Delaware River Report / Conditions April 26, 2020

We are following the State’s order and are closed right now.  We are still fulfilling mail orders in the online store:  https://drc-fly-shop.myshopify.com/

Let’s keep the local pictures going.  Since everyone should be fishing local to their homes send us pictures of your locally caught fish and we’ll put them here on the blog.  Even chubs would be cool.  Email them to flyfish@thedelawareriverclub.com

Today’s selection of fish:

John found this rainbow a couple of miles from his house

John found this rainbow a couple of miles from his house

 

Mark with a good brown from his local waters

Mark with a good brown from his local waters

It seems like we are only allotted one nice day a week and yesterday was it.  60 degrees, no wind, some sunshine and bugs.  The water temps climbed enough to make the bugs and fish happy.  It was also a warm night so the rivers are starting off a couple of degrees warmer this morning.  Today we will see between 1/2″ and 3/4″ of rain.  Wind will be from the East 10 – 15 mph.  We’ll have rain mixed with snow overnight into tomorrow morning.  It looks like a wet week ahead but warmer.

Hatching:
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Little Brown and Black Stoneflies #14 – 16 – Taeniopteryx sp.
Dark Blue Wing Olives – #16 – 18 – Baetis vagans
Blue Quill – #16 – 18 – Paraleptophlebia adoptiva
Little Black Caddis –  #16 – 20 – Chimarra sp.
Dark Hendrickson – #14 – E. subvaria (
Light Hendrickson – #12 – E. subvaria (female)
Quill Gordon – #14 – Epeorus pluralis
Dark Grannom #14 – 18 – Dark Brachycentrus

Click on the gauge below for the most recent update:

 

West Branch at Stilesville, NY 1,510 cfs 43°
West Branch at Hale Eddy, NY 1,860 cfs 43°
East Branch at Harvard, NY 895 cfs 44°
East Branch at Fish’s Eddy, NY 1,720 cfs 47°
Mainstem at Lordville, NY 3,790 cfs 47°
Beaverkill at Cooks Falls, NY 643 cfs 47°
Cannonsville Reservoir Release 1,499 cfs
West Branch at 191 Bridge N/A 44°
West Branch at Walton (Cannonsville inflow) 726 cfs
Cannonsville Reservoir Capacity 98.1%
Pepacton Reservoir Capacity 99.4%
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