Delaware River Report / Conditions May 26, 2018

Yesterday was bright, sunny, and hot.  And not a bad fishing day.  There were caddis early, some mayflies in the late afternoon, and a decent spinner fall in the evening.  Hendricksons are still out there plus March Browns, Gray Fox, and tiny olives.  Apple Caddis are on the colder sections of river plus we’re seeing some charcoal caddis #16 and some tan caddis #18.  Rusty Spinners in #14 should cover most of your evening fishing.  Today the air temperature will be lower staying in the mid 60’s.  Winds should be under 10 mph from the North.  We should see a few clouds move in early the afternoon and increase toward evening.  If Wunderground is correct we shouldn’t have any rain over the weekend.  The Beaverkill and Upper East Branch flows look great for wading this morning.  The West Branch is running 1,270 and falling at Hale Eddy.  The release from Cannonsville will be 733 cfs today.  The spill is 96 cfs.

Tim Glynn – photo by Samantha Dennis

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/

Hatching:
Hendrickson  #12 – 16 –  E. subvaria
March Brown #10-2xl – Maccaffertium vicarium
Gray Fox #12-2xl –  Maccaffertium vicarium (formerly S. fuscum)
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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