Delaware River Report: October 5, 2023

We will be closed Saturday October 7 to attend Bob Lewis’s memorial service. We will reopen Sunday morning at 8 am.

Bob Lewis’s memorial information:
Saturday, October 7, 2023 at 11:00 a.m. at St. John the Evangelist Church, 66 Oxford Rd., New Hartford. https://www.eannacefuneralhome.com/obituaries/Robert-Lewis-112/#!/Obituary

It’s another morning of thick fog. There are a few people throwing streamers early to take advantage of it before the sun hits the water. It should burn off over the next couple of hours leaving us with partly cloudy skies. So sunshine. We will be much cooler today at least. Work the riffles during the day. Nymphing or wet flies have been effective but you can also blind cast Isonychias or caddis patterns. The hatches may be a pushed a little later in the day due to the bright sun. We may see some clouds push in during the late afternoon. That would definitely be a bonus.

Today will be 77 degrees with fog early turning partly cloudy. Wind will be 5 – 10 mph from the South.

What’s Hatching:
Olive Sulphur – # 18 – 20 – Heptagenia hebe
Slate Drake – # 12 – 14 – Isonychia bicolor
Dark Blue Wing Olive – #18 – 20 – deficiens, lata
Tiny Blue Wing Olive – #22 – 26 – Pseudocleon sp.
Olive Caddis – #16 – 18 – Ryacophilia sp.
Tan Caddis – #16 – 18 – Hydropsyche sp.
Dark Blue Wing Olive – #16 – 18 – Baetis spp.

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