Delaware River Report / Conditions August 27, 2019

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We had some sun yesterday with clouds moving in towards the evening.  It took the olives a while to get going where we were but there were good numbers of them at dark.  A few isonychias and caddis were mixed in too.  There are still a lot of small fish in the system so be patient and watch the rises to pick out larger fish.  We should see more clouds in the evening today with the air temp staying in the low 70’s.  Wind will be 5 – 10 from the South.  There are a lot of weeds in the long slow pools but they filter out.  If you want to nymph or swing wets you can usually move down below the tailouts and make it happen.  We have rain in the forecast tomorrow but the amount predicted has been reduced to a little over 1/4″.

Bob Lewis with a good fish after dark

Despite the cool nights water temps peaked over 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.

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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