Delaware River Report / Conditions May 23, 2018

It rained again.  The rivers came up and were off color.  The bugs hatched.  People who suffered through the early part of the day and waited for the rain to stop found rising fish.  It was a day you had to take advantage of all your opportunities but it was great just having those opportunities.  Olives, hendricksons, plus a few blue quills are still showing on the West Branch.  Today we will be back around 70 degrees with morning clouds giving way to afternoon sun.  The sunshine should bring the caddis back out of the trees.  Apple greens and tan caddis have been our go to patterns for the last few days.  We may have had a bit more rain late but it looks like the Beaverkill and East Branch flows have peaked and are beginning to hook down.  The West Branch at Hale Eddy is beginning to drop.  We have some color in the water this morning but that should begin to clear by the afternoon.

There is construction on Winterdale Road.  A short stretch is closed near the Methodist Camp.  We have detours listed on our website here:  https://thedelawareriverclub.com/welcome-to-the-drc/getting-here/

Reggie stuck it out in the rain. Photo by Steve Shen

Hatching:
Hendrickson  #12 – 14 –  E. subvaria
March Brown #10-2xl – Maccaffertium vicarium
Blue Quills #16 – 18 – Paraleptophlebia adoptiva
Blue Wing Olives #16 – 18 – Baetis vagans
Tiny Blue Wing Olives #20 – 26 – Psuedo sp.
Little Black Caddis #18 – 20 – Chimarra sp.
Dark Grannom – #14 – 18 – Dark Brachycentrus sp.
Apple Caddis – #16 – 18 – Light Brachycentrus sp.

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