Delaware River Report / Conditions May 4, 2015

The warm weather and terribly low releases are keeping the water temps at at night so most of the system is starting off over 50 degrees this morning.  The West Branch is too low to float and is a wader’s paradise.  The East Branch and Mainstem are in decent shape for floating or wading today.  We saw a decent mix of hendricksons and blue quills yesterday with most of the action in the late afternoon.  The bright sun is making the fish a bit shy so look for shade, broken water, and deeper tailouts during the day.  They are a bit more comfortable in the evening when the sun begins to drop.  there has been some morning action on caddis and some left over blue quill spinners.  The West Branch under the 191 Bridge is 52 degrees this morning and peaked at 59 degrees yesterday afternoon.  This mornings release from Cannonsville under the FFMP Table 4A is an embarrassing 150 cfs until further notice.

Ben with his first Delaware River trout on a dry fly. Photo by Jared Makowski

Hatching:
Hendrickson – #14 – E. subvaria (male)
Hendrickson – #12 – E. subvaria (female)
Blue Quill – #16 – Paralep. adoptiva
Quill Gordon #14 – Epeorus pluralis
Blue Winged Olives #16 – 18 – Baetis vagans
Little Black Caddis #18 – 20 – Dark Chimarra sp.
Little Black Stoneflies #14 – 18 – Capnidae sp. and Taeniopteryx sp.