Author: Jeff White
Delaware River Report / Conditions June 14, 2021
We had a heavy mist here on the lower West Branch yesterday but most of the rain seems to have missed us. The cloud cover and little rain we received did help the bugs and people found fish eating earlier in the day. Blue wing olives, sulphurs, and cahills were the most talked about flies. The sun came out in the afternoon (not part of Wunderground’s forecast) and pushed things back to evening. Everything is dry this morning so the overnight thunderstorms missed us too. The Beaverkill did get a little rain that bumped the flow but it has already dropped back. If Wunderground is correct today we have a 50% chance of rain totaling just under 1/4″. A mix of clouds and sun, 75 degrees, and wind 5 – 10 from the South.
It won’t take much sunshine to heat up the Mainstem, Lower East Branch, and Beaverkill so it’s time to check the water temps with a thermometer before you fish those rivers.
Art releasing a good fish yesterday.
Mike found one in the sunshine. Daniel Williamson photo
John found some yesterday
What’s Hatching:
Sulphur – #16 – 18 – E. dorothea
Green Drake – #8-2xl – E. guttalata
Brown Drake – #10 – E. simulans
Light Cahill – #14 – E. vitreus (male), invaria
Pink Lady – #14 – E. vitreus (female)
Tiny Blue Wing Olive – #20 – 24 – Pseudocloeon sp.
Blue Wing Olives – #16 – 18 – Baetis vagans
Tan Caddis – #16 – 18 – Hydropsyche sp.
Click on the gauge below for the most recent update:
| West Branch at Stilesville, NY | 521 cfs |
45° |
| West Branch at Hale Eddy, NY | 621 cfs |
51° |
| East Branch at Harvard, NY | 208 cfs | 58° |
| East Branch at Fish’s Eddy, NY | 446 cfs | 65° |
| Mainstem at Lordville, NY | 1,410 cfs | 65° |
| Beaverkill at Cooks Falls, NY | 215 cfs | 65° |
| Cannonsville Reservoir Release | 500 cfs |
|
| West Branch at 191 Bridge | N/A | 57° |
| West Branch at Walton (Cannonsville inflow) | 300 cfs |
67° |
| Cannonsville Reservoir Capacity | 99.2% | |
| Pepacton Reservoir Capacity | 99.3% |
Delaware River Report / Conditions June 13, 2021
We have good cloud cover this morning. It sounds like our best chance of rain is now in the afternoon. It looks like .09″ total. The air temp will be in the high 70’s and wind will be 5 – 10 mph from the South. There is a chance of some thunderstorms in the afternoon and overnight. We’ve had a lot of sun lately so today’s cloud cover could make for an interesting day. Hopefully the sulphurs and cahills come earlier in the afternoon. It’s definitely a good day to have your blue wing olives handy. Psilotreta caddis are everywhere in the evenings.
What’s Hatching:
Sulphur – #16 – 18 – E. dorothea
Green Drake – #8-2xl – E. guttalata
Brown Drake – #10 – E. simulans
Light Cahill – #14 – E. vitreus (male), invaria
Pink Lady – #14 – E. vitreus (female)
Tiny Blue Wing Olive – #20 – 24 – Pseudocloeon sp.
Blue Wing Olives – #16 – 18 – Baetis vagans
Tan Caddis – #16 – 18 – Hydropsyche sp.
Click on the gauge below for the most recent update:
| West Branch at Stilesville, NY | 521 cfs |
45° |
| West Branch at Hale Eddy, NY | 627 cfs |
50° |
| East Branch at Harvard, NY | 203 cfs | 58° |
| East Branch at Fish’s Eddy, NY | 416 cfs | 64° |
| Mainstem at Lordville, NY | 1,380 cfs | 64° |
| Beaverkill at Cooks Falls, NY | 209 cfs | 63° |
| Cannonsville Reservoir Release | 500 cfs |
|
| West Branch at 191 Bridge | N/A | 56° |
| West Branch at Walton (Cannonsville inflow) | 317 cfs |
66° |
| Cannonsville Reservoir Capacity | 99.2% | |
| Pepacton Reservoir Capacity | 99.3% |
Delaware River Report / Conditions June 12, 2021
We’re starting off this morning cool with good cloud cover and a chance of a shower. The sun may break through in the afternoon but anything is better than the full bright sun we’ve been dealing with a lot this June. The air temp will hit 74 degrees with light winds. Overall it sounds like a good day to be on the water. The bugs have been late on the sunny days so hopefully the cloud cover and potential light rain pushes them early today. If no blind casting cahills in the riffles has worked wel for some people. Otherwise nymphing or swinging wets is your best bet until the sulphur and cahills start hatching.
The lower East Branch, lower Beaverkill, and Mainstem will be too hot to fish today. The water temps peaked over 70 degrees yesterday. Please give these rivers a break and fish the cold water areas.
Theo releasing a nice fish yesterday
What’s Hatching:
Sulphur – #16 – 18 – E. dorothea
Green Drake – #8-2xl – E. guttalata
Brown Drake – #10 – E. simulans
Light Cahill – #14 – E. vitreus (male), invaria
Pink Lady – #14 – E. vitreus (female)
Tiny Blue Wing Olive – #20 – 24 – Pseudocloeon sp.
Blue Wing Olives – #16 – 18 – Baetis vagans
Tan Caddis – #16 – 18 – Hydropsyche sp.
Click on the gauge below for the most recent update:
| West Branch at Stilesville, NY | 521 cfs |
45° |
| West Branch at Hale Eddy, NY | 643 cfs |
50° |
| East Branch at Harvard, NY | 206 cfs | 59° |
| East Branch at Fish’s Eddy, NY | 436 cfs | 66° |
| Mainstem at Lordville, NY | 1,420 cfs | 66° |
| Beaverkill at Cooks Falls, NY | 217 cfs | 66° |
| Cannonsville Reservoir Release | 500 cfs |
|
| West Branch at 191 Bridge | N/A | 58° |
| West Branch at Walton (Cannonsville inflow) | 343 cfs |
66° |
| Cannonsville Reservoir Capacity | 99.2% | |
| Pepacton Reservoir Capacity | 99.3% |
Delaware River Report / Conditions June 11, 2021
It’s going to be cooler today with the air temp reaching 76 degrees. Mostly sunshine with wind 5 – 10 from the south. Yesterday sounded like a mixed bag with some people finding fish early and others not until the sulphurs came as the sun dropped. The dark blue sedges offered some fishing during the day but a lot of them came in the evening too. Blind casting cahills and big charcoal caddis patterns in the riffles could be a good option during the day. Otherwise nymphing during the day with sulphur action in the evening.
The lower East Branch, lower Beaverkill, and Mainstem will be too hot to fish today. The water temps peaked over 70 degrees yesterday. Please give these rivers a break and fish the cold water areas.
What’s Hatching:
Sulphur – #16 – 18 – E. dorothea
Green Drake – #8-2xl – E. guttalata
Brown Drake – #10 – E. simulans
Light Cahill – #14 – E. vitreus (male), invaria
Pink Lady – #14 – E. vitreus (female)
Tiny Blue Wing Olive – #20 – 24 – Pseudocloeon sp.
Blue Wing Olives – #16 – 18 – Baetis vagans
Tan Caddis – #16 – 18 – Hydropsyche sp.
Click on the gauge below for the most recent update:
| West Branch at Stilesville, NY | 521 cfs |
44° |
| West Branch at Hale Eddy, NY | 687 cfs |
51° |
| East Branch at Harvard, NY | 213 cfs | 59° |
| East Branch at Fish’s Eddy, NY | 484 cfs | 67° |
| Mainstem at Lordville, NY | 1,580 cfs | 68° |
| Beaverkill at Cooks Falls, NY | 239 cfs | 66° |
| Cannonsville Reservoir Release | 500 cfs |
|
| West Branch at 191 Bridge | N/A | 58° |
| West Branch at Walton (Cannonsville inflow) | 410 cfs |
67° |
| Cannonsville Reservoir Capacity | 99.4% | |
| Pepacton Reservoir Capacity | 99.3% |
Delaware River Report / Conditions June 10, 2021
The runoff is subsiding and the West Branch at Hale Eddy flow is back to the 750 cfs range. We didn’t even get enough rain yesterday to knock the dust down on the roads. People did well on streamers in the morning but the bite dropped off when the sun really popped out and the river cleared. Today will be much cooler hitting 84 degrees with light and variable wind. It will be mostly sunshine. We should see the nighttime temp drop into the mid 50’s. That should help the water temps a little.
The lower East Branch, lower Beaverkill, and Mainstem will be too hot to fish today. The water temps peaked at or over 70 degrees yesterday and are starting off warmer this morning. Please give these rivers a break and fish the cold water areas.
Jeremy Shurites with a nice one yesterday. Photo by Mike DacCurzio
What’s Hatching:
March Brown – #10-2xl – M. vicarium
Gray Fox – #12-2xl – M. vicarium
Sulphur – #16 – 18 – E. dorothea
Green Drake – #8-2xl – E. guttalata
Brown Drake – #10 – E. simulans
Light Cahill – #14 – E. vitreus (male), invaria
Pink Lady – #14 – E. vitreus (female)
Tiny Blue Wing Olive – #20 – 24 – Pseudocloeon sp.
Blue Wing Olives – #16 – 18 – Baetis vagans
Tan Caddis – #16 – 18 – Hydropsyche sp.
Grannom Fly – #14 – 18 – Dark Brachycentrus sp. just a few left
Click on the gauge below for the most recent update:
| West Branch at Stilesville, NY | 521 cfs |
45° |
| West Branch at Hale Eddy, NY | 779 cfs |
52° |
| East Branch at Harvard, NY | 226 cfs | 58° |
| East Branch at Fish’s Eddy, NY | 553 cfs | 66° |
| Mainstem at Lordville, NY | 1,850 cfs | 66° |
| Beaverkill at Cooks Falls, NY | 274 cfs | 66° |
| Cannonsville Reservoir Release | 500 cfs |
|
| West Branch at 191 Bridge | N/A | 57° |
| West Branch at Walton (Cannonsville inflow) | 549 cfs |
67° |
| Cannonsville Reservoir Capacity | 99.6% | |
| Pepacton Reservoir Capacity | 99.5% |
Delaware River Report / Conditions June 9, 2021
One of the mid afternoon thunderstorms hit us bringing some heavy rain to some areas. The rivers came up but the flow at Hale Eddy is already dropping. The West Branch is off color but it is fishable. It should clear up as the flow drops. The flow at Stilesville didn’t budge so the color should be coming in from Oquaga Creek down. We have a chance of some thunderstorms this afternoon but it looks like less than .05″ of rain. Wind will be 5 – 10 mph from the North. A lot of yesterday’s storms slid south of us so we got lucky. Keep an eye on the Stilesville gauge in case we begin to spill.
Hale Eddy
What’s Hatching:
March Brown – #10-2xl – M. vicarium
Gray Fox – #12-2xl – M. vicarium
Sulphur – #16 – 18 – E. dorothea
Green Drake – #8-2xl – E. guttalata
Brown Drake – #10 – E. simulans
Light Cahill – #14 – E. vitreus (male), invaria
Pink Lady – #14 – E. vitreus (female)
Tiny Blue Wing Olive – #20 – 24 – Pseudocloeon sp.
Blue Wing Olives – #16 – 18 – Baetis vagans
Tan Caddis – #16 – 18 – Hydropsyche sp.
Grannom Fly – #14 – 18 – Dark Brachycentrus sp. just a few left
Click on the gauge below for the most recent update:
| West Branch at Stilesville, NY | 521 cfs |
45° |
| West Branch at Hale Eddy, NY | 1,090 cfs |
54° |
| East Branch at Harvard, NY | 242 cfs | 56° |
| East Branch at Fish’s Eddy, NY | 622 cfs | 65° |
| Mainstem at Lordville, NY | 2,730 cfs | 62° |
| Beaverkill at Cooks Falls, NY | 319 cfs | 63° |
| Cannonsville Reservoir Release | 500 cfs |
|
| West Branch at 191 Bridge | N/A | 59° |
| West Branch at Walton (Cannonsville inflow) | 524 cfs |
66° |
| Cannonsville Reservoir Capacity | 99.6% | |
| Pepacton Reservoir Capacity | 99.5% |
Delaware River Report / Conditions June 8, 2021
It seemed like most of yesterday’s thunderstorms slid south of us. We had clouds and could see the lightening in the distance but we didn’t get a drop of rain. Today we have a better chance of some rain with Wunderground giving us an 88% chance of seeing some storms. It will be cooler today at 81 degrees and the wind will be light. The Beaverkill desperately needs some rain so hopefully we get hit. The release from Cannonsville was dropped back slightly to 500 cfs again.
The lower East Branch, lower Beaverkill, and Mainstem will be too hot to fish today. The water temps peaked at or over 70 degrees yesterday and are starting off warmer this morning. Please give these rivers a break and fish the cold water areas.
What’s Hatching:
March Brown – #10-2xl – M. vicarium
Gray Fox – #12-2xl – M. vicarium
Sulphur – #16 – 18 – E. dorothea
Green Drake – #8-2xl – E. guttalata
Brown Drake – #10 – E. simulans
Light Cahill – #14 – E. vitreus (male), invaria
Pink Lady – #14 – E. vitreus (female)
Tiny Blue Wing Olive – #20 – 24 – Pseudocloeon sp.
Blue Wing Olives – #16 – 18 – Baetis vagans
Tan Caddis – #16 – 18 – Hydropsyche sp.
Grannom Fly – #14 – 18 – Dark Brachycentrus sp. just a few left
Click on the gauge below for the most recent update:
| West Branch at Stilesville, NY | 521 cfs |
45° |
| West Branch at Hale Eddy, NY | 621 cfs |
50° |
| East Branch at Harvard, NY | 229 cfs | 60° |
| East Branch at Fish’s Eddy, NY | 584 cfs | 67° |
| Mainstem at Lordville, NY | 1,570 cfs | 68° |
| Beaverkill at Cooks Falls, NY | 284 cfs | 65° |
| Cannonsville Reservoir Release | 500 cfs |
|
| West Branch at 191 Bridge | N/A | 58° |
| West Branch at Walton (Cannonsville inflow) | 393 cfs |
66° |
| Cannonsville Reservoir Capacity | 99.6% | |
| Pepacton Reservoir Capacity | 99.5% |
Delaware River Report / Conditions June 7, 2021
The release from Cannonsville was increased slightly bringing the flow at Stilesville to 594 cfs. Every bit of additional cold water helps. Today is going to a lot like yesterday with the air temp hitting the high 80’s. We do have a chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon. Let’s hope we get hit with a few light storms. Tomorrow is a much better chance of rain with around 1/4″ expected. Plus the air temps drop back a bit tomorrow. People are finding fish on top early and late. Even if the storms miss us today we may get some helpful cloud cover to push some of the surface feeding earlier.
The lower East Branch, lower Beaverkill, and Mainstem will be too hot to fish today. The water temps peaked at or over 70 degrees yesterday and are starting off warmer this morning. Please give these rivers a break and fish the cold water areas.
Nate with his first dry fly fish. Tim Glynn photo
Chris with a good one in the evening yesterday. Steve Shen photo
What’s Hatching:
March Brown – #10-2xl – M. vicarium
Gray Fox – #12-2xl – M. vicarium
Sulphur – #16 – 18 – E. dorothea
Green Drake – #8-2xl – E. guttalata
Brown Drake – #10 – E. simulans
Light Cahill – #14 – E. vitreus (male), invaria
Pink Lady – #14 – E. vitreus (female)
Tiny Blue Wing Olive – #20 – 24 – Pseudocloeon sp.
Blue Wing Olives – #16 – 18 – Baetis vagans
Tan Caddis – #16 – 18 – Hydropsyche sp.
Grannom Fly – #14 – 18 – Dark Brachycentrus sp. just a few left
Click on the gauge below for the most recent update:
| West Branch at Stilesville, NY | 594 cfs |
45° |
| West Branch at Hale Eddy, NY | 738 cfs |
49° |
| East Branch at Harvard, NY | 229 cfs | 59° |
| East Branch at Fish’s Eddy, NY | 622 cfs | 65° |
| Mainstem at Lordville, NY | 1,640 cfs | 68° |
| Beaverkill at Cooks Falls, NY | 316 cfs | 64° |
| Cannonsville Reservoir Release | 500 cfs |
|
| West Branch at 191 Bridge | N/A | 56° |
| West Branch at Walton (Cannonsville inflow) | 440 cfs |
65° |
| Cannonsville Reservoir Capacity | 99% | |
| Pepacton Reservoir Capacity | 99.8% |
Delaware River Report / Conditions June 6, 2021
Yesterday was a tough one with the sun and heat combination. Early and really later were the best periods for dry fly fishing. Nymphing was definitely the best bet during the day. The wind definitely did not help anyone out there. Today will be hot and sunny again but at least the wind will only be 5 – 10 mph from the South. If you see bugs during the day and no risers in the pools concentrate on the broken water where they’ll feel more comfortable to rise. Nymph and / or swing wets in that same water.
The lower East Branch, lower Beaverkill, and Mainstem will be too hot to fish today. Please give these rivers a break and fish the cold water areas.
What’s Hatching:
March Brown – #10-2xl – M. vicarium
Gray Fox – #12-2xl – M. vicarium
Sulphur – #16 – 18 – E. dorothea
Green Drake – #8-2xl – E. guttalata
Brown Drake – #10 – E. simulans
Light Cahill – #14 – E. vitreus (male), invaria
Pink Lady – #14 – E. vitreus (female)
Tiny Blue Wing Olive – #20 – 24 – Pseudocloeon sp.
Blue Wing Olives – #16 – 18 – Baetis vagans
Tan Caddis – #16 – 18 – Hydropsyche sp.
Grannom Fly – #14 – 18 – Dark Brachycentrus sp. just a few left
Click on the gauge below for the most recent update:
| West Branch at Stilesville, NY | 521 cfs |
45° |
| West Branch at Hale Eddy, NY | 687 cfs |
50° |
| East Branch at Harvard, NY | 239 cfs | 57° |
| East Branch at Fish’s Eddy, NY | 714 cfs | 64° |
| Mainstem at Lordville, NY | 1,850 cfs | 65° |
| Beaverkill at Cooks Falls, NY | 359 cfs | 63° |
| Cannonsville Reservoir Release | 500 cfs |
|
| West Branch at 191 Bridge | N/A | 55° |
| West Branch at Walton (Cannonsville inflow) | 528 cfs |
64° |
| Cannonsville Reservoir Capacity | 99% | |
| Pepacton Reservoir Capacity | 99.9% |
Delaware River Report / Conditions June 5, 2021
Yesterday was tougher than it should have been but people still landed some nice fish. We had everything from bright sun to a brief heavy rain so it all seemed a little unsettled. Most of the storms seemed to slide south of us so the rivers are at the same levels as yesterday morning. We have some heat coming today with the air temp hitting 88 degrees with sunshine. Wind will be 10 – 20 mph from the West. Caddis may be active during the day if we get ome wind breaks. It looks like a good day to start off nymphing and get ready for the hatches as the sun drops in the evening. Bright sun and heat means it’s time to watch the afternoon water temps on the Lower East Branch, Mainstem, and Beaverkill.
Jim with a nice rainbow yesterday. Bob Lewis photo
Pete with a nice brown yesterday. Steve Shen photo
What’s Hatching:
March Brown – #10-2xl – M. vicarium
Gray Fox – #12-2xl – M. vicarium
Sulphur – #16 – 18 – E. dorothea
Green Drake – #8-2xl – E. guttalata
Brown Drake – #10 – E. simulans
Light Cahill – #14 – E. vitreus (male), invaria
Pink Lady – #14 – E. vitreus (female)
Tiny Blue Wing Olive – #20 – 24 – Pseudocloeon sp.
Blue Wing Olives – #16 – 18 – Baetis vagans
Tan Caddis – #16 – 18 – Hydropsyche sp.
Grannom Fly – #14 – 18 – Dark Brachycentrus sp. just a few left
Click on the gauge below for the most recent update:
| West Branch at Stilesville, NY | 521 cfs |
44° |
| West Branch at Hale Eddy, NY | 761 cfs |
50° |
| East Branch at Harvard, NY | 263 cfs | 55° |
| East Branch at Fish’s Eddy, NY | 903 cfs | 60° |
| Mainstem at Lordville, NY | 2,130 cfs | 61° |
| Beaverkill at Cooks Falls, NY | 455 cfs | 58° |
| Cannonsville Reservoir Release | 500 cfs |
|
| West Branch at 191 Bridge | N/A | 55° |
| West Branch at Walton (Cannonsville inflow) | 723 cfs |
60° |
| Cannonsville Reservoir Capacity | 99% | |
| Pepacton Reservoir Capacity | 99.9% |
Delaware River Report / Conditions June 4, 2021
The West Branch flow at Hale Eddy went up to 791 cfs this morning. It’s runoff from Qpuaga Creek which has bumped to 155 cfs from the rain. Not a big change and the other river flows haven’t budged below the dams. Clarity is fine. The West Branch flow above Cannonsville is 860 cs so most of the rain went North of us. According to Wunderground we have a 50% chance of scattered storms to day but they have the rainfall total as .06″. We’re warming up and the air temp will hit 76 degrees with light wind. Yesterday was a nice overcast day and the rain held off until the evening. The wind was definitely less than predicted here on the lower West Branch. There was the usual mix of bugs and people found fish rising.
Ed with a nice WB rainbow yesterday. Ron Reedy photo
Mike with a nice rainbow yesterday. Jeremy Shurites photo
What’s Hatching:
March Brown – #10-2xl – M. vicarium
Gray Fox – #12-2xl – M. vicarium
Sulphur – #16 – 18 – E. dorothea
Green Drake – #8-2xl – E. guttalata
Brown Drake – #10 – E. simulans
Light Cahill – #14 – E. vitreus (male), invaria
Pink Lady – #14 – E. vitreus (female)
Tiny Blue Wing Olive – #20 – 24 – Pseudocloeon sp.
Blue Wing Olives – #16 – 18 – Baetis vagans
Tan Caddis – #16 – 18 – Hydropsyche sp.
Grannom Fly – #14 – 18 – Dark Brachycentrus sp. just a few left
Click on the gauge below for the most recent update:
| West Branch at Stilesville, NY | 521 cfs |
44° |
| West Branch at Hale Eddy, NY | 791 cfs |
49° |
| East Branch at Harvard, NY | 270 cfs | 54° |
| East Branch at Fish’s Eddy, NY | 831 cfs | 58° |
| Mainstem at Lordville, NY | 1,970 cfs | 58° |
| Beaverkill at Cooks Falls, NY | 434 cfs | 57° |
| Cannonsville Reservoir Release | 500 cfs |
|
| West Branch at 191 Bridge | N/A | 51° |
| West Branch at Walton (Cannonsville inflow) | 860 cfs |
59° |
| Cannonsville Reservoir Capacity | 98.7% | |
| Pepacton Reservoir Capacity | 99.9% |
Delaware River Report / Conditions June 3, 2021
We should see some light rain this morning. Afternoon storms may develop but a lot of those tend to slide south of us. Wunderground forecasts the rain total at .17″. Yesterday’s rain did little to the flows and all of the rivers look good this morning. We had a number of different bugs hatching at the same time yesterday and they hatches seemed to come in flushes. When the bugs were there the fish were up. Patience paid off.
Jim with a nice brown yesterday.
Patrick with a decent fish yesterday. Steve Shen photo
Alex found some rainbows yesterday. Bob Lewis photo
What’s Hatching:
March Brown – #10-2xl – M. vicarium
Gray Fox – #12-2xl – M. vicarium
Sulphur – #16 – 18 – E. dorothea
Green Drake – #8-2xl – E. guttalata
Brown Drake – #10 – E. simulans
Light Cahill – #14 – E. vitreus (male), invaria
Pink Lady – #14 – E. vitreus (female)
Tiny Blue Wing Olive – #20 – 24 – Pseudocloeon sp.
Blue Wing Olives – #16 – 18 – Baetis vagans
Tan Caddis – #16 – 18 – Hydropsyche sp.
Grannom Fly – #14 – 18 – Dark Brachycentrus sp. just a few left
Click on the gauge below for the most recent update:
| West Branch at Stilesville, NY | 521 cfs |
44° |
| West Branch at Hale Eddy, NY | 681 cfs |
48° |
| East Branch at Harvard, NY | 274 cfs | 53° |
| East Branch at Fish’s Eddy, NY | 840 cfs | 56° |
| Mainstem at Lordville, NY | 1,970 cfs | 56° |
| Beaverkill at Cooks Falls, NY | 459 cfs | 55° |
| Cannonsville Reservoir Release | 500 cfs |
|
| West Branch at 191 Bridge | N/A | 51° |
| West Branch at Walton (Cannonsville inflow) | 467 cfs |
57° |
| Cannonsville Reservoir Capacity | 98.7% | |
| Pepacton Reservoir Capacity | 99.9% |