1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 day
trips are available between April and October. Pick your own
dates for total flexibility!
The
Delaware River
in the N.E. corner of Pa flows between the
Endless
Mountains
of PA and the Catskills of NY, only
a 2-1/2 hour drive from NYC.
The
Delaware
system includes the fa
bulous West Branch, the East Branch and the
Main Stem
Delaware
, which flows 365 miles to the sea.
All rivers are big, wide and gentle for wading.
The
Upper Delaware
system includes about 150 miles of blue ribbon wild trout water,
all wadeable and also floatable with drift boats.
A few years back Outdoor Life Magazine ranked the West
Branch the #2 wild trout river in
North America
, after the Big Horn. It’s
pretty hard to beat the Missouri, Bitterroot and Clark Fork in
Montana, but I would definitely rank it as one of the top 5 rivers
in the world for catching big wild brown and rainbow trout on dry
flies. Expect to hook
big browns and rainbows between 16 and 24 inches on dry flies.
The insect diversity of the
Delaware
is truly amazing with hatches of mayflies, caddis and stoneflies
practically every day from early April until late October.
This river has a wider window of opportunity than almost
any river I know.
We are talking big, clear, tailwater rivers
here with lots of gentle riffles and long pools with highly
selective trout! The
correct fly and presentation is a must to hook these big guys.
Except for the
Missouri
in
Montana
, you will catch more big trout on the West Branch with a small
dry fly than any other trout river (See photos of Delaware
trout here)!
You stay at the Delaware River Club right on
the West Branch with plenty of private access.
Big clean rooms, super friendly staff and great guides (who
I personally trained myself) that know the rivers and the bugs
intimately. Most of
our fishing will be from drift boats, but you will have plenty of
opportunities to wade if you desire!
I have scheduled these
Delaware
trips for late April through October, 2010, In April the fish have been unmolested
all winter long and they really go on a tear when the first heavy
hatches appear. During
this time, you can expect heavy hatches of #12, #14 Hendrickson
(E. subvaria) both light and dark, Blue Quill #16, #18 (paraleps),
Baetis #16, #18 and Brachycentrus Caddis #14, #16 both the apple
green and the charcoal varieties. May
- mid June are also excellent. July through October can also be
very good on the upper WB and upper EB.
Excellent fly patterns are available for these hatches in
all the stages; dun, emerger, spinner and nymph at the Delaware
River Club Fly Shop on the premises.
Click here for Delaware
River Reports
Best hatching in April - mid May starts around
noon
into dark. You will be
on the river by
11:00 AM
and fish until dusk, around
8:00 PM
during this time of the year.
Breakfast is served
at 8:00-9:00 AM
. Lunch will be on the
river.
Please call
or email
alcaucci@hancock.net
for custom programs.
Prices Per Person, based on 2 persons per room and 2 persons per guide.
1 night/1 day Guided Float Trip Package --------------- $325 per
person, $150 deposit
2 night/2 day Guided Float Trip Package --------------- $650 per
person, $300 deposit
3 night/3 day Guided Float Trip Package
--------------- $ 935 per person, $450 deposit
4 night/4 day Guided Float Trip Package --------------- $ 1250 per
person, $500 deposit
5 night/5 day Guided Float Trip Package --------------- $ 1550 per
person, $500 deposit
Price
includes
guided fishing, breakfast in the DRC dining room, lunch on the river and
private bedroom accommodations; two persons per suite which has 2
bedrooms and one full bath so you will have your own bedroom, also
includes a living room with cable TV, refrigerator and fly tying
table if you’d like to tie your own flies! Price
includes everything except gratuities for staff and guides and of
course your fly shop bill and incidentals.
Prices for private room and private guide
1 night/1 day Guided Float Trip Package --------------- $615 per
person, $300 deposit
2 night/2 day Guided Float Trip Package --------------- $1230 per
person, $500 deposit
3 night/3 day Guided Float Trip Package --------------- $ 1798 per
person, $600 deposit
4 night/4 day Guided Float Trip Package --------------- $ 2395 per
person, $700 deposit
5 night/5 day Guided Float Trip Package ---------$ 2950 per
person, $800
deposit
Price
includes
1 on 1 guided fishing, breakfast in the DRC dining room, lunch on the river, and
private suite and bedroom withcable tv, refrigerator, and
flytying table. Price
includes everything except gratuities for guide/staff and of
course your fly shop bill and incidentals.
To register, send
deposit (see above) to Al Caucci Flyfishing, 1250 Winterdale Road, Starlight, PA. 18461 or
call Al or Betti at
(570)-635-5897
or email
alcaucci@hancock.net
