Happy Mother’s Day!
What a blue-bird day we had here yesterday – bright sun, warm temps, and very little breeze. While all that sun does not typically make for good dry fly fishing, the bugs were still showing themselves sporadically throughout the day, and even hatching in great numbers in a few select locations, right in the middle of the day. The evening was one of those you always hope for here on the Delaware – good hatches of sulphurs, Cornutas, as well as spinners, caddis, and even stoneflies in the air depending on where you were fishing. If you were patient and ready, it was a banner night! Today we are expecting similar conditions, but with the addition of some clouds, as well as passing shower or two in the afternoon. With no large swing in the barometric pressure, today should fish fairly well if the clouds do materialize as predicted!
Great self-shot of a West Branch PIG caught in the sun yesterday by good friend of the shop Dave Crescenzi. Photo by: Dave Crescenzi
Hatches:
Ephemerella subvaria – Hendricksons – #16 – West Branch Only
Stenonema vicarium – March Browns – #10-2xl
Ephemerella dorthea – Sulphurs – #16
Ephemerella invaria – Large Sulphurs / Light Cahills – #14
Dark Brachycentrus Caddis – Charcoal – #16 & #18
Baetis species – #18 & #20
| FLOWS AS OF 8:00 AM: | |
| West Branch at Stilesville, NY | 142 cfs @ 45º |
| West Branch at Hale Eddy,NY | 435 cfs @ 54º |
| East Branch at Harvard,NY | 322 cfs @ 52º |
| East Branch at Fish’s Eddy,NY | 1,340 cfs @ 54º |
| Mainstem at Lordville,NY | 2,480 cfs @ 57º |
| Beaverkill at Cooks Falls,NY | 740 cfs @ N/A |
| Cannonsville Reservoir Level &Release | 95.1% – 150 CFS release |
