Delaware River Report / Conditions April 26, 2016

Yesterday ended up being very interesting. Add a little cloud cover and all of a sudden you end up with a big Hendrickson hatch, Blue Quills, Olives, caddis, mid-day Hendrickson spinners, and Little Black and Brown Stoneflies all at the same time. Then throw in a really good flush of Quill Gordons just to keep it interesting.  Bugs were out in big numbers on some river sections.  There are a few March Browns beginning to show on the lower sections too.  The fish were up and happy.  Accuweather definitely called the wind wrong and we had some unpleasant gusts for a while.  The fish got shy during the periods of sun and wind but there wasn’t much to complain about yesterday.
We woke up to a steady rain this morning.  Not heavy but nice to see for a change.  If Accuweather gets it right today we should end up with a little over 1/4″ of precipitation with winds 6 to 9 mph out of the West.

Rose with a nice one on a Hendrickson. Photo by Steve Shen

Hatching:
Hendrickson- #12 – 14 – E. subvaria – Definitely Spinners – duns are waning on some sections still strong on others
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 – almost gone – you’ll still find a few here and there
Tiny Black Stoneflies #18 – Capniidae sp. – Waning
Early Black and Brown Stoneflies #14 – 16 – Taenopteryx & Strophopteryx spp. – Waning