Delaware River Report / Conditions August 12, 2016

We were hit with a few storms yesterday afternoon and overnight but overall the rivers are in good shape this morning.  The West Branch has some color this morning but it is fihable and should clear quickly today unless we get more storms.  The West is still at a great level for floating and wading with a flow of 627 at Hale Eddy.  The flow is dropping but should level out mid day.  We may get some additional precipitation mid- day but a lot of the storms have been missing us.  60% chance so it could go either way. The East side of the drainage and the Mainstem both look clear but the warm nights are keeping the temperatures too hot to fish for trout.  The East Branch is fishable above Harvard.

Hatching:
Slate Drake – 12-2xl- Isonychia bicolor
Sulphur – #16-20 – E dorothea
Light Cahill – #14 – 16 – S. ithaca & canadense
Golden Drake – #12-2xl – Potomanthus
Trico – 22 – 26 – Tricorythodes sp.
Tiny Blue Winged Olive – #22 – 26 – Psuedocloeon spp.
Blue Winged Olive – #18 – 20 – E. lata
Light Blue Winged Olive – #16 – 20 E. attenuatta
Tan Caddis – #16 – 20 – Hydropsyche spp.
Dark Brachycentrus sp. – #14 – 18 – Dark Grannom
Little Black Caddis #18 – 20 – Chimarra sp.
Blue Winged Olives #16 – 18 – Baetis vagans (updated name: Baetis tricaudatus)