Delaware River Report / Conditions August 19, 2016

Yesterday afternoon we got hit by a few storms, but didn’t receive enough rain to have an affect on the system. Today’s forecast is calling for partly sunny skies with light winds, 5 – 10 mph. The West Branch remains in good shape for both wading and drifting. The lower East Branch and Mainstem are already starting out warm today with Lordville at 68 degrees and Fish’s Eddy at 67 degrees, look elsewhere for trout. Hatches have been a mix of Sulphurs, Olives, Cahills and Golden Drakes, with the best dry fly action being from the Cannonsville Reservoir down to Hale Eddy. Nymphing and blind casting dry flies have been effective in the mornings and afternoons prior to the hatches.

Hatching:
Slate Drake – 12-2xl- Isonychia bicolor
Sulphur – #16-20 – E dorothea
Light Cahill – #14 – 16 – S. ithaca & canadense
Golden Drake – #12-2xl – Potomanthus
Trico – 22 – 26 – Tricorythodes sp.
Tiny Blue Winged Olive – #22 – 26 – Psuedocloeon spp.
Blue Winged Olive – #18 – 20 – E. lata
Light Blue Winged Olive – #16 – 20 E. attenuatta
Tan Caddis – #16 – 20 – Hydropsyche spp.
Dark Brachycentrus sp. – #14 – 18 – Dark Grannom
Little Black Caddis #18 – 20 – Chimarra sp.
Blue Winged Olives #16 – 18 – Baetis vagans (updated name: Baetis tricaudatus)