Delaware River Report / Conditions September 7, 2020

Today will be sunny again with a few clouds.  We’ll be close to 80 degrees with 7 mph wind from the South. Nymphing and wet flies will be your best bet during the day.  Since we’ll have the sunshine and warm air hopefully we get some humidity to push the flying ants.  There was some dry fly action in some spots last evening.  Small olives, isonychias, and heptagenia are showing up.  White flies are out on some river sections offering some brief but decent opportunities towards dark.

Peter found one in the bright sun yesterday. Tim Glynn photo

We’re going to leave this up for a bit because it’s important.

The PA Fish and Boat Commissions Conservation Acquisition Partnership Program came up on a fishing forum yesterday and it sounds like a great idea that could use some promotion. It was created by the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission to solicit and accept donations to be used solely to obtain additional access to Pennsylvania’s water.

Click here to read about it here and consider making a donation

While you can’t earmark donations specifically for the Upper Delaware every bit of help the Commission gets benefits us.

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Slate Drake – #12-2xl – 12 – Isonychia bicolor
Light Cahill – #14 – stenocron sp.
Olive Sulphur – #18 -20 – Heptagenia hebe
Tiny Olive – #22 – 26 – Pseudocloeon sp.
Tan Caddis – #18 – 20 – Hydropsyche sp.
Dark Blue Wing Olives – #18 – 20 – E. deficiens, lata
Flying Ants # 16 – 20

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