Delaware River Report / Conditions September 3, 2016

The release from Cannonsville is steady around 800 cfs.  The abrupt rise in flow and drop in temperature made fishing tough yesterday.  There were a few bugs on the water but the fish were hesitant to rise.  Either the increased water volume had the fish looking for a new home or the drop in water temperature shut them down.  Hopefully everything has settled down to the new flow and temperature and we’ll see some more activity today.  Olives and cahills have been the mainstay over the last couple of days with a few sulphurs and isonychias mixed in.  We are seeing tricos in the air but you’ll have to find a long flat pool to find fish at this flow.  Definitely carry your flying ants.  If you venture on to the first few miles of the upper main carry some white flies with you.

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)