Delaware River Report / Conditions July 29, 2015

Today looks like a bright hot one.  Accuweather is calling for sun and a high air temperature of 90 degrees.  The 1500 release from Cannonsville will protect the West Branch and upper Mainstem.  Both have been fishing well regardless of the weather.  The fish will be a little shy with the bright sun so look for shaded banks or hopefully a stray cloud or two will come through in the afternoon.  The hatches remain the same with sulphurs, olives, isonychias, and cahills.  The amount of each  mayfly changes depending on the river section you’re fishing but carry them all.  The lower East Branch is too warm to fish with water temperatures starting off at 68 degrees this morning.
Tomorrow’s weather looks a little better for fishing with some stray thunderstorms in the morning and again in the afternoon.  Air temps should drop back to the low 80’s.

Michael with a fish from the weekend. Photo by Pat Giordano

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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