Catskill Rivers:  Catskill rivers have long inspired artists, anglers, and woodsmen entrepreneurs alike, lest we not forget the thirsty needs of New York City residents.  The locales of both watercolors below are found upriver of two New York City Catskill reservoirs.  One is a stream with many names, included in Richard Lionel De Lisser’s Picturesque Ulster as Cascade Brook.  While an image of the second graces the cover of Ed van Put’s celebrated masterpiece Trout Fishing in the Catskills, and was home to such legendary anglers as Theodore Gordon and Edward R. Hewitt.

Upper falls, Cascade Brook:

West Branch Neversink: