April 7, 2022

Delaware River Report: April 7, 2022

The rain started before 6 am this morning. The forecast is calling for close to 1″ over the course of the day. Keep an eye on the latest flows by clicking on the gauge links below. 1″ will bring the rivers up and may add some color by the afternoon. Cannonsville and Pepacton are both still spilling. If the rain hits above the reservoirs there will be a slight delay and then the spills will increase. Wading the main rivers is not an option so it’s another day of sticking to the Willowemoc or headwater streams. Watch for higher flows on those streams by this afternoon too. Streamers will be your best bet today. People have been finding sporadic rising fish but dry fly fishing has been a long shot so far. The air temp will hit 47 degrees with wind 10 – 20 from the South.

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
Little Black Caddis – #18 – 20 – Chimarra sp.

Click on the gauge below for the most recent update:

April 6, 2022

Delaware River Report: April 6, 2022

We woke up to a steady light rain this morning. Wunderground has increased the rainfall forecast to just over 1/2″ today. We will likely see the flows go up with runoff and maybe some color in the rivers by the afternoon. Cannonsville and Pepacton are both still spilling. If you’re wading it’s another day of sticking to the Willowemoc or headwater streams. Yesterday fished well with streamers in the afternoon. There were some sporadic risers in the long slow pools but they were tough to target. They’re still not consistent. The sunshine and rising water temps definitely helped. Today will be 55 degrees with rain, clouds, and wind 10 mph from the East. We have more rain in the forecast tomorrow so keep an eye on the radar and river flows.

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
Little Black Caddis – #18 – 20 – Chimarra sp.

Click on the gauge below for the most recent update:

April 5, 2022

Delaware River Report: April 5, 2022

Cannonsville and Pepacton are both still spilling. The Beaverkill is dropping slowly but is still over 1,000 cfs this morning. The rivers are in great shape for floating and throwing streamers. If you’re wading it’s another day of sticking to the Willowemoc or headwater streams. The East and West Branches will stay high with the spill for a while. Hopefully the Beaverkill continues to drop and any rain in the forecast misses us. There are some bugs out there but it’s still mostly streamer game. today looks like a nice day with some sunshine and the air temp hitting 58 degrees. Wind will be 5 – 10 mph from the South. The low will hit 42 degrees tonight. Hopefully that will help the water temps.

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
Little Black Caddis – #18 – 20 – Chimarra sp.

Click on the gauge below for the most recent update:

April 4, 2022

Delaware River Report: April 4, 2022

We ended up with just under an inch of snow in the valley’s, closer to two in the mountains. Most of it melted already and we’re in for a nicer day today. It should hit 44 degrees with good cloud cover. Wind will be 5 – 10 mph from the North. That will be lightest wind we’ve seen for a while. The cold snap and snow melt dropped the water temps back into the high 30’s throughout the system. If we keep the heavy cloud cover the rivers will take a while to warm up. Although we are seeing some bugs streamers will be your best bet again today. Some people are nymphing spots but streamers are bringing more fish to the net. Both Cannonsville and Pepacton Reservoirs are still spilling. Floating is the only safe option. The Beaverkill is still a little over 1,000 cfs. If your wading check out sections of the Willowemoc and the headwaters streams. Some little black caddis are showing up along with a few blue wing olives and stoneflies. The water is still cold and high for decent dry fly fishing but bring a dry fly rod just in case.

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
Little Black Caddis – #18 – 20 – Chimarra sp.

Click on the gauge below for the most recent update:

April 3, 2022

Delaware River Report: April 3, 2022

We woke up to a little snow falling this morning. It is only April 3rd. We should see about .25″ and then rain in the afternoon. The high will be 41 degrees so it shouldn’t last long on the ground. Wind will be 10 mph from the South. It definitely looks like another streamer day. Both Cannonsville and Pepacton Reservoirs are still spilling. The Beaverkill is just under 1,500 cfs and dropping. Wading the main rivers at these levels is not possible. If you’re wading stick to the smaller streams and headwaters again. Floating is fine. Yesterday fished well with streamers. We’ve been starting with dark colored streamers and switching to light if we don’t see any action after a couple of pools. Look for the warmer water temps in the warmest part of the afternoon to find the most active fish. The 10 day forecast shows some rain during the week but no more snow.

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

Click on the gauge below for the most recent update:

April 2, 2022

Delaware River Report: April 2, 2022

Both Cannonsville and Pepecton Reservoirs are spilling. The river flows are high throughout the system. Floating is your best option today. The Beaverkill is also high flowing just under 2,000 cfs. The West Branch has cleared quite a bit and looks good this morning. If you’re wading look to the smaller feeder streams or headwaters. Streamers and nymphs will be your best bets. Most of the fish we are catching have been mid afternoon during the warmest part of the day. Yesterday was typical early Spring with wind, a few periods of sleet, and a few periods of sunshine. today looks very similar including the sleet. The air temp should reach 48 degrees by mid afternoon. Wind will be 10 – 15 mph from the North.

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

Click on the gauge below for the most recent update:

April 1, 2022

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

October 23, 2012

Delaware River Report / Conditions October 23, 2012

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Yesterday was a picture-perfect Autumn day, which is to say bright sun, no clouds, and a variable breeze whipping the leaves into the air. While perfect in concept, those conditions do not make for an optimal day of dry fly fishing. The river did warm up around 2:00 PM, and we started seeing Stenos and Isos in pretty decent numbers, with the fish again being sporadic-yet-catchable. Today, we’re expecting some slightly warmer temps, with a few passing showers heading through the area. If the clouds hold, the Pseudos should be out en masse today, and their big Slate Drake compatriots will hopefully be in tow!

Pat Giordano made a return to the river after a few months off – obviously he’s forgotten to TILT the the fish when having a picture taken! Nice Brown Pat! Photo: Michael Johnson

Isonychia bicolor – Isos – #12-2XL & #12 & #14

Heptagenia hebe – Olive Sulphur – #16 & #18

Pseudocloeon– Tiny BWO- #22-26

Stenonema stenocron(et al) – Light Cahill – (Male)- #14 (sporadic)

Ephemerella invaria – Large Sulphurs / Light Cahills – #14 (waning)

Hydropsyche- Tan Caddis- #18

Ryacophilia- Olive Caddis- #16

Baetis species – #18 & #20 (sporadic when cloudy)

October 22, 2012

Delaware River Report / Conditions October 22, 2012

Surprisingly enough to me, yesterday turned out pretty much how I predicted it would, with one wonderful exception – the wind did not blow us completely off the water as the witch doctors at Accuweather said it would. We had strong gusts at time, but it was an entirely fishable day wind-wise. Even better, we had great numbers of bugs starting around 2PM (once the water had warmed up slightly) on the West Branch including a decent iso hatch, lots of stenos and big numbers of pseudos when the sun was hidden. The fish were not as excited about this as we were, rising sporadically to grab the occasional big bug that floated overhead. The silver lining was that even those these fish were sporadic, if you marked them and placed a cast (with a decent drift of course) over top of them, many times they would come right up and grab the fly. Today, the East is back down to a bit more of a reasonable level and color, and I would expect it to start fishing as the West Branch has, once the water temps get up and out of the 40’s, most likely sometime this afternoon. We’re looking at a day in the 60’s today, with partly cloudy skies – it could be pretty decent out there!

Jeff White’s nephew John Webber taking his first crack at the sticks. Photo: Jeff White

Isonychia bicolor – Isos – #12-2XL & #12 & #14

Heptagenia hebe – Olive Sulphur – #16 & #18

Pseudocloeon– Tiny BWO- #22-26

Stenonema stenocron(et al) – Light Cahill – (Male)- #14 (sporadic)

Ephemerella invaria – Large Sulphurs / Light Cahills – #14 (waning)

Hydropsyche- Tan Caddis- #18

Ryacophilia- Olive Caddis- #16

Baetis species – #18 & #20 (sporadic when cloudy)

October 21, 2012

Delaware River Report / Conditions October 21, 2012

Looks like all the rivers are falling precipitously, and the cold temperatures overnight have cooled them down quite a bit as well. Yesterday the West saw some decent streamer action as well as fair number of insects hatching, but very few fish coming up to take them. The East and the Main were both very off color, and while there were large numbers of Hebes and Isos, the trout certainly weren’t going to move through 5,000+ CFS to get them. Today however, everything has cleared up tremendously. The East is still fairly turbid, but the West is looking great today. The powers that be have predicted wind, so for once I hope their usual lack of predictive power works in our favor for a change!

A few of these ‘mystery’ Stenos were out and about as well. Photo: Jeff White

Isonychia bicolor – Isos – #12-2XL & #12 & #14

Heptagenia hebe – Olive Sulphur – #16 & #18

Pseudocloeon– Tiny BWO- #22-26

Stenonema stenocron(et al) – Light Cahill – (Male)- #14 (sporadic)

Ephemerella invaria – Large Sulphurs / Light Cahills – #14 (waning)

Hydropsyche- Tan Caddis- #18

Ryacophilia- Olive Caddis- #16

Baetis species – #18 & #20 (sporadic when cloudy)

October 20, 2012

Delaware River Report / Conditions October 20, 2012

Well that was dramatic. Yesterday morning saw some of the loudest thunderstorms I have ever experienced, and they dropped a massive amount of rain here at the club as well as the surrounding areas. The Upper West did not seem to jump as much as the lower (as Oquaga creek likely didn’t take the brunt of the storm), but while Hale was at ~600 cfs, we were at an easy 2,500 cfs in Home pool for the majority of the day. Heck, the creek coming out of  our pond was likely flowing more than the DEP is releasing – enough so that Winterdale Road was flooded in spots, directly outside the club for example. As of this morning, the West is clearing rather nicely, and will likely fish well tomorrow for dries, with today being a pretty good day to throw some streamers to the browns getting ready for the spawn. The East is still raging, and definitely not dropping as fast nor clearing as well as the West, so likely it and the Main Stem will take a few more days to get back down to a ‘reasonable’ level. I guess too many of us were doing a rain dance simultaneously.

Winterdale Road in between the Club’s two driveways. Please don’t drive through this stuff when this happens – you never know if the road is washed out underneath. Photo: Bart Larmouth

Isonychia bicolor – Isos – #12-2XL & #12 & #14

Heptagenia hebe – Olive Sulphur – #16 & #18

Pseudocloeon– Tiny BWO- #22-26

Stenonema stenocron(et al) – Light Cahill – (Male)- #14 (sporadic)

Ephemerella invaria – Large Sulphurs / Light Cahills – #14 (waning)

Hydropsyche- Tan Caddis- #18

Ryacophilia- Olive Caddis- #16

Baetis species – #18 & #20 (sporadic when cloudy)

October 19, 2012

Delaware River Report / Conditions October 19, 2012

UPDATE – YooHoo Out front. We were just hammered by one of the loudest thunderstorms I have ever experienced. While that part was cool, we’ll just have to see how far up the rivers go.

WATER!!! Looking out at Home Pool lately has been a bit tough, having it be only around 225 CFS, but last night we had a good chuck of rain, an the river has jumped up and is still rising a bit this morning. We are likely around 600-700 cfs out front based on my estimation, with a little bit of color, but by no means are we ‘blown out’ as of  yet. The East also jumped quite a bit, but don’t let the graphs fool you – that steep rise is only an additional 400 CFS than it had in it yesterday. All the branches are still rising a bit, and I doubt we will peak until later today, so please click on the links below for the most up-to-the-minute flow info. That being said, today looks like an awesome streamer day, and if all calms down we are in for one fantastic fall weekend. The temperatures will be perfect with overcast skies, and with more (and warmer) water in the rivers, we should be seeing excellent hatches throughout the system. What’s even better (from my selfish prospective)? Looks like I can stick the boat in the water this weekend!

Home Pool this morning with (GASP!) water in it! Photo: Bart Larmouth

Isonychia bicolor – Isos – #12-2XL & #12 & #14

Heptagenia hebe – Olive Sulphur – #16 & #18

Pseudocloeon– Tiny BWO- #22-26

Stenonema stenocron(et al) – Light Cahill – (Male)- #14 (sporadic)

Ephemerella invaria – Large Sulphurs / Light Cahills – #14 (waning)

Hydropsyche- Tan Caddis- #18

Ryacophilia- Olive Caddis- #16

Baetis species – #18 & #20 (sporadic when cloudy)