Angler 119's Delaware River Fishing Report

Well, I finally got my rainy day. It was a perfect "olive kind of  day", starting with a foggy mist and then a light rain on and off all  day.  I was on the river by  nine thirty  and pretty much fished all  day. The DEP had dropped the WB flow to 300 cfs in anticipation of the  predicted rain so I fished several places in the lower WB as well as  two places on the big river. How'd I due?  Not well.  Except for the perpetual risers at junction  pool, I saw a grand total of three fish take something other than my  fly on the surface. Of the three, I hooked one and lost it.  The rest  of the day was spent blind casting an assortment of olives, isos and  caddis. On the big river I rose nine fish, had four takes and landed two.  On  the WB I rose seven fish hooked three and landed two. If we get the rain they are predicting the rivers will freshen and the  browns will head to their spawning grounds either in the tribs or in  the upper EB and WB.  The rainbows should begin to

With all of the weather forecasts calling for substantial rain this  week both the DEP and I took action.  DEP cut the WB flow down below  300 cfs and I (with a good many items crossed off my "Honey do"  list  at home) headed back down to the river. It didn't rain.  Not even one drop. As I write this (at 6:45 am ), it  still hasn't rained.  Everyone else knew it wasn't going to rain or  they would have been here.  On the EB I saw one angler fishing jaws, two cars at long flat, and  one at the power line pool. There was  no one on the WB. The bugs?  They were unimpressed with the cloudy skies and stayed  where they were.  The fish on the upper east ate midges and the  occasional pseudo that ventured forth.  Like last week most of the  fish were small.  It was a fun afternoon (four to seven) but not "exciting". If the rain ever does show up in the amount predicted it will  reinvigorate the river system and hopefully pave the way for some  decent fall fishi