Delaware River Report: August 18, 2022

We finally had a little rain yesterday afternoon. It wasn’t enough to bump the water flows but it was enough to make you wish you had a raincoat. But every drop that soaks into the ground helps. So the West Branch remains at the same flow as yesterday – 1,170 cfs at Hale Eddy. That still offers wade opportunities in some spots. Over the last couple of days most of our fish have come on either #18 or #22 blue wing olives. There are also still a few sulphurs and cahills around. Some people are reporting decent Isonychias on some stretches. Today will much 75 degrees and cloudy with a very slight chance of a shower. Wind will be 5 – 10 mph from the North.

The East Branch at Fishs Eddy and the Beaverkill at Cooks Falls both peaked over 70 degrees yesterday. Give these sections a break until we get cooler temps.

John Loughlin with a good fish yesterday. Mike D’Accurzio photo

What’s Hatching:
Slate Drake – 12-2xl – 12- Isonychia bicolor
Sulphur – #16 – 20 – E. dorothea
Light Cahill – #14 – E. vitreus (male), E. invaria, Stenacron spp.
Dark Blue Wing Olive – #18 – 20 – deficiens, lata
Tiny Blue Wing Olive – #22 – 26 – Pseudocloeon sp.
Yellow Sally Stonefly – #14 – Isoperla spp.
Tan Spotted Sedge #16 – 18 – Hydropsyche sp.

View the current local weather conditions.

Click on any gauge for the most recent data:
West Branch at Stilesville, NY1,120 cfs47°
West Branch at Hale Eddy, NY1,170 cfs48°
East Branch at Harvard, NY145 cfs56°
East Branch at Fish’s Eddy, NY208 cfs63°
Mainstem at Lordville, NY1,590 cfs57°
Beaverkill at Cooks Falls, NY65 cfs65°
West Branch at 191 Bridge50°
West Branch at Walton (Cannonsville inflow)35 cfs60°
Cannonsville Reservoir Release1,150 cfs
Cannonsville Reservoir Capacity58.6%
Pepacton Reservoir Capacity75.9%
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