Five Arch Bridge:  The Five Arch Bridge has served the local community for over one hundred years, and it has long been an Esopus Creek angling icon.  In The Well-Tempered Angler the late Arnold Gingrich recalls many stories about rainbow trout the size of salmon grilse, falling into an icy November river and breaking a new cane rod, all in the shadows of this historic landmark.

Plans are underway to replace this old bridge, often blamed for flooding in the local hamlet, with a new modern structure sometime by the year 2022.  Anglers will miss this piscatorial Esopus symbol, but it will never be forgotten.

Five Arch Bridge, Boiceville, NY, 11x14 (DtC):