Delaware River Report / Conditions August 15, 2018

There is no rain in the forecast today.  We should see 83 degrees, sunshine, and winds from the north around 10 mph.  The rivers were rising yesterday from runoff and the lower West seemed to get more off color as the day went on.  Streamer fishing was your best option by late afternoon.  The sulphurs and isonychias are still hatching on the upper West Branch.  The West Branch at Hale Eddy flow is just beginning to drop this morning.

If you want to fish dry files stay above Oquaga Creek on the upper West Branch.  Streamer fishing below that although you may get lucky and find some rising fish so bring a dry fly rod too.  Avoid fishing the East Branch.  The spill from Pepacton Dam is coming over hot and it is 70 degrees at Harvard this morning.  Fishs Eddy is 67 degrees this morning.

We have not smelled any diesel out front in days and people are fishing the West.  The combination of high water and rain sent most of it down river quickly and diluted it.

Hatching:
Sulphur – #16 -20 – E. dorothea
Light Cahill – #14 – 16 – S. ithaca & canadense
Isonychia – #12-2xl – 12 – Isonychia bicolor
Light Blue Winged Olives – #16 – 20 – E. attenuata
Dark Blue Winged Olives – #18 – 22 – E. lata
Tiny Blue Wing Olives #20 – 26 – Psuedo sp.
Tricos – #22 – 24 – Tricorythodes
Green Caddis – #16 – Ryacophila sp.
Tan Caddis #14 – 16 – Hydropsyche sp.

There is construction on Winterdale Road. A short stretch is closed near the Methodist Camp between us and Hancock. We have detours listed on our website here:  https://thedelawareriverclub.com/welcome-to-the-drc/getting-here/

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