure brook trout fishery to what it is today. These were the advent of trout hatcheries and the introduction of rainbow trout (native to the American west) and brown trout (native to Europe) in the late 19th century. These fish not only out competed brook trout in the waters that were suitable to both, but prospered in waters that were too warm for brook trout. The brown trout, especially, were also less susceptible to angling pressure, so, despite initial prejudice in favor of the native fish, they kept alive trout fishing in waters that were no longer suitable for brook trout. Finally, dam building further extended habitat for the introduced rainbow and brown trout. On the New York side of the watershed, New York City constructed reservoirs on the upper East and West Branches of the Delaware and on the Neversink River in the mid-20th century. Each of the three reservoirs have cold-water bottom releases that extends trout habitat far downstream from

Photo courtesy PA Department of Conservation and Natural Resources

Surrounded by piles of Hemlock tanbark, workers fill a railcar with the valuable commodity, harvested for its tannin, which was used in tanning leather. (Photo taken in Leetonia, Tioga County, PA, circa 1900) the dams. From the angler’s point of view, the reservoirs are a mixed blessing, because while the dams create and extend trout habitat, managing them for the city’s water supply trumps maintaining them for ecological reasons, and many external factors influence the city’s operation of the dams. There are continual negotiations between the city and various organizations over the management of flows from the reservoirs. The Delaware and its tributaries have been transformed from pristine rivers dominated by native brook trout, where anglers could count on catching hundreds of trout in a week’s fishing, to heavily managed streams providing an opportunity to catch a few large, challenging non-native trout. Depending on whether you’re primarily a preservationist or an angler, that’s either a shame or a blessing, but whatever your view, the fishing is completely different from what it was in early times. [Greg Belcamino is an avid trout fisherman and president of the Delaware Highlands Conservancy, a land trust working in partnership with landowners and communities to conserve the natural heritage and quality of life in the Upper Delaware River region.]

Photo courtesy PA Department of Conservation and Natural Resources

Before heavy machinery, men, horses and mules harvested hemlock and other timber for Pennsylvania’s thriving forestry industry.

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