Delaware River Report / Conditions April 18, 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:

 

Matt with a Central PA wild brown

Matt with a Central PA wild brown

Dan with a good smallmouth in his backyard

Dan with a good smallmouth in his backyard

Not the view we were hoping for this morning

Not the view we were hoping for this morning

We didn’t get much rain yesterday.  It fell as snow.  It took a long time for it to stick on on the grass in the lower elevations but we have a few inches on the ground this morning.  The hills may have quite a bit more.  Today will be chilly and windy hitting 45 degrees with wind 10 – 15 mph from the North.  Tomorrow we warm up to 58 degrees.  No more snow in this weeks forecast!  The rivers are still high and cold but slowly dropping.  We may see a bump in flows as the snow melts today and tomorrow.

Hatching:
Click on the fly to see the patterns in our online store

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.

 

Click on the gauge below for the most recent update:

West Branch at Stilesville, NY 1,530 cfs 41°
West Branch at Hale Eddy, NY 2,050 cfs 40°
East Branch at Harvard, NY 1,530 cfs 39°
East Branch at Fish’s Eddy, NY 2,770 cfs 40°
Mainstem at Lordville, NY 5,460 cfs 40°
Beaverkill at Cooks Falls, NY 1,110 cfs 39°
Cannonsville Reservoir Release 1,499 cfs
West Branch at 191 Bridge N/A 42°
West Branch at Walton (Cannonsville inflow) 1,240 cfs
Cannonsville Reservoir Capacity 99.1%
Pepacton Reservoir Capacity 100.5%
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