Delaware River Report / Conditions April 18, 2016

If anyone found a rods and reels left at the Long Eddy Boat Ramp this week please send us an email at flyfish@thedelawareriverclub.com

Don’t leave any of your Spring fly boxes behind.  We are seeing a lot of different bugs on the water and some of the fish are beginning to get selective.  Hendricksons, Blue Quills, Blue Winged Olives, Little Black Caddis, Apple Caddis, Dark Grannoms, Quill Gordons,and even Early Black and Brown Stoneflies are on the menu.  We even seen on tan caddis out there already.  We’re in for another warm day with bright sunshine today- maybe a shower overnight but the air temperature shouldn’t drop too far.  Accuweather is calling for low winds today.  Nymphing before the hatches has been productive and don’t hesitate to swing wets in the riffles to imitate all of the Apple Caddis coming up through the water column.  The system is in great shape for wading and floating.

Samantha with a chunky brown on the Mainstem

Hatching:
Hendrickson- #12 – 14 – E. subvaria
Blue Quill #16 – 18 – Paraleptophlebia adoptiva
Dark Brachycentrus sp. – #14 – 18 – Dark Grannom
Light Brachycentrus sp. – #16 – 18 – Apple Caddis
Little Black Caddis #18 – 20 – Chimarra sp.
Blue Winged Olives #16 – 18 – Baetis vagans (updated name: Baetis tricaudatus)
Quill Gordons #14 – Epeorus pluralis
Tiny Black Stoneflies #18 – Capniidae sp.
Early Black and Brown Stoneflies #14 – 16 – Taenopteryx & Strophopteryx spp.