Delaware River Report / Conditions May 20, 2015

We are back in a cold snap.  Air temps at night are back in the 40’s with daytime temps in the 50’s and 60’s.  The system should cool down over the next few days and if we’re lucky by the weekend we’ll get some directed releases from Cannonsville for the Montague flow target.  Lordville was 65 degrees at 6:30 this morning but was still dropping.  The West Branch under the 191 Bridge in Hancock was 59 degrees this morning and also dropping.  Lordville hit 70 degrees yesterday afternoon.  Keep an eye on the temps if you fish but with the cooler air temps and morning cloud cover it shouldn’t climb as fast today.
We are still seeing a lot for different bus on the water so we’re sticking with the term bug soup.  There are even some blue quills still hanging around.  The key to this season seems to be patience.  The water and air temps have the hatches coming off at odd times and we’ve seen a lot of morning and mid-day spinner falls.  If all else fails throw a rusty spinner.  Nymphing is still productive in the riffles with smaller flies.  The winds are going to up today so you’ll find more risers in protected areas.
Cannonsville is 96.3% capacity.  Most of the rain over the last few days seemed to hit west of us so the inflow at Walton is 176 cfs.

Richard Franklin sent us this shot from the weekend

Hatching:
Tiny Blue Wing Olives #22-26 – Pseudo sp. (now classified as Acentrella sp.)
March Brown #10-2xl – S. vicarium (now classified as Maccaffertioum vicarium)
Gray Fox #12-2xl – S. fuscum (now also classified as Maccaffertioum vicarium)
Hendrickson #16 – E. X species
Tan Caddis #16-18 – Hydrosyche sp.
Apple Caddis #16-18 – Light Brachycentrus sp.
Hendrickson – #14 – E. subvaria (male)
Hendrickson – #12 – E. subvaria (female)
Blue Winged Olives #16 – 18 – Baetis vagans
Little Black Caddis #18 – 20 – Dark Chimarra sp.