Delaware River Report: September 24, 2023

Last night Chris Calabrese was honored by the Catskill Fly Fishing Center for his conservation efforts as co-founder of Get Trashed in the Catskills. 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

We came through the rain in good shape with the flow at Hale Eddy bumping slightly to 616 cfs. Oquaga Creek is leveled off at 51 cfs so we don’t expect any surprises morning. We do have a a little over 1/4″ more in today’s forecast but that shouldn’t be a problem. The cloud cover and rain should be good for the olives plus some Isonychias and Heptagenia. The caddis are picking up again which is always a sign of Fall fishing. 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 62 degrees with clouds periods of rain. Daytime rainfall should be .25″. Wind will be 5 – 10 mph from the North.

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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