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To celebrate Dette Flies 95th Anniversary, guest Fly-Tyer Jerry Coviello demonstrated how he ties his beautiful trout flies in the shop. Behind Jerry are photos of Winnie and Walt Dette, who founded Dette Flies in 1928, along with their daughter, Mary Dette. Winnie and Walt’s great-grandson Joe Fox, along with Kelly Buchta, are the proprietors of Dette Flies today.
Favorable water conditions, Dette Flies celebrates their 95th
Thanks to continued rain showers, evening temperatures in the 50s and daytime temperatures in the 70s, we are heading into the last half of August with rivers and streams in a favorable state. These … more
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CFFCM Programming and Events Coordinator Todd Spire provided fun and entertaining activities for children during Summerfest. Here the children were able to turn over rocks in the Willowemoc and find aquatic insects and bottom-living creatures.
Summerfest!
The first weekend in August brought perfect summer weather, cool mornings with warm sunny days, blue skies and just the right amount of cooling breezes, with rivers and streams still at   very … more
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Former President Jimmy Carter reeling in a trout while fishing the Delaware River on his historic trip to the Catskills in September of 1984. He is an avid life-long fisherman and enjoys fishing with his wife, Rosalynn, well into their 90s.
Lee Wulff Conservation Award
This past week has certainly provided a variety of summer weather – sure to please just about everyone – from those who like “as hot as it gets!” as we experienced on Friday, … more
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Photo is of flying ants tied by Ed Van Put (pattern is in the column).
Here come the ants!
We’ve just enjoyed one of the best weather-weekends so far this year – picture perfect warm summer days with cool breezes, lower humidity and some blue skies – and slightly cooler … more
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John Apgar tying a Lightning Bug fly at the recent tying meeting of the Catskill Fly Tyers Guild held at the Wulff Gallery at the CFFC.
It's wise to carry an (extra)terrestrial!
Recent rains have kept rivers and streams at a favorable above-average level over the past week, and despite warm temperatures in the high 70s and 80s with lots of humidity, the added volume has kept … more
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Raising rivers, rainbows and Royal Wulffs
Recent rains have helped fill our rivers and streams to a more fishable level; on early Monday morning, July 10, the Beaverkill at Cooks Falls had crested at 581 cubic feet per second; which is above … more
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The Light Cahill
As we progress into summer, many of the mayflies that are hatching will be of a lighter color than earlier in the season, and fly-fishers will often use flies such as Sulphurs and Light Cahills as … more
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A 17-inch wild brown trout taken on a parachute Sulpher by “Catskill John” Bonasera.
Cool water, good fishing
Despite showers and thunderstorms, our area rivers and streams are still below the average level for this time of year; June has always been the lushest month, with plenty of water to draw upon to … more
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The Scavenger Hunt was very popular and enabled the children to learn about the many facets of fly-fishing.
Roscoe Central School field trip!
This past week’s rain was much anticipated and welcomed and added a bit of a respite to the parched earth and low flows of our area streams. Last Tuesday, June 13, the Beaverkill just about … more
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Sandra did well fishing on the Beaverkill with her husband one evening last weekend during a spinner fall, and caught this beautiful rainbow trout on a Rusty Spinner.
Smoke clears, rain falls, rainbows rise
Last week we experienced an unprecedented phenomenon when clouds of smoke from wildfires in Canada billowed across the Eastern Seaboard, from Vermont down to South Carolina, polluting the atmosphere … more
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Seth Cavarretta demonstrated tying flies on his vise at the CFFC Museum last Saturday. The session was also live broadcasted via Zoom to members of the Catskill Fly Tyers Guild around the world.
Seth Cavarretta Fly Tyer
Friday’s rainstorm was much welcomed, as we desperately need rain – last week was the first time we can ever remember seeing lawns burned brown in May, and the Beaverkill on Friday … more
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March Browns and the life cycle of the Mayfly
Trout fishing in our rivers and streams has been productive, despite the low flows and lack of rain. With water levels at less than half their normal volume, we are fortunate that temperatures have … more
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