Delaware River Report / Conditions August 25, 2019

We’re at 57 degrees this morning with good cloud cover and a light sprinkle of rain.  The sun will break through in the afternoon with the air temp only reaching the low 70’s.  Wind will be from the East at 5 – 10 mph.  Not a bad sounding day to be on the water.  Reports varied yesterday but overall the people nymphing seemed to do well.  Olives are out with a few sulphurs and isonychias mixed in.  Caddis and cahills are showing in some river sections too.  Tricos have been around but they’re hit and miss pool to pool.  The release from Cannonsville has been dropped slightly but is still at a decent level for floating and wading.

We’re coming off another cool night and river temps are starting off a few degrees lower than what we’ve seen for a while.  Any bright sun days have the potential to drive those temps back up in the low water so right now we’re still giving the warm water areas a break even if they drop to acceptable temps.  Despite the cool nights water temps peaked at 68 degrees at Fishs Eddy on the East Branch, 69 degrees on the Beaverkill at Cooks Falls, and the Mainstem at Lordville peaked at 66 degrees yesterday.  Give the fish a break in those areas and fish colder water.

Hatching:
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Sulphur  – #18 – 20 – E. dorothea
Slate Drake – #12 – 14 – Isonychia bicolor
Tan Caddis – #16 – 18 – Hydropsyche sp.
Dark Blue Wing Olives  – #16 – 20 – E. lata, deficiens
Tiny Blue Winged Olives – #22 – 26- Pseudo sp.
Trico – #22 – 26 – Tricorythodes sp.
Golden Drake – #10-2xl – Potamanthus sp.
Great Brown Stonefly – #6-2xl – 10-2xl – Pene capita
Little Tan Sedge – #16 – 18 – Glossosoma sp.
Yellow Sally – #14 – Isoperla sp.

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