Delaware River Report: July 6, 2023

The aqueduct work has been pushed off again. It is now scheduled for Fall of 2024.

The release from Cannonsville was increased to 750 cfs. This looks like s temperature release since the flow at Montague NJ is just under 5K. The West is still in good shape for floating and wading. There is algae in the water making nymphing tough up towards deposit. The increased release may knock more algae loose and could take a day to flush through. There is much less below Hale Eddy. There are daytime sulphur hatches on the Upper West. The lower West was sparse yesterday until the sun dropped. Hopefully the colder water and potential afternoon thunderstorms push the bugs a little earlier.

The Beaverkill at Cooks Falls, East Branch at Fishs Eddy, and Mainstem at Lordville all peaked over 70 degrees yesterday. It’s time to give these sections a break and fish the colder water.

Today will be hot again hitting 89 degrees with potential stray thunderstorms. A lot of those tend to miss us so we’ll have to wait and see. Wind will be 5 – 10 mph from the South.

What’s Hatching:
Sulphur – #16 – 20 – E. dorothea
Slate Drake – 12-2xl – 12 – Isonychia bicolor
Dark Blue Wing Olive – #18 – 20 – deficiens, lata
Pale Evening Dun – #14 – Epeorus vitreus
Tiny Blue Wing Olive – #22 – 26 – Pseudocleon sp.
Light Cahill – #14 – E. invaria, rotunda, Stenocron spp.
Olive Caddis – #16 – 18 – Ryacophilia sp.
Tan Caddis – #16 – 18 – Hydropsyche sp.
Dark Blue Wing Olive – #16 – 18 – Baetis spp.

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