Delaware River Report: September 22, 2023

Chris Calabrese is being honored by the Catskill Fly Fishing Center for his conservation efforts as co-founder of Get Trashed in the Catskills. Come support Chris at the Emerging Anglers Dinner Saturday September 23, 2023 at the Beaverkill Valley Inn. https://cffcm.com/eventscalendar/2023/9/23/emerging-anglers-dinner To learn more about the Get Trashed River Clean Up Click Here

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

Today looks like a good day to be on the water with sun early and some clouds moving in during the afternoon. We shouldn’t see any rain until tomorrow. Hopefully the bugs push a little earlier in the day with the clouds. Olives, Isonychias, and some Heptagenia are making up the bulk of the hatches. There are some caddis on sections offering some earlier dry fly shots. We’re still seeing algae in the Upper West Branch so nymphing is better below Hale Eddy. The Upper East does not have any algae.

Today will be 71 degrees with sun in the morning and clouds moving in during the afternoon. Wind will be 5 – 10 mph from the South.

What’s Hatching:
Sulphur – # 20 – E. dorothea
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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