One Bug

One Bug 2024 Awards Banquet Tickets!

The 2024 One Bug Awards Banquet will be on Saturday April 27 at the River Run Restaurant (West Branch Angler). Passed appetizers and cash bar will start at 8pm, dinner at 8:45, followed by the awards banquet. Banquet tickets are $125 - get your ticket below!

2024 One Bug Fishing Dates - SOLD OUT!

Friday April 26 & Saturday April 27!

Included with the fishing registration:

  • Thursday night welcome dinner with all One Bug anglers and guides at a private residence on the Main Stem of the Delaware

  • Two days of drift boat fishing with a licensed Upper Delaware River guide

  • Back by popular demand, fish in the same boat with your partner!

  • Breakfast, lunch, and dinner provided on Friday and Saturday

  • One Bug Merchandise

  • Awards banquet on Saturday evening

  • Partial tax-deductible donation

  • Lots of fun hanging out in the best place on earth!

FUDR 2023 Recap: One Bug is back in Full Swing!


There’s an often-heard sentiment about how Upper Delaware River fly anglers face some of the most challenging conditions in the country and if you can do it here, you can do it anywhere. It’s like how learning to ski the tough conditions of the east makes things a little easier when you travel out west. 

The 2023 FUDR One Bug once again fortified that notion. 

While the river was in great shape and the bugs were coming with increasing steadiness, some classic One Bug weather arrived just in time for the weekend. Cold, rainy, windy conditions greeted our anglers, and I was reminded how Christine Larocca, a longtime FUDR Board member once characterized the snotty One Bug weather we often endure as a “badge of honor” for our organization and our participating anglers. I couldn’t agree more, yet I’ve been here long enough to know that, despite the adversity Mother Nature conjured up last Friday and Saturday, there were going to be plenty of fish caught. And so, it was. More on that in just a second. 

As always, there are too many “thank you’s” and expressions of appreciation to mention, but a few stand out. Thanks to FUDR’s Sherri Resti Thomas, the Grande Dame of the One Bug, and her stalwart comrade Richelle Dufton for making sure the event unfolded seamlessly and everybody had a great time. The behind-the-scenes details of the One Bug are numerous and demanding and Sherri and Shell pulled it off with style and grace. Thank you both so much! 

We also want to thank our event sponsors - West Branch Angler, Dream Catcher Lodge, Orvis, Patagonia,  Simms, Tailwater Lodge, Coalition for the Delaware River Watershed, Patagonia, Trout Unlimited, Hancock Liquor Store, Roscoe Brewery, Beaver Mountain Log and Cedar Homes, Veira & Associates, CPAs, P.C., and the National Parks Conservation Association - and our local hosts – West Branch Angler, Hancock House Hotel, Circle E Diner, The Chestnut, Butterfields Cafe, and the Pheasant Tail Tavern.  Our event is growing every year and we are so grateful to have these organizations and businesses joining us on this exciting journey! 

Another special feature of the 2023 One Bug is the inclusion of a team composed of our FUDR/Canfield fly fishing camp for kids aged 12-17. Matt Ertzinger did a great job guiding Doug & Dylan Canfield and Caleb Schenck & Zane Pershaud and we appreciate his efforts. Doug’s support for the summer camp is integral to its success and we couldn’t do it without him! 

Ok, back to fishing. Congratulations to our first-time winner in the individual category John Fedorka! I was on the same beat as John and his Dad on Day 1 and watched him land several great fish. John is an impressive caster and a savvy angler, and it was great to see him in first place this year! 

The formidable team of Craig Bouslough and JC Clark (aka “Gone Rogue”) took the Top Team honors again this year.  Craig and JC are a familiar sight at the top of the One Bug leaderboard each year and are among the most skillful anglers on the river. Great job guys! 

Luc Genovesi won our Top Guide honors this year! In addition to his outstanding skills as a UDR guide, Luc is well known for his strong conservation ethic, easy going rapport with his clients, and widespread popularity among the UDR angling community. 

Dr. Peter Kolesar, a longtime UDR conservation hero, took home the “Big Fish” award and here’s a shot of a very happy Peter with his 22 inch Brown Trout caught on an Apple Caddis……. Fantastic fish, Peter, we are very happy for you! 

Each year we present one of our guides with the “Squirrel Award” for the most heroic rescue of an imperiled fly.  Thanks to the colorful storytelling of Vinny Cimino, this year's Squirrel award goes to John Winkler aka “the fly whisperer”. 

Thanks to everybody for never losing sight that the foundational spirit of the One Bug is firmly lodged in camaraderie, friendly competition, and most of all, care and concern for the river we all love. The FUDR staff and Board of Directors is proud to host the event, relies on the resources it generates to help us advance our river conservation objectives, and treasures the moments we get to spend with all of you. Thank you so much! 

Here’s a link to the 2023 One Bug final standings. 

FINAL_One Bug 2023 Score Sheet

Thanks to everybody who participated, and we hope to see all of you next year!