You know you’re in for an interesting day on the Delaware when you see green drakes, march browns, small hendricksons, and blue quill spinners all in the same afternoon. We had a slow start yesterday with strong winds and little action early. Even nymphing was tough early on in the day. Late afternoon gave us a decent daytime green drake hatch that made the fish happy. At times the drakes were hard to see because they were blown flush in the film by the wind gusts but the fish were able to find them. Compara emergers worked well as blown over cripples.
We are coming off another cold night so the water temperatures are in great shape this morning. The West Branch under the 191 Bridge is 52 degrees and the Mainstem at Lordville is 58 this morning. Today is shaping up well with a forecast of 61 degrees, little wind, and cloud cover.
Ray working in yesterdays wind. Photo by Steve Shen
Hatching:
Green Drake #8-2xl – E. guttulata
PED / Pink Lady #14 – E. vitreus
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.
| FLOWS AS OF 8:00 AM: | |
| West Branch at Stilesville, NY | 161 cfs @ 41º |
| West Branch at Hale Eddy, NY | 271 cfs @ 50º |
| East Branch at Harvard, NY | 151 cfs @ 50º |
| East Branch at Fish’s Eddy, NY | 521 cfs @ 53º |
| Mainstem at Lordville, NY | 1,030 cfs @ 58º |
| Beaverkill at Cooks Falls, NY | 213 cfs @ N/A |
