Delaware River Report / Conditions August 20, 2015

 Found:  Fly rod and case on the lower West Branch.  If you’ve lost one within the last week call us at 570-635-5880 or email flyfish@thedelawareriverclub.com

Yesterday’s thunderstorms held off until the evening but we did have clouds for most of the afternoon.  The precipitation was negligible on the system and the flows and temperatures remain close to what we started with yesterday morning.  The Upper East Branch and the entire West Branch are the best bets right now with wadeable flows and decent temperatures.  We may have some wind to deal with while the storms pass through so try to find a protected area.  The lower East Branch and Mainstem are too warm to fish with both reaching 70 degrees or more yesterday afternoon.  We should see a couple of brief storms scattered throughout the day today with precipitation amounts around 1/10th”.  Accuweather is calling for additional rainfall overnight but the storms have been so localized we’ll have to wait and see what happens.
Olives and sulphurs are still the reigning hatches with some cahills and isonychias.  The hatches are a bit more sporadic when the wind picks up.  Swinging wet flies has been effective during down times.

Note:  There are a lot of green weeds floating on the upper West Branch so check your fly often

Hatching:
Slate Drake #12 – Isonychia bicolor
Sulphur #18-20 – E. dorothea
Light Cahills #14 – various steno species (invaria, etc)
Golden Drake #12-2xl – Potomanthus distinctus
PED / Pink Lady #14 – E. vitreus
Large Blue Winged Olive #14 – D. cornuta
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 vagans
Flying ants #16-24

Flows and Temps as of 8:00 AM:
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