Delaware River Report / Conditions May 9, 2016

The story of yesterday was the wind.  Some of the gusts were over 20 mph making fishing extremely difficult.  There were bugs hatching and some fish rising in protected areas and in between gusts but it looked like the geese ate more of the mayflies than the trout.  Nymphing was productive but it was still better in river bends that had some protection. We’re still seeing Hendricksons, Blue Quills, Blue Winged Olives, Tan Caddis, plus the March Browns.
Comparatively today’s forecast looks much, much better.  We will still have some mid-day wind but nothing like yesterday and it looks like it will drop back in the afternoon.  We looking at cool nights and warm day time air temperatures over the next few days.  We should also see more sun than we’ve been accustomed to.  The next rain isn’t forecasted until Friday but that may change over the next couple of days.
Most of the system’s flows have dropped as the runoff subsides.  This should slowly continue over the next few days.  The reservoir levels haven’t been updated since the rain.

Les with a well fed brown over the weekend.  He’s been eating well!

Hatching:
March Browns – #10-2xl – Maccaffertium vicarium (formerly Stenonema vicarium)
Hendrickson- #12 – 14 – E. subvaria
Hendrickson #16 – E. X
Blue Quill #16 – 18 – Paraleptophlebia adoptiva
Dark Brachycentrus sp. – #14 – 18 – Dark Grannom
Light Brachycentrus sp. – #16 – 18 – Apple Caddis
Little Black Caddis #18 – 20 – Chimarra sp.
Blue Winged Olives #16 – 18 – Baetis vagans (updated name: Baetis tricaudatus)
Quill Gordons #14 – Epeorus pluralis – almost gone – you’ll still find a few here and there