Delaware River Report / Conditions August 26, 2019

We’re in the 40’s this morning and it feels a bit like Fall.  We’ll have sunshine an hit the low 70’s so it will be a lot like yesterday.  If you see tricos this morning be patient.  They can fall later towards noon sometimes on these cold mornings.  We’re still finding some small sulphurs but we’ve been fishing more olives over the last few days.  Iosnychias, cahills, and some caddis are showing up too.  Nymphing is a good bet mid morning on the lower West Branch.

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 70 degrees at Fishs Eddy on the East Branch and over 70 degrees on the Beaverkill at Cooks Falls.   Give the fish a break in those areas and fish colder water.

Dan with a nice fish yesterday. Bruce Miller photo

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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