May 3, 2020

Delaware River Report / Conditions May 3, 2020

Both reservoris are still spilling.  The East Branch flow dropped slightly and the West Branch increased slightly.  It’s going to take a few days for the runoff to filter through the system. People did find fish rising in yesterday’s high water.  If there are enough bugs on the water the fish will find a place to eat.  Caddis, hendricksons, and a lot of blue quills are hatching.  Today looks like another great day to be on the water.  70 degrees, sun and clouds, and wind 10 – 15 from the West.

We are following the State’s order and are closed right now.  We are still fulfilling mail orders in the online store:  https://drc-fly-shop.myshopify.com

Curbside pickup is now a shipping option in the store

Let’s keep the local pictures going.  Since everyone should be fishing local to their homes send us pictures of your locally caught fish and we’ll put them here on the blog.  Even chubs would be cool.  Email them to flyfish@thedelawareriverclub.com

Today’s selection of fish:

Derek with a great NJ rainbow

Derek with another really nice Nj rainbow

Theo with a good Upper Delaware fish

Hatching:
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Dark Blue Wing Olives – #16 – 18 – Baetis vagans
Blue Quill – #16 – 18 – Paraleptophlebia adoptiva
Little Black Caddis –  #16 – 20 – Chimarra sp.
Dark Hendrickson – #14 – E. subvaria (male)
Light Hendrickson – #12 – E. subvaria (female)
Quill Gordon – #14 – Epeorus pluralis
Dark Grannom #14 – 18 – Dark Brachycentrus

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May 2, 2020

Delaware River Report / Conditions May 2, 2020

Both Cannonsville and Pepacton Reservoirs are spilling.  There is a lot of water in the system this morning so if you are wading look to the small feeder streams and upper reaches that will drop first.  Click on the USGS links below for the latest flow data.  On the bigger rivers most people will probably do streamer runs but if the bugs hatch fish will rise on the slow edges and in the long slower pools. It looks like the West Branch has some color still but not enough to bother the fish or bugs.  It’s going to be a beautiful day with the air temp hitting 60 degrees, sunshine, and wind from the North 10 – 15.  A little less wind would be ideal but the sunshine is awesome.

We are following the State’s order and are closed right now.  We are still fulfilling mail orders in the online store:  https://drc-fly-shop.myshopify.com

Curbside pickup is now a shipping option in the store

Let’s keep the local pictures going.  Since everyone should be fishing local to their homes send us pictures of your locally caught fish and we’ll put them here on the blog.  Even chubs would be cool.  Email them to flyfish@thedelawareriverclub.com

Today’s selection of fish:

Mike with a good brown in the net

Mike matching the hatch on his local

Doug found this one eating Hendricksons on the Willow this week

Hatching:
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Dark Blue Wing Olives – #16 – 18 – Baetis vagans
Blue Quill – #16 – 18 – Paraleptophlebia adoptiva
Little Black Caddis –  #16 – 20 – Chimarra sp.
Dark Hendrickson – #14 – E. subvaria (male)
Light Hendrickson – #12 – E. subvaria (female)
Quill Gordon – #14 – Epeorus pluralis
Dark Grannom #14 – 18 – Dark Brachycentrus

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May 1, 2020

Delaware River Report / Conditions May 1, 2020

The Eastern side of the system flows are running really high this morning.  Pepacton Reservoir is spilling and there is a lot of water running down the Beaverkill and East Branch.  The Mainstem flow will continue to rise today.  The West Branch flow at Hale Eddy is 3,500 cfs and looks like it peaked already and is beginning to drop.  The flow below Hale will be much larger since the feeder streams are moving pretty good this morning.  It will take a few days for the water to filter through the system.  We have a slight chance of a rain shower today but otherwise the next rain isn’t until Wednesday.  We’re in for a beautiful weekend.  Check the latest flows in the links below before heading out.

We are following the State’s order and are closed right now.  We are still fulfilling mail orders in the online store:  https://drc-fly-shop.myshopify.com

Curbside pickup is now a shipping option in the store

Let’s keep the local pictures going.  Since everyone should be fishing local to their homes send us pictures of your locally caught fish and we’ll put them here on the blog.  Even chubs would be cool.  Email them to flyfish@thedelawareriverclub.com

Today’s selection of fish:

John was fighting a fish when this monster grabbed it. Awesome double! Northwest NY

Frank with a great PA fish!

Hatching:
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Dark Blue Wing Olives – #16 – 18 – Baetis vagans
Blue Quill – #16 – 18 – Paraleptophlebia adoptiva
Little Black Caddis –  #16 – 20 – Chimarra sp.
Dark Hendrickson – #14 – E. subvaria (male)
Light Hendrickson – #12 – E. subvaria (female)
Quill Gordon – #14 – Epeorus pluralis
Dark Grannom #14 – 18 – Dark Brachycentrus

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April 30, 2020

Delaware River Report / Conditions April 30, 2020

We are following the State’s order and are closed right now.  We are still fulfilling mail orders in the online store:  https://drc-fly-shop.myshopify.com/

Let’s keep the local pictures going.  Since everyone should be fishing local to their homes send us pictures of your locally caught fish and we’ll put them here on the blog.  Even chubs would be cool.  Email them to flyfish@thedelawareriverclub.com

Today’s selection of fish:

Randall with a good one in the net

and Randall with the release

Clayton with a NJ rainbow a mile from his house!

We are under a flood watch this morning.  It sounds like some areas will have localized heavy rain between 1.5″ and 3″.  That’s quite a spread so it seems they really don’t know how much rain is coming and where the heaviest fall will be.  Looking at the hourly forecast the heaviest rain should happen overnight.  So be careful if you’re out there.  Wind will be 20 – 30 mph from the South which isn’t so fantastic by itself.  Yesterday was decent when the wind was down.  There were bugs out there for a couple of hours in the mid afternoon.

Hatching:
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Dark Blue Wing Olives – #16 – 18 – Baetis vagans
Blue Quill – #16 – 18 – Paraleptophlebia adoptiva
Little Black Caddis –  #16 – 20 – Chimarra sp.
Dark Hendrickson – #14 – E. subvaria (male)
Light Hendrickson – #12 – E. subvaria (female)
Quill Gordon – #14 – Epeorus pluralis
Dark Grannom #14 – 18 – Dark Brachycentrus

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April 29, 2020

Delaware River Report / Conditions April 29, 2020

We are following the State’s order and are closed right now.  We are still fulfilling mail orders in the online store:  https://drc-fly-shop.myshopify.com/

Let’s keep the local pictures going.  Since everyone should be fishing local to their homes send us pictures of your locally caught fish and we’ll put them here on the blog.  Even chubs would be cool.  Email them to flyfish@thedelawareriverclub.com

Today’s selection of fish:

James with a pretty CT brown

Theo and Clemmie bass fishing close to home

Yesterday was great day to be out.  It felt like Summer when the sun was shining.  The wind wasn’t too bad and there were a lot of calm stretches.  Blue Quills, Hendricksons, and caddis were out in good numbers in the afternoon.  There were enough fish up to keep everyone busy.  Today will be 56 degrees with 15 – 20 mph wind from the South.  The flows are still a bit high throughout the system but are dropping for now.  Keep an eye on the rain coming Thursday and Thursday night.  We may see quite a bit that will bring the flows up.  Hopefully Wunderground is wrong and it slides South of us.

Hatching:
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Dark Blue Wing Olives – #16 – 18 – Baetis vagans
Blue Quill – #16 – 18 – Paraleptophlebia adoptiva
Little Black Caddis –  #16 – 20 – Chimarra sp.
Dark Hendrickson – #14 – E. subvaria (male)
Light Hendrickson – #12 – E. subvaria (female)
Quill Gordon – #14 – Epeorus pluralis
Dark Grannom #14 – 18 – Dark Brachycentrus

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April 28, 2020

Delaware River Report / Conditions April 28, 2020

We are following the State’s order and are closed right now.  We are still fulfilling mail orders in the online store:  https://drc-fly-shop.myshopify.com/

Let’s keep the local pictures going.  Since everyone should be fishing local to their homes send us pictures of your locally caught fish and we’ll put them here on the blog.  Even chubs would be cool.  Email them to flyfish@thedelawareriverclub.com

Today’s selection of fish:

Charles and his father found this one eating blue winged olives

Mike keeping busy on his local NJ streams

Today looks like the nicest day  of the week.  We should hit 60 degrees with a mix of clouds and sun.  Wind will be 5 – 10 mph from the North.  We’ll see rain the rest of the week through Saturday night.  If Wunderground is correct we’ll see some good accumulation on Thursday but otherwise it looks like light showers.  Night time temperatures are improving too which should help the water temps in the long run.  If you are fishing the Delaware bring most of your early Spring flies.  It looks like a good mix of bugs out there.  The flows are dropping but keep an eye on the gauges this week with all of the rain coming through.

Hatching:
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Little Brown and Black Stoneflies #14 – 16 – Taeniopteryx sp.
Dark Blue Wing Olives – #16 – 18 – Baetis vagans
Blue Quill – #16 – 18 – Paraleptophlebia adoptiva
Little Black Caddis –  #16 – 20 – Chimarra sp.
Dark Hendrickson – #14 – E. subvaria (male)
Light Hendrickson – #12 – E. subvaria (female)
Quill Gordon – #14 – Epeorus pluralis
Dark Grannom #14 – 18 – Dark Brachycentrus

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April 27, 2020

Delaware River Report / Conditions April 27, 2020

We are following the State’s order and are closed right now.  We are still fulfilling mail orders in the online store:  https://drc-fly-shop.myshopify.com/

Let’s keep the local pictures going.  Since everyone should be fishing local to their homes send us pictures of your locally caught fish and we’ll put them here on the blog.  Even chubs would be cool.  Email them to flyfish@thedelawareriverclub.com

Today’s selection of fish:

Tim with another NJ rainbow

Tim found some good stuff on his local stream

Joe T with a home water hendrickson eater

All of the river flows are up this morning.  The flow at Hale Eddy is beginning to fall back.  The flow on the Beaverkill looks like it is still going up at 7,000 cfs.  As that water works it’s way down the flows will go up on the lower EB and Mainstem.  Double check the latest flow info on the the links below.  It rained most of the day yesterday with a little bit of sleet at the end.  Today looks better with the possibility of some afternoon showers, a high of 46 degrees, and wind from the North at 10 mph.

Hatching:
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Little Brown and Black Stoneflies #14 – 16 – Taeniopteryx sp.
Dark Blue Wing Olives – #16 – 18 – Baetis vagans
Blue Quill – #16 – 18 – Paraleptophlebia adoptiva
Little Black Caddis –  #16 – 20 – Chimarra sp.
Dark Hendrickson – #14 – E. subvaria (male)
Light Hendrickson – #12 – E. subvaria (female)
Quill Gordon – #14 – Epeorus pluralis
Dark Grannom #14 – 18 – Dark Brachycentrus

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April 26, 2020

Delaware River Report / Conditions April 26, 2020

We are following the State’s order and are closed right now.  We are still fulfilling mail orders in the online store:  https://drc-fly-shop.myshopify.com/

Let’s keep the local pictures going.  Since everyone should be fishing local to their homes send us pictures of your locally caught fish and we’ll put them here on the blog.  Even chubs would be cool.  Email them to flyfish@thedelawareriverclub.com

Today’s selection of fish:

John found this rainbow a couple of miles from his house

Mark with a good brown from his local waters

It seems like we are only allotted one nice day a week and yesterday was it.  60 degrees, no wind, some sunshine and bugs.  The water temps climbed enough to make the bugs and fish happy.  It was also a warm night so the rivers are starting off a couple of degrees warmer this morning.  Today we will see between 1/2″ and 3/4″ of rain.  Wind will be from the East 10 – 15 mph.  We’ll have rain mixed with snow overnight into tomorrow morning.  It looks like a wet week ahead but warmer.

Hatching:
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Little Brown and Black Stoneflies #14 – 16 – Taeniopteryx sp.
Dark Blue Wing Olives – #16 – 18 – Baetis vagans
Blue Quill – #16 – 18 – Paraleptophlebia adoptiva
Little Black Caddis –  #16 – 20 – Chimarra sp.
Dark Hendrickson – #14 – E. subvaria (
Light Hendrickson – #12 – E. subvaria (female)
Quill Gordon – #14 – Epeorus pluralis
Dark Grannom #14 – 18 – Dark Brachycentrus

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April 25, 2020

Delaware River Report / Conditions April 25, 2020

We are following the State’s order and are closed right now.  We are still fulfilling mail orders in the online store:  https://drc-fly-shop.myshopify.com/

Let’s keep the local pictures going.  Since everyone should be fishing local to their homes send us pictures of your locally caught fish and we’ll put them here on the blog.  Even chubs would be cool.  Email them to flyfish@thedelawareriverclub.com

Today’s selection of fish:

Eric with a good brown this week

Eric found a good rainbow too!

Most of the rivers had a small bump in flow yesterday but they are dropping back this morning.  We didn’t make great gains in water temps since yesterday morning but most of the system is starting off a couple degrees warmer than yesterday. We should hit 60 degrees today with cloud cover and light and variable wind from the North.   It looks like the forecasted rain has been pushed off until tomorrow when we’ll see 1/2″.  Radar is showing a few storms passing through but most look like they are sliding down to the south of us.  If you are fishing anywhere near the Upper Delaware System bring all of your spring flies.  The cool weather tends to spread out the hatches over a longer time period so you get a lot of overlap.

Hatching:
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Tiny Black Stonefly – #18 – Capniidaie sp.
Little Brown and Black Stoneflies #14 – 16 – Taeniopteryx sp.
Dark Blue Wing Olives – #16 – 18 – Baetis vagans
Blue Quill – #16 – 18 – Paraleptophlebia adoptiva
Little Black Caddis –  #16 – 20 – Chimarra sp.
Dark Hendrickson – #14 – E. subvaria (
Light Hendrickson – #12 – E. subvaria (female)
Quill Gordon – #14 – Epeorus pluralis

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April 24, 2020

Delaware River Report / Conditions April 24, 2020

We are following the State’s order and are closed right now.  We are still fulfilling mail orders in the online store:  https://drc-fly-shop.myshopify.com/

Let’s keep the local pictures going.  Since everyone should be fishing local to their homes send us pictures of your locally caught fish and we’ll put them here on the blog.  Even chubs would be cool.  Email them to flyfish@thedelawareriverclub.com

Today’s selection of fish:

Jim with another local from the other day

Yesterday seemed like an 8 hour snow shower filmed in slow motion.  the snow never got heavy, never stuck to the ground, but wouldn’t stop.  That kept the water temps flat in the low 40’s.  We have some rain coming in today and tomorrow.  It should end up being less than 1/2″.  Wid will be 5 – 10 from the South.  We may hit the low 50’s today but tomorrow definitely looks warmer.

Hatching:
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Tiny Black Stonefly – #18 – Capniidaie sp.
Little Brown and Black Stoneflies #14 – 16 – Taeniopteryx sp.
Dark Blue Wing Olives – #16 – 18 – Baetis vagans
Blue Quill – #16 – 18 – Paraleptophlebia adoptiva
Little Black Caddis –  #16 – 20 – Chimarra sp.
Dark Hendrickson – #14 – E. subvaria (
Light Hendrickson – #12 – E. subvaria (female)
Quill Gordon – #14 – Epeorus pluralis

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April 23, 2020

Delaware River Report / Conditions April 23, 2020

We are following the State’s order and are closed right now.  We are still fulfilling mail orders in the online store:  https://drc-fly-shop.myshopify.com/

Let’s keep the local pictures going.  Since everyone should be fishing local to their homes send us pictures of your locally caught fish and we’ll put them here on the blog.  Even chubs would be cool.  Email them to flyfish@thedelawareriverclub.com

Today’s selection of fish:

Mike with a nice brown near his home in Denver

Jeremy with a weird looking NC stockie

Jim with a really good local NEPA fish!

Today is going going to be an interesting weather mix.  We may see some snow showers this morning giving way to rain mixed with wet snow this afternoon.  The air temp will hit 47 degrees so not too bad overall.  Wind will be 5 – 10 mph from the South.  Yesterday was cool and windy with very light snow flakes most of the day. The water temps are cool this morning and will take a bit to warm up.  We really need some sunshine to see them jump but it is still April.

Hatching:
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Tiny Black Stonefly – #18 – Capniidaie sp.
Little Brown and Black Stoneflies #14 – 16 – Taeniopteryx sp.
Dark Blue Wing Olives – #16 – 18 – Baetis vagans
Blue Quill – #16 – 18 – Paraleptophlebia adoptiva
Little Black Caddis –  #16 – 20 – Chimarra sp.
Dark Hendrickson – #14 – E. subvaria (
Light Hendrickson – #12 – E. subvaria (female)
Quill Gordon – #14 – Epeorus pluralis

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April 22, 2020

Delaware River Report / Conditions April 22, 2020

We are following the State’s order and are closed right now.  We are still fulfilling mail orders in the online store:  https://drc-fly-shop.myshopify.com/

Let’s keep the local pictures going.  Since everyone should be fishing local to their homes send us pictures of your locally caught fish and we’ll put them here on the blog.  Even chubs would be cool.  Email them to flyfish@thedelawareriverclub.com

Today’s selection of fish:

Orla couldn’t make it to her local stream so she decided to work on her cast

Clayton hit the river 1 mile from his house and came up with this one

Matt is doing well close to home in Central, NY

We have a light dusting of snow on the ground this morning but that should melt shortly.  We should end up partly cloudy at 42 degrees by late afternoon.  Wind will be 10 – 15 from the North.  They had yesterday’s report nailed pretty well.  We has some scattered rain and wind most of the afternoon and then some really good wind in the evening.  Every once in a while the sun would pop out and it was actually nice out on the water.  Fewer bugs on the water yesterday or maybe we just didn’t see them because they blew away so fast.

Hatching:
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Tiny Black Stonefly – #18 – Capniidaie sp.
Little Brown and Black Stoneflies #14 – 16 – Taeniopteryx sp.
Dark Blue Wing Olives – #16 – 18 – Baetis vagans
Blue Quill – #16 – 18 – Paraleptophlebia adoptiva
Little Black Caddis –  #16 – 20 – Chimarra sp.
Dark Hendrickson – #14 – E. subvaria (
Light Hendrickson – #12 – E. subvaria (female)
Quill Gordon – #14 – Epeorus pluralis

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