Today looks like a good fishing day. The air temp should peak around 64 degrees, some light rain, clouds, and winds around 5 – 10 mph. We may see a thundershower but the total precip. should be under 1/4″. Yesterday was another mix of clouds and sun. There was some hatching early and again in the evening. Sulphurs, cahills, caddis, and a few tiny olives. Mid day some people were able to find fish eating caddis. Blind casting March Browns and cahills will still bring up some fish in the riffles. We are seeing some isonychias but a lot of them are crawling out on the rocks in the lower water levels. Between the isonychias and caddis out there a good wet fly fisher should do well.
Hatching:
Sulphur – #16 -18 – E. dorothea
Light Cahill – #14 – 16 – S. ithaca & canadense
PED / Pink Lady – #14 – Eperorus vitreus
Isonychia – #12-2xl – 12 – Isonychia bicolor
Blue Wing Olives #16 – 18 – Baetis vagans
Tiny Blue Wing Olives #20 – 26 – Psuedo sp.
Dark Blue Sedge #14- Psilotreta sp.
Spotted Sedge #16 – Hydropsyche sp.
There is construction on Winterdale Road. A short stretch is closed near the Methodist Camp between us and Hancock. We have detours listed on our website here: https://thedelawareriverclub.com/welcome-to-the-drc/getting-here/
Click on the gauge below for the most recent update:
West Branch at Stilesville, NY | 383 cfs | 44° |
West Branch at Hale Eddy, NY | 460 cfs | 49° |
East Branch at Harvard, NY | 162 cfs | 58° |
East Branch at Fish’s Eddy, NY | 312 cfs | 66° |
Mainstem at Lordville, NY | 925 cfs | 66° |
Beaverkill at Cooks Falls, NY | 122 cfs | 65° |
Cannonsville Reservoir Release | 415 cfs | Chart 4E on the FFMP |
West Branch at 191 Bridge | N/A | 58° |
West Branch at Walton (Cannonsville inflow) | 85.3 cfs | |
Cannonsville Reservoir Capacity | 92.5% | |
Pepacton Reservoir Capacity | 95.6% |