Fly Fishing Float Trips on the Upper Delaware River.

Upper Delaware River Float Trips Fly Fishing for Wild Trout.
Upper Delaware River fly fishing float trips for wild trout.

Upper Delaware River Float Trips

What section of the Delaware
River will we float?

   Flow, water temperature, weather and time of the year all determine how different sections of the river fish at any given time. These conditions change through out the season. What section we'll float on any given day will be determined by these factors.

upper Delaware River fly fishing float trips
Delaware River float trips
on the main stem.

License Required
By Stream Section

   A New York State fishing license to fly fish;

   The entire East Branch.

   The West Branch anywhere upstream of the Monument Pool.

   A Pennsylvainia or New York State fishing license to fly fish;

   The West Branch from the Monument Pool downstream, including the main stem.

Delaware River brown trout
A large West Branch brown trout.

What weight fly rod will I need?

   A rod that you are comfortable fishing with would be my suggestion. Keep in mind though this is big water. While fishing a 3 or 4 weight rod is nice you may not have the power that you might need to reach rising fish. One day you can get close to the fish, but the next day they can be spooky and you will have to make a considerably longer cast. The wind can also be a factor on any given day. Bringing along a 5 or 6 weight rod will make these situtations much easier to deal with.


West Branch float trips.
West Branch float trips.


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Floating the Upper Delaware River.
Rainbow trout on the delaware river.
Upper Delaware River fly fishing float trips with Jerry Hadden.
Upper Delaware River Float Trips

Jerry Hadden's
Guide Service
607-221-4282


Upper Delaware River float trips, fly fishing for wild trout!

Fly Fishing Float Trips
on The Upper Delaware River.

   Delaware River float trips for wild brown and rainbow trout, with professional fly fishing guide Jerry Hadden.

   Licensed by New York State DEC, the National Park Service and the Pennsylvainia Fish commission.

   Jerry Hadden New York State Licensed Guide #2185, Pennsylvainia Guide Permit #294, National Park Service #30.

Delaware River Float Trips.
Per Day

$350.00 One Person
$400.00 Two Person

What I Supply

   Your lunch and the flies that you will need for the day.

Delaware River rainbow trout
A large Delaware River rainbow trout.

What You Will Need To Bring.

   You will need to bring fly rod, chest waders, reel, line, leaders and tippet material. A New York or Pennsylvainia State fishing license.

   Remember to dress for the weather. Bring warm clothing, it's always colder on the water.

   A rain coat, never go fishing without one! If you don't bring one it will rain and that's not much fun!

Delaware River brown trout
A large Delaware River brown trout.


What tippet and leader sizes
will I need to bring?

   For dry fly and nymph fishing you will need 5, 6 and maybe 7X.

   Streamer fishing requires heavier tippet, 3 to 1x.