The fishing picked up yesterday- especially in the afternoon. Nymphing paid off early and then the caddis popped on some sections of river offering dry fly opportunity if you were in the right place. There were some March Browns and Gray Fox floating by sporadically throughout the day but only a few fish seem interested in the big bugs. Sulphurs hatched in the evening on the Main in sections offering decent fishing in the evening.
Today looks like a better weather day with cloud cover, air temperatures in the low 60’s, and wind only reaching 5 mph. All of the rivers in the system are dropping back and the lower flows are now great for wading. The Cannonsville Reservoir spill is also decreasing dropping the flow at Hale Eddy to a comfortable 590 cfs this morning.
A nice Delaware rainbow. Photo by Kevan Smaracko
Hatching:
March Browns – #10-2xl – Maccaffertium vicarium (formerly Stenonema vicarium)
Sulphur – #16-18 – E dorothea
Light Blue Winged Olive – #14 E. cornuta
Hendrickson- #12 – 14 – E. subvaria
Hendrickson #16 – E. X
Tan Caddis – #16 – 20 – Hydropsyche spp.
Dark Brachycentrus sp. – #14 – 18 – Dark Grannom
Light Brachycentrus sp. – #16 – 18 – Apple Caddis
Little Black Caddis #18 – 20 – Chimarra sp.
Blue Winged Olives #16 – 18 – Baetis vagans (updated name: Baetis tricaudatus)
| West Branch at Stilesville, NY | 355 cfs |
51° |
| West Branch at Hale Eddy, NY | 590 cfs |
50° |
| East Branch at Harvard, NY | 213 cfs | 52° |
| East Branch at Fish’s Eddy, NY | 781 cfs | 55° |
| Mainstem at Lordville, NY | 1,760 cfs | 58° |
| Beaverkill at Cooks Falls, NY | 356 cfs | N/A |
| Cannonsville Reservoir Release | 300 cfs | |
| West Branch at 191 Bridge | N/A | 54° |
| West Branch at Walton (Cannonsville inflow) | 385 cfs | |
| Cannonsville Reservoir Capacity | 100.7% | |
| Pepacton Reservoir Capacity | 99.4% |
