Delaware River Report / Conditions August 17, 2015

Despite the air temperatures reaching the low 90’s with bright sun the West Branch continues to be in great shape with a water temp of 56 degrees under the 191 Bridge in Hancock this morning.  The lower East Branch and Upper Mainstem will be too warm to fish again today.  Lordville is starting off at 68 degrees and the lower East Branch at Fish’s Eddy is a low 273 cfs and is already 70 degrees this morning.  The hatches are fairly predictable now with the sulphurs coming off earlier upstream in the colder water and olives and cahills coming off later in the day on the downstream sections.  We have seen some flying ants but we haven’t seen large numbers of them on the water yet.   We’ve had a number of small isolated thunderstorm pop up due to the heat.  Bring a raincoat just in case.

Note:  There are a lot of green weeds floating on the upper West Branch so check your fly often

Rich with his first fish ever on a fly rod. Photo by Samantha Dennis

Hatching:
Slate Drake #12-2xl  – 12 – Isonychia bicolor
Sulphur #18-20 – E. dorothea
Light Cahills #14 – various steno species (invaria, etc)
Golden Drake #12-2xl – Potomanthus distinctus
PED / Pink Lady #14 – E. vitreus
Large Blue Winged Olive #14 – D. cornuta
Tiny Blue Wing Olives #22-26 – Pseudo sp. (now classified as Acentrella sp.)
Charcoal Caddis #14 -16 – dark Brachycentrus sp.
Tan Caddis #16-18 – Hydrosyche sp.
Blue Winged Olives #16 – 18 – Baetis vagans

Flows and Temps as of 8:00 AM:
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