Delaware River Report / Conditions June 7, 2018

Overall yesterday was a good day on the river.  We had decent clouds, cool weather, and no rain.  There were enough March Browns, Gray Fox, Cahills, and Caddis to get some fish looking up during the day.   Blind casting march Browns is still paying off.  There were olives on the water in the  afternoon but the fish were happy with cahills and caddis.  Some rivers had decent Coffin Fly spinner falls at dark while others seemed to shut down early.  Today will be warmer with a little more sun.  That should bring the caddis out earlier offering some opportunities.  Nymphing and swinging wets should work well today as the insects get active before they hatch.  The cool weather has kept the rivers in great shape.  We have decent water levels all through the system.

Just like we figured Wunderground has downgraded the rain forecast for the weekend.  It now looks like we’ll have great weather with only .08″ of rain Saturday night.

Jim put a good one in the net yesterday

Hatching:
Sulphur – #16 – E. dorothea
Green Drake – #8-2xl – E. guttalata
March Brown #10-2xl – Maccaffertium vicarium
Gray Fox #12-2xl –  Maccaffertium vicarium (formerly S. fuscum)
Light Cahill – #14 – 16 – S. ithaca & canadense
PED / Pink Lady – #14 – Eperorus vitreus
Isonychia – #12-2xl – 12 – Isonychia bicolor
Blue Wing Olives #16 – 18 – Baetis vagans
Tiny Blue Wing Olives #20 – 26 – Psuedo sp.
Little Black Caddis #18 – 20 – Chimarra sp.
Spotted Sedge #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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