Delaware River Report: July 30, 2024

The showers missed us yesterday but today looks like a better chance. We should have decent cloud cover by the afternoon. The amount of rain in the forecast looks negligible. The midday sulphurs are still going on the upper river sections offering the best shot at dry flies. There are a lot of tiny olives mixed in too. Once the sun drops we should see some olives and Isonychias on the mid to lower West Branch. Nymphing has been better mid to lower too.

Today will be 84 degrees with sun and clouds in the morning. The clouds will increase in the afternoon with a chance of showers. Total rainfall should be .07″. Wind will be 10 – 15 mph from the South.

The Beaverkill at Cooks Falls, the East Branch at Fishs Eddy, and the Mainstem water temps will climb too high in today’s sunshine. It’s time to give these rivers a break.

What’s Hatching:
Dark Blue Wing Olive – #16 – 18 – Baetis spp.
Sulphur – #16 – 20 – Ephemerella dorothea
Slate Drake – 12-2xl – 12 – Isonychia bicolor
Light Cahill – #14 – Stenonema ithaca & canadense
Light Blue Wing Olive – #18 – 20 – Ephemerella attenuata, cornutella
Tiny Blue Wing Olive – #22 – 26 – Pseudocloeon sp.
Tan Caddis -#16 – 18 – Hydropsyche sp.

View the current local weather conditions.

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West Branch at Stilesville, NY502 cfs46°
West Branch at Hale Eddy, NY632 cfs50°
East Branch at Harvard, NY263 cfs57°
East Branch at Fishs Eddy, NY489 cfs64°
Mainstem at Lordville, NY1,280 cfs67°
Beaverkill at Cooks Falls, NY110 cfs68°
West Branch at 191 Bridge59°
West Branch at Walton (Cannonsville inflow)127 cfs68°
Cannonsville Reservoir Release500 cfs
Cannonsville Reservoir Capacity69%
Pepacton Reservoir Capacity82.8%
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