Book Review: Fly Fishing Guide to the Upper Delaware River by Paul Weamer

From the book jacket

The trout that inhabit the upper Delaware River are large, wild and highly selective, with fighting skills so legendary that many well-traveled anglers consider them to be among the most athletic in the world.

I just got my hands on Paul Weamer’s Fly Fishing Guide to the Upper Delaware River – and it’s a sweet book. It’s the best book on fishing a single river system that I have ever seen. And I’d say it ranks very high as one of the best fly-fishing guide books out there.

The book features chapters on each of the branches; The East, The West and the Upper Main Stem. These chapters present the best Floats (including times and distances), Access points (with Maps and GPS coordinates), fishabilty based on the water flows, and great pictures and descriptions of all the various sections. This is very thorough and usable information – this is not a coffee table book.

Also included are chapters on:The fish and how to catch them (with Delaware specific fly patterns);The Hatches (covering all seasons and including color pictures of the bugs).

The Appendices provide the balance of what you’ll need to plan your trip such as:Lodging, camping, restaurants, fly shops etc.

In short, if you’ve been pondering a trip to the Delaware for some of the East’s best trout fishing, you should get this book. I’ve never fished the Delaware, but after seeing this book I’m ready to go and I feel confident that I’ll be well prepared.