September 24, 2019

Delaware River Report / Conditions September 24, 2019

The release from Cannonsville has been dropped to 730 cfs.  We did have some rain overnight but it did little to the flows and mostly soaked into the ground.  We have some clouds hanging on this morning but more sun will break through by the afternoon.  The air temp will hit the high 60’s today.  Wind will be out of the North 10 – 15 mph.  The wind was a little stronger yesterday than they predicted but it seemed to drop in the evening.  Olives, isonychias, and heptagenia should cover most of your needs.  A few ants, caddis, and yellow sallies would be good to have too.  Nymphing or swinging wets have been good techniques to land some fish until the hatches start.  Match the size of the naturals with your nymphs.

Stevens with a nice rainbow yesterday. Jared Makowski photo

Hatching:
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Olive Sulphur – Hept. hebe – #18 – 20
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.
Little Tan Sedge – #16 – 18 – Glossosoma sp.
Yellow Sally – #14 – Isoperla sp.

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September 23, 2019

Delaware River Report / Conditions September 23, 2019

The release from Cannonsville has been increased slightly to 905 cfs this morning.  Today we may see the best fishing weather we’ve seen in a while.  We shouldn’t have any sun and we have a 50% chance of rain.  The rainfall amount should total less than 1/4″.  Wind will be 5 – 10 mph from the South.  We had some olives hatching last night along with some isonychias, ants, caddis, and heptagenia.  It wasn’t heavy but there were enough bugs to get some fish eating on top once the sun dropped a bit.  At dark we had a lot of Isonychia spinners.

Art Bartholomew with one in the net over the weekend

Iso spinners gathering on the West last night

Hatching:
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Olive Sulphur – Hept. hebe – #18 – 20
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.
Little Tan Sedge – #16 – 18 – Glossosoma sp.
Yellow Sally – #14 – Isoperla sp.

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September 22, 2019

Delaware River Report / Conditions September 22, 2019

The release from Cannonsville has been decreased a bit to 806 cfs.  The West Branch will drop slightly through the afternoon.  Today will be hot with sunshine and the air temp hitting 85 degrees.  Wind will be from the South 5 – 10 mph.  The air temp should drop back to normal September numbers on Tuesday.  There were fewer bugs hatching yesterday than we’ve seen lately.  That was probably due to the quick increased release from Cannonsville.  Hopefully things settle down and stay steady for the week.  There were still enough bugs hatching to find fish eating in the evening.  Olives, heptagenia, and isonychias were out.  Nymphing worked but you had to work around the weeds floating through in the higher water.

Dan with a good fish yesterday. Bruce Miller photo

Hatching:
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Olive Sulphur – Hept. hebe – #18 – 20
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.
Little Tan Sedge – #16 – 18 – Glossosoma sp.
Yellow Sally – #14 – Isoperla sp.

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September 21, 2019

Delaware River Report / Conditions September 21, 2019

The release from Cannonsville has been increased to 967 cfs.  We’re in a warm spell right now and the air temp should climb to 80 degrees today.  Sunshine and no wind round out the forecast.  We’ll be in this pattern until Tuesday when we get back to normal September weather.  It felt that there were fewer bugs hatching last night but overall it fished well.  Olives, a few cahills, isonychias, heptagenia, and caddis.  Olives were the main hatch again.  Definitely have your olive and isonychia spinners ready towards dark.  Hopefully the higher release flushes some of the weeds out of the West Branch to make nymphing a bit easier.

Bruce Miller with a good rainbow in the net yesterday

Hatching:
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Olive Sulphur – Hept. hebe – #18 – 20
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.
Little Tan Sedge – #16 – 18 – Glossosoma sp.
Yellow Sally – #14 – Isoperla sp.

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September 20, 2019

Delaware River Report / Conditions September 20, 2019

During yesterday’s mid day bright sun nymphing, wets, and streamers were the best bet.  Enough sporadic fish were eating on top to make it worth keeping an eye out but sticking underneath was your best bet until the evening.  Once the sun started to drop it was all about the olives.  There were some heptagenia, some isos, some caddis, and even a few yellow sallies but mostly the water was covered in small olives.  The flow at Stilesville is steady at 719 cfs.  We should have the same sunshine as yesterday with a warmer air temp hitting 76 degrees.  Wind should not be a factor.

Jim with a good fish yesterday afternoon. Bruce Miller photo

Hatching:
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Olive Sulphur – Hept. hebe – #18 – 20
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.
Little Tan Sedge – #16 – 18 – Glossosoma sp.
Yellow Sally – #14 – Isoperla sp.

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September 19, 2019

Delaware River Report / Conditions September 19, 2019

We’re starting off in the 40’s again and will hit 70 degrees this afternoon.  Sunshine and wind 3 – 4 mph from the South.  The release from Cannonsville has been increased a little to 687 cfs so the flow at Stilesville is 719 cfs.  Not much of a change.  Today pretty much looks like a repeat of yesterday.  Nymphing was the best bet mid day but by late afternoon fish were beginning to show on small olives and heptagenia.  A few caddis and yellow sallies were in the air but mostly mayflies on the water.  Some river sections saw some isonychia spinners towards dark too.  There’s no rain the forecast for the next few days and the feeder streams are really low.  Any rain that comes soon will soak into the ground.

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Olive Sulphur – Hept. hebe – #18 – 20
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.
Little Tan Sedge – #16 – 18 – Glossosoma sp.
Yellow Sally – #14 – Isoperla sp.

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September 18, 2019

Delaware River Report / Conditions September 18, 2019

The air was filled with Tricos mid morning yesterday.  We were off before they hit the water but hopefully they did and someone was there.  Olives came later in the evening but the fish seemed to be sporadic and in an eat and move in the slow tailouts mood.  There were good Heptagenias mixed in for a bit plus a few isonychias.  If you were patient the fish would come back around.  Nymphing was the best option during the day.  Once the sun hit the water it felt like Summer again.
We’re in the low 40’s gain this morning but it will warm up to the 70’s.  We’ll have sunshine and wind 5 – 6 mph from the North.  The release from Cannonsville has been dropped slightly to 656 cfs.

Hatching:
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Olive Sulphur – Hept. hebe – #18 – 20
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.
Little Tan Sedge – #16 – 18 – Glossosoma sp.
Yellow Sally – #14 – Isoperla sp.

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September 17, 2019

Delaware River Report / Conditions September 17, 2019

The release from Cannonsville bumped up slightly over night and the flow at Stilesville is 771 cfs this morning.  It’s 44 degrees this morning so water temps good great and there is just a little fog out there now.  Wunderground is calling for sunshine, 72 degrees, and wind 5 – 10 from the North.  Heptagenia, olives, isonychias, and a few caddis should round out the flies.  If you’re fishing the Main until dark have some white flies in your box.  Ants are around and we are catching fish on them.  We just haven’t seen one massive fall yet.  The sun may keep the dry fly fishing sporadic until the evening when the olives hatch.  Nymphing and swinging wets may be good options during the afternoon.  Blind casting large flies in the riffles can also produce.

Pat McPartland with a big Tiger yesterday. Bob Lewis photo

A nice brown Pat McPartland landed yesterday

Hatching:
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Olive Sulphur – Hept. hebe – #18 – 20
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.
Little Tan Sedge – #16 – 18 – Glossosoma sp.
Yellow Sally – #14 – Isoperla sp.

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September 16, 2019

Delaware River Report / Conditions September 16, 2019

The flow at Stilesville is steady at 719 cfs this morning.  We have a 50% chance of some rain this morning  but the amount should be negligible.  We may have some fog moving in and out until the rain clears out.  We should see 70 degrees with wind 5 -10 from the North.  The sun will break through a little and mix with cloud cover in the afternoon.  This is a nice change after the sunshine yesterday.  Olive sulphurs, isos, caddis, and olives will cover most of what you’ll see.  Definitely have flying ants, cahills, white flies, and yellow sallies just in case.  The bugs came a little later yesterday due to the sunshine but overall it fished well we found some nice fish.

Jim with an Iso eater yesterday. Bob Lewis photo

Jeff with a good one yesterday. Dan Treadwell photo

Chris with one yesterday. Dan Treadwell photo

Hatching:
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Olive Sulphur – Hept. hebe – #18 – 20
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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September 15, 2019

Delaware River Report / Conditions September 15, 2019

The release from Cannonsville has been decreased a bit to 678 cfs.  We had some rain yesterday morning and again overnight.  It wasn’t enough precipitation to change the flows much but it did bring in some fog on the river.  We saw good olive hatches yesterday mixed with some flying ants.  There are still some isonychias and yellow sallies out there too.  If you are fishing the Mainstem have your white flies ready for the evening.  We’re going to be a little warmer today with the air temp hitting 75 degrees.  Wind will not be a factor with a mix of sun and clouds.

Bob Lewis found some rising fish yesterday

Hatching:
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Olive Sulphur – Hept. hebe – #18 – 20
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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September 14, 2019

Delaware River Report / Conditions September 14, 2019

The release from Cannonsville has been bumped slightly to 811 cfs this morning.  This is the perfect situation to increase the release from Pepacton by a couple hundred cfs and decrease Cannonsville.  Mainstem temperatures are not a problem so some kind of balance between the two reservoir releases would actually make sense.  Yesterday’s bump added some extra weeds coming down that took a while to filter out.  The 10 – 15 mph wind from the South was the main problem.  There were some wind breaks on bends and behind islands.  Today we’ll have the same wind but a really good chance of afternoon showers.  The precip total should be less than 1/4″ so we could be in for a really good olive day.  The West Branch has the fall tint to it so streamers are now a good option too.

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Olive Sulphur – Hept. hebe – #18 – 20
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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September 13, 2019

Delaware River Report / Conditions September 13, 2019

People had a good day out there yesterday mostly with flying ants.  There were some olives, isos, cahills, and caddis but most people were talking about the ants.  Bigger fish showed and were happy on top mid afternoon.  The light rain and cloud cover definitely helped.  We’ll have a lot more sunshine today.  Wind will be 5 – 10 mph from the South and the air temp will reach 70 degrees.  The lower release cleared the river a little bit and it looks like there are fewer weeds making nymphing or even throwing streamers good options early.

It appears NYC DEP is going to continue their historical yo yo releases.   The release from Cannonsville was dropped yesterday and then increased again.  The flow at Stilesville is 761 cfs this morning.  This is likely due to the Montague flow target.  The releases from Lake Wallenpaupack should be low this week so the release from Cannonsville was increased.  There is a whitewater release tomorrow from the Mongaup River so they decided they could save a few drops of water by dropping our release for a few hours.

Fred Nelson with a good dry fly eater yesterday. Ted Smith photo

Hatching:
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Olive Sulphur – Hept. hebe – #18 – 20
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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