Delaware River Report / Conditions August 2, 2016

Most of the rain yesterday held off until late afternoon.  We were hit again overnight but the rivers seem to be in decent shape this morning.  The West Branch is clear enough to fish and flow is dropping at Hale Eddy.  We have a chance of some additional precipitation today but the forecasted amounts are less than 1/10th of an inch.  People did well fishing streamers and dry flies yesterday.  The mid afternoon sulphur and olive hatches came off and the cloud cover and occasional shower seemed to make the fish more comfortable to rise.  Today looks like a great day to be on the water with overcast skies and light winds

Patrick with a great brown yesterday. Photo by Bob Lewis

Hatching:
Slate Drake – 12-2xl- Isonychia bicolor
Sulphur – #16-20 – E dorothea
Light Cahill – #14 – 16 – S. ithaca & canadense
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)