Delaware River Report / Conditions July 24, 2011

It appears that the worst is over (if the weathermen are to believed – really, what other job can you be wrong all the time and still keep?) and the heat has broken for the most part. Temperatures should only get into the low 80s today, with variable clouds – couple this with the 1010 CFS release on the West Branch, and you have the potential for a truly great day of dry-fly fishing!

Nice Summer Brown. Photo by: Tom Noble

  • Hatches:
  • Potamanthus distinctus – Cream variant #12-2XL

    Tricorythodes – Tricos #22-26

    Isonychia bicolor – Iso/Slate Drake #12-2XL

    Ephemerella dorothea – Sulphur- #16/18/20

    Stenonema sp. – Light Cahill #12-#14

    Ephemerella deficiens- Blue Wing Olive #14

    Hydropsyche sp. – Tan Caddis – #16-#18

    Emphemerella invaria – Light Cahill – #12

    Brachycentrus sp. (Dark Grannom – Charcoal) #16- #18

    Pseudocloeon – Little BWO’s- #22-#26

    FLOWS:
    West Branch at Stilesville, NY 1,070 cfs @ 45º
    West Branch at Hale Eddy,NY 1,060 cfs @ 46º
    East Branch at Harvard, NY 191 cfs @ 59º
    East Branch at Fish’s Eddy, NY 379 cfs @ 73º
    Mainstem at Lordville, NY 1,600 cfs @ 66º
    Beaverkill at Cooks Falls, NY 167 cfs @ N/A
    Cannonsville Reservoir Level & Release 92.8% – 610 CFS
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