Troutfitter

04/01/2026

Angler 119's first post of the season!

Delaware River Fly Fishing Report from Angler 119 and The TroutFitter Fly Shop.

11/02/2025

Weird season, high water, low water, cold water, warm water just a rough one. Just want to say thank you to everyone who frequents our shops and the hotel. Always fun. I'd also like to apologize to those people I met in September and October. Not my best side. Hope everyone has a great winter! Looking forward to next season!

Anyone looking for a report this morning was neither realistic nor aware of the circumstances. There was a wind alert with gusts between 45 and 50mph, and I had both the phone and internet shut off at the Lordville Estate on the 31st, (the shut off happened at 11:30am). Was marked present by Jean at...

04/14/2025

A119's Delaware River Fishing Report.

Since purchasing the Lordville Estate back in '91, there have been a few years where I avoided a skunking, alas, this year isn't going to be one of them. Spent Saturday watching an all day drizzle with the red stuff in the thermometer unable to even get out of the thirties. Drove into town and got a...

03/30/2025

You know the show is about to start when Angler 119 makes his first post of the season.

Woke up this morning and checked the obituaries, didn't see my name so it appears that I've made it to 82. Jean and I are still down here in the Florida Keys where the process of "summer proofing" our house is nearing completion. Our current plan is to head north Tuesday with arrival in Lafayette sc...

02/24/2025

Due to unfortunate circumstances and Mother Nature, our Syracuse shop is temporarily closed. Unfortunately, we are currently experiencing a substantial issue with our roof.

Please check back here for updates as we hope to be open as soon as we are able. If you have any immediate needs or questions please use the link below to get in touch.

​The Troutfitter Fly Shop is located in Syracuse, New York. You can reach us by phone at (315) 446-2047 or by e-mail at [email protected].

03/21/2024

119's Back from his Winter interlude..... River might not quite be ready, but it will be cooking before ya know it. Looking forward to a great season.

It's Wednesday night, a fire is going in the fire place, an empty Perfect Manhattan glass is washed and back up on the shelf, 30 shrimp netted from Zane Gray Creek ((did you know that Zane Gray (famous fly fisherman and writer of westerns) was a dentist and that his office is now a museum that you c...

04/01/2023

Troutfitter's shop in Deposit is officially open for the season!

Keep an eye out for Angler 119's Fishing Reports.

At 2:30 Monday morning Jean and I backed out of the driveway down in the Florida Keys and headed home. Why such an early start? It's the only way to avoid the stop and go traffic in the Keys and the six lane wide (in each direction) commuter nightmare around Miami and Ft. Lauderdale. We passed one t...

08/19/2022

Angler 119's Delaware River Fishing Report 8/19/22

As everyone who fishes the Delaware (or any other stream for that matter) knows, things change. Yesterday I tried to follow a trail into the river that a Troutfitter regular opened up with pruning shears in early May. The last time I fished there ( probably ten years ago) you could just walk down to...

08/03/2022

Angler 119's Delaware River Fishing Report, August 3, 2022.

Tuesday's gusty winds made presentation of a dry fly problematical. On some casts my fly was windsurfing past the bubbles on the water, on others it seemed to be moving upstream as the bubbles sped by it going downstream. The trout weren't bothered by the wind one bit and were happily feeding on all...

07/07/2022

Angler 119's Delaware River Fishing Report 7/7/22

Spent the morning tying smaller sulfurs and polishing off the Monday and Tuesday crosswords and Sudoku's (they are the easy ones). Had lunch and about 1:30 I drove up Lordville Road on my way to fish the afternoon sulfurs. About halfway up the hill there was a large rattlesnake dead in the road. It....

04/08/2020

Troutfitter Fly Shop and Inn – Deposit (607) 298-2149
The Inn and fly shop in Deposit are also closed until the shutdown is lifted. We have been busy refunding reservations that conflict with the shutdown dates. If you have a question regarding a reservation please give us a call and we will answer any questions or concerns you have.

If you find yourself in Deposit and need flies, leaders etc. stop by the shop and give me a call from your car and I will do my best to fulfill your order. There is absolutely no foot traffic allowed in the shop so please wait in your car.

We are of course concerned for everyone’s health and well being and are taking every precaution we can to ensure everyone stays healthy.

I will update this page as new information becomes available.

Thank you everyone for your continued business, it's appreciated more than you can imagine.