Delaware River Report / Conditions August 31, 2018

It’s the last day of August and the West Branch at the 191 Bridge is 51 degrees this morning.  The air temp dropped and we should peak around 70 degrees today.  Winds will gust around 10 mph from the South and we should see some evening rain totaling 1/10″.  We have decent cloud cover all ready this morning.  We’ve seen good olives over the last days and today certainly looks good for them.  Isonychias have worked well both on rising fish and blind casting.  There are a lot of different Stenocrons out there that can be imitated well with a #14 light cahill pattern.  We’ve come across a lot of fish eating emergers so swinging wets could work really well right now too.  The rest of the weekend looks like a mix of clouds and sun.  Most of the water temps look great throughout the system but the Beaverkill at Cooks Falls peaked at 72 degrees yesterday.  Stick to the other rivers for a while until that one cools down.

A lot of Isos ended up on the drying patch this week

Hatching:
Light Cahill – #14 – 16 – Steno spp.
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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