pulaski part 3 november 2009

Well what can I say about this final trip for me this year to Pulaski NY. When i left phila to head north i was expecting to have some fun and fish, but this trip turned into one of my most memorable adventures of the year. I like the drive its just far and well worth it this time. I hit the river with Jeff and looked forward to the mild Pulaski weather and the water levels being prime for indicator fishing for steelhead. Like many other outings to Pulaski in steelhead season douglaston is always a great place to start, according to whitakers there was fresh fish coming in daily. Well after being socked for $30 bucks for my day pass we headed down to the Joss Hole. This spot is truely one of my favorites on the river and always is a challenge. We had the hole basically to ourselves and fished it pretty hard. I managed to land six domestic rainbows and after no major hook ups decided to eat and check out Altmar. When we got to the Altmar bridge we had it pretty much to ourselves and the managed to hook up over 25 time with steelhead and brownies in about 3 hours. The fishing was on world class and the fish were falling pry to the dead drift of nymphs ranging from the bead head and the czech mate nymphs . The amount of quality fish in the river was amazing with a mix of fresh and heavily colored fish present. My Buddie Jeff hooked two decent size brownies best being close to 8 lbs and a few steelies mixed in. My day ended with with me landing 6 trout down in the Joss Hole, 5 or 6 landed steelhead and 2 brown trout and a total of about 15 solid hook ups. The next day was pretty much the same we headed for the lower fly stretch and managed to be the only two there at first light and with in the hour managed to hook up pretty consistently with steelhead and brownies once again. after about 25-30 combined hook up and at least 10 more fish landed we called it quited and head down below the bridge and and Jeff hooked into a decent fish right on the other side of the Altmar bridge. We headed down to the unemployment line i manage one more hook up with a real nice steelhead but lost him on a head shake and a run done stream, jeff hooked up one last time too and it was time to head back to Phila. What a great trip this river is a great place to fish one the condition are prime and we hit it right in the middle of prime steelhead adventures.