 Wrap Up of the Roscoe 'FISH-IN 2006' |
By Gerald Wolfe (RW)
Photos by R.W., Allan Podell, Ray Dubois, Robert Montouri, Lou Teletski and Mike Meriglano
Wrap Up of the Roscoe 'FISH-IN 2006' |
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The Breakfast Gang
 From left: Doc, Atwo, RW, Monty, Lauder and his wife Pat Nobbs and Mike (ny angler).
 From left: Atwo, Charlie, RW and his son Steve
 Lauder has made all four Roscoe fish-ins, here with his wife Pat Nobbs.
 Of course it wouldn't be the same without the old slicster himself, Dave Ulmer.
 This is Mike Beloma's third fish-in.
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The Waters
 Here Mike (ny angler) has just lost a nice, big brown trout, and in his soft spoken way he is quietly telling anyone who will listen that these trout just don't know "who" he is.
 Another beautiful pool on the lower Beaverkill. Throughout the day, swallows and a variety of other birds dive bomb the mayflies that hatch along this stretch.
 A popular stretch of public water on the upper Willowemoc, where stocked browns and wild, native brookies abound. Monty and I took eight wild brookies here the first Sunday.
 Monty is fishing a shoreline seam on the upper Willow just before a brown trout grabs his fly.
 RW used his 1-weight and a dark Cahill wet to take a 16-inch and two 14-inch browns in this fast run at the Livingston Manor rest stop off Route 17 on the Willowemoc.
 Lou t and Monty getting ready to tackle "the bathtub," a particularly productive section of the rest stop pool.
 Lou t plays a nice trout just above Hazel Bridge. This is perhaps the heaviest stocked pool on the Willow. Lou earned his new handle, "poacher," on this fish-in by sneaking a brown trout out from under Monty's nose with one cast while Monty was changing flies for the seventh time in an effort to catch said trout. His fly of choice? The parachute sulphur dun.
 Charlie and Tony take a break at Hazel Bridge Pool on the Willow.
 RW enjoys a break and his favorite beverage at the Rest Stop.
 Mike Weiss, a former Northeast Council President of the Fly Fishing Federation heads up for a break after a morning of fishing on the Willow.
 Beavers didn't quite finish their job on this big tree, in creating one of their interesting, if not dangerous, architectural booby traps along the Beamoc watershed. Why this tree hasn't fallen yet is somewhat of a puzzle.
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The Fish RW caught this pretty 14-inch brown on his 1-weight at the Rest Stop Pool. Browns like this in fast water make a little Hardy fly-weight reel sing...loud. His fly of choice? A dark Cahill wet.
 Bill Wade plays a pretty brown trout from the old railroad abutment at Hazel Bridge Pool on the Willow.
 Monty took this feisty 15-inch brown while night fishing the Rest Stop Pool on the Willow.
 Poacher (lou t) fishing Mongaup Creek, a tributary of the Willow off Old Route 17. This is a reinforced stretch in front of a New York State DEC Headquarters. Occasionally big fish are taken from this little tributary (see next pic).
 Monty caught the 17-inch porker brown just a few yards downstream from poacher in the previous picture...on a 1-weight.
 RW fishing his favorite headwater, Fir Brook, uppermost tributary of the Willowemoc. The water here was gin clear and the little native brookies appeared to be swimming in air. Wild 6-to 8-inch brookies are like rare gems and a 1-weight brings out the best in them.
 RW is in his element. RW is happy.
 Monty's 1-weight also got a workout. Here he shows just how rare and beautiful these little wild natives really are against a bed of green moss.
 With les young it's business as usual as he goes about his business on the big Beaverkill with one of several 17-inch-plus brown trout.
 Charlie Place plays this 17-incher to hand with only the tip of his broken rod. Les remarked that it was one of the finest jobs of playing a fish he'd seen in quite awhile.
 Allan Podell (tyeflies) took home our annual chub slinger award with this beautiful 20-inch brown from the campground pool.
 There wasn't as much enthusiasm for tying as there has been in past years because the fishing was so good most folks didn't get in until well after dark. Here at the tying table Mike (ny angler) shows off a beautiful stone fly he captured one evening.
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The Cookout Allan mans a grill full of steak and chicken while lou t (poacher) and Monty wait for the dinner bell.
 Allan is still working hard as RW and atwo fill their plates.
 Ray Dubois, RW, wireguy and Dianna listen intently as les tells them about his day's fishing.
 lou t, Monty (foreground), Charlie, Tony and Bill Wade go over their own day's exploits.
 Ray does some blind casting while the rest of the group looks on.
 Bear (Allan's dog) waits patiently for leftovers. Trust me. He got a platefull.
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Farewell Dinner
 Dianna Mease, one of our newbies won this hat as a grab bag prize.
 Slic was awarded a fishing hat for "most laid back fisherman."
 RW was awarded a Rubber Ducky for falling in up to his neck. Among many jeers and snickers he was requested to pose in this most embarassing way. I fail to see the humor.
 Dianna and Harvey (wireguy) took in all the festivities and by the end of the week we considered them Roscoe Fish-In regulars. Both vowed to be back next year.
 Mike and Margaret Merigliano handed out maps of the Beaverkill and enjoyed the week as usual.
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