Delaware River Report / Conditions May 31, 2012

Sorry for the delay, early morning shuttles!

Not too bad out there yesterday. Although sunny and hot at times, the clouds came in and out, giving time for good hatches of dortheas, cornutas, and isos, depending on where you were fishing. A mid-day storm shut everything down for a little bit, but broke the heat, and cooled everything down substantially. This created that low-level fog that all those who fish the Delaware are familiar with. This time, the sulphurs continued to hatch, and the fish were up and feeding until just into dark, when everything went quiet. Many of our guides found good pods of rising fish, and were happily ‘stuck’ for good portions of the day, as the fish were more than a bit persnickety (G-rated term in place of the more common one everyone else used). Today, we have cooler temps and more clouds in the forecast, so a repeat of last evening should play out, hopefully extended to the daytime hours as well. * UPDATE* – Forecast now calling for mostly sunny. I hate these guys……

Every now and then the boss needs to prove he does get out, and can still show the interns how it's done. Photo by: Aaron Darr

Hatches:

Stenonema vicarium – March Browns – #10-2xl

Stenonema fuscum – Grey Fox – #12-2xl

Isonychia bicolor – Isos – #12-2XL and BIGGER!

Ephemerella dorthea – Sulphurs – #16

Ephemerella invaria – Large Sulphurs / Light Cahills – #14

Ephemerella cornuta – Light BWO – #14 (sporadic)

Ephemera guttulata – Green Drake – #8-2xl

Baetis species – #18 & #20