Delaware River Report: April 1, 2022

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Over the last two weeks we’ve dealt with 65 degree days and white out blizzards. The 10 day forecast shows us settled in to some warmer weather mixed with a few rainstorms. We were hit with heavy rains last night and the river flows are up. The West Branch is off color. We’ll see a few more showers this morning with wind 15 mph from the North. Wading is not recommended. People have been catching fish on streamers and nymphs for a few weeks now and it looks like the fish had a good winter and made it through healthy. We are seeing some stoneflies and blue wing olives but the water temps need to come up a bit more for the dry fly fishing to really start. A few small charcoal caddis are also in the bushes. In the meantime stick with fishing underneath.

What’s Hatching:
Little Black Stonefly – #18 – Capniidae sp.
Little Black and Brown Stonefly – #14 – 16 – Taeniopteryx fasciata & Brachytera sp.
Dark Blue Wing Olive– #16 – 18 – Baetis vagans

West Branch at Stilesville, NY659 cfs38°
West Branch at Hale Eddy, NY1,480 cfs39°
East Branch at Harvard, NY2,770 cfs40°
East Branch at Fish’s Eddy, NY6,380 cfs41°
Mainstem at Lordville, NY6,360 cfs41°
Beaverkill at Cooks Falls, NY3,260 cfs40°
West Branch at 191 Bridge40°
West Branch at Walton (Cannonsville inflow)3,680 cfs43°
Cannonsville Reservoir Release650 cfs
Cannonsville Reservoir Capacity99.4%
Pepacton Reservoir Capacity100.4%
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