Esopus Creek landmark:  Hurricane Irene destroyed this old Ulster and Delaware landmark, a railroad bridge where often Onteora high schoolers would jump from into the chilly waters below, every spring.  Plus many a wild rainbow trout were caught within its shadows by lucky Esopus Creek anglers.

Trestle, Esopus Creek (DtC):

Trout Unlimited donations:  Below are two recent watercolor donations to the Ashokan-Pepacton Watershed Chapter of Trout Unlimited, and their 31st Annual Conservation Dinner in April 2019.

The first is of autumn on Chimney Hole, the mouth of New York City's Ashokan Reservoir and part of the Esopus Creek, where in 1923 T.E. Spencer of Shokan caught a 19 lb., 14 oz. brown that was the NYS record for many years.

Chimney Hole, Esopus Creek II (DtC)

For a fly fisher, there's no reel quite like a Hardy fly reel and no Catskill trout like a wild brook trout--- Salvelinus fontinalis.

Hardy and brook trout II (DtC)