Delaware River Report / Conditions September 28, 2021

The wind made fishing tough for a good part of the day yesterday.  Wunderground may have underestimated their mph prediction.  It did finally drop back in the evening giving some people a brief break. Overall it was a streamer and nymph day.  The tailwaters are still high and tough to wade.  The West Branch has it’s normal Fall tint but it has cleared a lot over the last few days.  We see some people attempting it but we do not recommend it.  The Beaverkill at Cooks Falls dropped below 1,000 cfs so there are definitely much better and safer wade opportunities on the other there.  We should have decent cloud cover with 1/4″ of rain today.  Wind will ne 5 – 10 from the North.  Sounds like a good olive day.

 

Chris Calabrese with a Mainstem Isonychia eater

Chris Calabrese with a Mainstem Isonychia eater this week

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 1,410 cfs
56°
West Branch at Hale Eddy, NY 1,760 cfs
55°
East Branch at Harvard, NY 1,010 cfs 49°
East Branch at Fish’s Eddy, NY 1,980 cfs 55°
Mainstem at Lordville, NY 4,260 cfs 59°
Beaverkill at Cooks Falls, NY 873 cfs 57°
Cannonsville Reservoir Release  1,400 cfs
West Branch at 191 Bridge N/A 57°
West Branch at Walton (Cannonsville inflow) 999 cfs
59°
Cannonsville Reservoir Capacity 91.4%
Pepacton Reservoir Capacity 94.7%

 

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