Delaware River Report: April 6, 2023

If anyone finds a chest pack on the lower West Branch or Upper Main please send us an email at flyfish@thedelawareriverclub.com.

The West Branch flow has increased about 500 cfs this morning. It is already dropping at Hale Eddy but will remain high. The bump is mostly runoff from some overnight rain. The East Branch flow is sill dropping slowly but also remains high. Both reservoirs are spilling so the rivers are in great shape to float. Wading will be best and safest on the smaller headwater streams. Not much has changed over the last few days. Nymphing and streamers will be your best bets. There will be some dry fly shots with stoneflies and caddis in the long, slow pools. It just about being in the right place at the right time.

Today ;ooks a little nicer than yesterday with the air temp hitting 66 degrees, overcast, and just .04″ of rain. Wind will be 5 – 10 mph from the South. That’s a welcome change.

What’s Hatching:
Tiny Black Stonefly – #18 – Capniidae sp..
Little Black and Brown Stoneflies – #14 – 16 – Taeniopteryx sp..
Little Black Caddis – #18 – 20 – Chimarra sp.

View the current local weather conditions.

Click on any gauge for the most recent data:
West Branch at Stilesville, NY2,260 cfs38°
West Branch at Hale Eddy, NY2,770 cfs40°
East Branch at Harvard, NY1,420 cfs42°
East Branch at Fish’s Eddy, NY2,920 cfs44°
Mainstem at Lordville, NY5,810 cfs44°
Beaverkill at Cooks Falls, NY1,170 cfs44°
West Branch at 191 Bridge42°
West Branch at Walton (Cannonsville inflow)1,280 cfs48°
Cannonsville Reservoir Release283 cfs
Cannonsville Reservoir Capacity102.9%
Pepacton Reservoir Capacity101.1%
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