The East Branch of the Delaware seemed to be flowing at a near perfect level. Mike and I saw a few fish rising, but it was very sporadic and most of them were small fish at that. There were more than a couple of large fish flashing near the bottom; I suppose they were picking up nymphs.
Shortly after we arrived, 5:30pm we noticed many tan caddis (size16 I think) hatching. They continued to hatch sporadically thereafter for a couple of hours. There was a sizable hatch of Yellow Sallies (size 14). There were sporadically hatching Blue Winged Olives (16) and grey mayflies (14). There was also a small cloud of March Brown spinners over the bank for quite some time, but it seems that they never made it to the water.
Well I finally caught fish. I tied on a yellow sallie nymph(at Mike's suggestion (thanks)) and caught a beautiful wild Brookie and then a micro brown on a smaller yellow sallie nymph. Mike also caught a brown, but while I nymphed, he spent a lot of time casting drys to sporadically rising fish. I posted a picture of the Brookie, not because it was a bruiser or a great picture, but because, well you know... It's the first one on a fly in some 20 years.
We left at about 8:30 or so when a hatch of insects or rising fish never materialized.
Hey Mike, if I screwed up on the insects, post the correct sizes! | 
05-30-2003
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