Delaware River Report / Conditions September 4, 2015

And we’re up!  This morning the release from Cannonsville Reservoir has been increased to 675 cfs.  That still not a bad level for wading and floating.  The hatches remain the same with olives, sulphurs, cahills, and a few isonychias.  We are still seeing a few decent flushes of sulphurs but the olives have been more consistent.  We’ll continue to see flying ants as long as this hot, humid weather holds on.  The West Branch is still the river to fish.  There has been a little action on the upper East Branch but that river needs more water right now.  The lower East and the Mainstem are still peaking over 70 degrees by mid afternoon so we are staying off those two.  Accuweather is calling for partial sun with a thunderstorm or two moving through the area during the day.  The predicted precipitation and winds are negligible. Air temperatures will be in the low 80’s.

and we’re up again

Hatching:
Slate Drake #12 – Isonychia bicolor
Sulphur #18-20 – E. dorothea
Tricos #22 – 26 – Tricorythodes sp.
Light Cahills #14 – various steno species (invaria, etc)
Tiny Blue Wing Olives #22-26 – Pseudo sp. (now classified as Acentrella sp.)
Charcoal Caddis #14 -16 – dark Brachycentrus sp.
Tan Caddis #16-18 – Hydrosyche sp.
Blue Winged Olives #16 – 18 – Baetis sp.
Flying ants #16-24