Delaware River Report / Conditions May 24, 2015

The combination of low water and bright sun made the fish shy yesterday.  We had the same mix of mayflies hatching with green drakes, march browns, sulphurs, gray fox and cahills coming off.  There were also a few decent flushes of small olives and isonychias mid day on some river sections.  Accuweather also missed the wind forecast and we definitely had gusts stronger than the 8 mph originally called for yesterday.  We should see a coffin fly spinner fall soon so definitely carry those with you if you are fishing until dark.
Today is the beginning of a warm up with air temperatures forecasted in the high 70’s.  If Accuweather is correct today the winds should be low with gusts to 8 mph.  The rivers are still cool this morning after the cold night.  We should have some clouds moving in this evening with some light rain overnight.  Hopefully the weather moves in a little early and gives us some cloud cover this afternoon.

A Green Drake feeling artsy. Photo by Jared Makowski

Hatching:
Slate Drake #12-2xl – Isonychia bicolor
Sulphur #16-18 – E. dorothea
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.
Blue Winged Olives #16 – 18 – Baetis vagans
Little Black Caddis #18 – 20 – Dark Chimarra sp.

Flows and Temps as of 8:00 AM:
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