We don’t say this very often but call in sick and come fish. The Delaware System is fishing better than it has in recent memory. The hatching over the last few days has been incredible. Blue Winged Olives, Hendricksons, Blue Quills. and March Browns are even showing on some sections. The olive wings have looked like foam in the back eddies. Overcast skies, a few showers, and light winds under 10 mph are in the forecast for the next few days.
Ty and Steve Shen with a great brown yesterday
Yesterday’s bugs in a back eddy. Photo by Bill Zagarski
Hatching:
March Browns – #10-2xl – Maccaffertium vicarium (formerly Stenonema vicarium)
Hendrickson- #12 – 14 – E. subvaria –
Hendrickson #16 – E. X
Blue Quill #16 – 18 – Paraleptophlebia adoptiva
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) –
Quill Gordons #14 – Epeorus pluralis – almost gone – you’ll still find a few here and there
| West Branch at Stilesville, NY | 133 cfs |
42° |
| West Branch at Hale Eddy, NY | 580 cfs |
47° |
| East Branch at Harvard, NY | 246 cfs | 47° |
| East Branch at Fish’s Eddy, NY | 1,380 cfs | 48° |
| Mainstem at Lordville, NY | 2,990 cfs | 49° |
| Beaverkill at Cooks Falls, NY | 899 cfs | N/A |
| Cannonsville Reservoir Release | 150 cfs | |
| West Branch at 191 Bridge | N/A | 48° |
| West Branch at Walton (Cannonsville inflow) | 495 cfs | |
| Cannonsville Reservoir Capacity | 96.9% | |
| Pepacton Reservoir Capacity | 99.4% |
