I hit the creek at dawn and had a blast hooking several fish including a really big fish. It took me forever to land him. He drifted downstream after I released him and a guy below me foul hooked him and it took him forever to get it in as well.
One fish I hooked had one of my flies in his mouth. I know it was mine because it was a sage conehead, and only my friends fish these along with me. Besides I lost one last week and it had to be the same fish. It was actually downstream from my usual spot where the majority of my fish were hooked.
For as bad as the fishing (catching) on 16 was, the Ny streams were loaded with fish….and not fisherman.