Delaware River Report / Conditions July 26, 2015

We started off yesterday with bright sun but the clouds made their appearance a little earlier than expected by mid-afternoon.  The fishing improved once the harsh sun was gone and we had a decent mix of olives, cahills, and sulphurs on some sections of river.  The upper sections continue to get the mid-day sulphurs followed by small olives.  Isonychias are still working well along with golden drakes in some sections.
We had some rain over that with some light precipitation still coming down this morning.  So far the rivers look clear.  Most of the rain should soak into the ground since we’ve been dry for a while.  If we start to see color in the rivers we’ll post a mid-day update.  They are calling for less than a tenth of an inch today so we should be fine.  The light rain hitting the cold water is causing some fog on the West Branch and Upper Mainstem.  The fog should come in and out as the light bands of weather hit us.  The heavy fog in the morning has made early streamer fishing productive.

Theo with another one of his fish from the other day.

Hatching:
Slate Drake #12-2xl  – 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
Little Black Caddis #18 – 20 – Dark Chimarra sp.

Flows and Temps as of 8:00 AM:
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