Delaware River Report / Conditions September 21, 2021

We had quite a bit of sun yesterday but there were some olives in the afternoon that offered some dry fly fishing.  Fish were also landed on streamers and nymphs.  We should have more clouds today that should help the fishing start a little earlier.  The rivers are still high and the best wading is still on the Beaverkill / Willowemoc Rivers.  the West Branch at Stilesville is still 1,400 cfs.  There is that Fall tint to the river that we seem to get every year but it hasn’t stopped the fish from rising.

 

Tom and Bruce Miller found a good fish yesterday

Tom and Bruce Miller found a good fish yesterday

What’s Hatching:
Olive Sulphur – #18 – 20 – Heptagenia hebe
Light Cahill – #14 – Stenocron spp. , E. invaria
Slate Drake – #12-2xl – 12 – Isonychia bicolor
Tiny Blue Wing Olive – #20 – 24 – Pseudocloeon sp.
Blue Wing Olives – #16 – 20 – D. deficiens, lata
Light Blue Wing Olives – #16 – 20 – E. cornutella, attenuata
Tan Caddis – #16 – 18 – Hydropsyche sp.

Click on the gauge below for the most recent update:

West Branch at Stilesville, NY 1,400 cfs
53°
West Branch at Hale Eddy, NY 1,650 cfs
54°
East Branch at Harvard, NY 823 cfs 47°
East Branch at Fish’s Eddy, NY 1,432 cfs 55°
Mainstem at Lordville, NY 3,110 cfs 58°
Beaverkill at Cooks Falls, NY 466 cfs 60°
Cannonsville Reservoir Release 1,399 cfs
West Branch at 191 Bridge N/A 55°
West Branch at Walton (Cannonsville inflow) 410 cfs
61°
Cannonsville Reservoir Capacity 90.2%
Pepacton Reservoir Capacity 93.4%

 

 

 

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