Delaware River Report / Conditions April 19, 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:

Pat Regan caught a fish on his local stream and then tried to use his phone for the picture!

Pat Regan caught a fish on his local stream and then tried to use his phone for the picture!

 

Daniel with a good streamer eater from the Croton watershed

Daniel with a good streamer eater from the Croton watershed

 

It’s a cold morning here with some snow still showing on the norther slopes.  The runoff is cold so it will take a while for the water temps to climb.  We should hit 58 degrees today with some sunshine.  That should help.  Wind will be 10 – 20 mph from the South.  Pepacton Reservoir is still spilling but the EB flow is dropping slowly along with the rest of the system

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.

 

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 1,310 cfs 39°
East Branch at Fish’s Eddy, NY 2,480 cfs 40°
Mainstem at Lordville, NY 5,250 cfs 40°
Beaverkill at Cooks Falls, NY 997 cfs 38°
Cannonsville Reservoir Release 1,499 cfs
West Branch at 191 Bridge N/A 40°
West Branch at Walton (Cannonsville inflow) 1,270 cfs
Cannonsville Reservoir Capacity 99.1%
Pepacton Reservoir Capacity 100.5%
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