Delaware River Report / Conditions September 1, 2016

Update:  The current release from Cannonsville is 400 cfs under the FFMP Table 4F

September 1st and we still have a release of 500 cfs from Cannonsville.  We have a cloudy sky and cooler air temperatures.  There is a slight chance of showers this morning but nothing major in the forecast.  Winds will pick up mid day to around 10 mph but will drop back down as the evening approaches.  We had decent olive hatches on the West Branch last night mixed with a few sulphurs and cahills.  The fish were rising but very picky on size and pattern.   Definitely carry some low profile olives in #20 -24.  Flying ants are still a good bet when the fish reject your imitation.

Hatching:
Slate Drake – 12-2xl- Isonychia bicolor
Sulphur – #16-20 – E dorothea
Light Cahill – #14 – 16 – S. ithaca & canadense
Golden Drake – #12-2xl – Potomanthus
Trico – 22 – 26 – Tricorythodes sp.
Tiny Blue Winged Olive – #22 – 26 – Psuedocloeon spp.
Blue Winged Olive – #18 – 20 – E. lata
Light Blue Winged Olive – #16 – 20 E. attenuatta
Tan Caddis – #16 – 20 – Hydropsyche spp.
Dark Brachycentrus sp. – #14 – 18 – Dark Grannom
Little Black Caddis #18 – 20 – Chimarra sp.
Blue Winged Olives #16 – 18 – Baetis vagans (updated name: Baetis tricaudatus)