Delaware River Report / Conditions August 21, 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

We finally received a decent amount of rain last night but the West Branch came through it just fine.  The flow at Hale Eddy is only up 60 cfs from yesterday morning and temperatures are fine all the way down to Junction Pool.  There is a little color in the lower sections but it is definitely fishable and will clear pretty fast.  We can see the rocks on the bottom so visibility is not an issue at all.  Like normal the flows in the East Branch drainage changed the most with Fish’s Eddy hitting over 900 cfs this morning.  The temperatures on the lower East Branch and Mainstem are not fishable so it shouldn’t change anyone’s plans for the day.  The lower EB and Upper main are off color.  The farther down the Main you go the dirtier the river so smallmouth fishing below Lordville will be an issue.
The hatches still remain the same.  Olives, sulphurs, cahills, and a few isonychias.  If you are out on the river mid-morning keep an eye out for tricos.  Flying ants are a must have in the box fly this time of year.

Cristen with her first fish on a fly! Photo by Jim Brinkerhoff

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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