Delaware River Report: April 26, 2023

Cannonsville is spilling 111 cfs so the West Branch flow is up slightly this morning. It is still a jumble of hatches on some river sections with apple caddis and just a couple of March Browns joining the Hendricksons, blue quills, and olives. It sounds like most people caught their fish on hendricksons and caddis. The fish were on the bugs and seemed happy. We’re in the 30’s this morning so like yesterday it will take a while for the water temps to climb.

Today will be 55 degrees with good cloud cover. We may see some showers in the afternoon but only 1/10″ today. Wind will be 5 – 10 mph from the South.

Alex with a nice brown yesterday. Chris Brown photo
Nicky Bulleit is back! Steve Shen photo

What’s Hatching:
Dark Hendrickson – #14 – E. subvaria (male)
Light Hendrickson – #12 – 14 – E. subvaria (female)
Dark Blue Wing Olive – #16 – 18 – Baetis vagans
Blue Quill – #16 – 18 – Paraleptophlebia adoptiva
Quill Gordon – #14 – Epeorus pluralis
Apple Caddis – #16 – 18 – Brachycentrus sp. (Light)
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, NY799 cfs43°
West Branch at Hale Eddy, NY1,070 cfs40°
East Branch at Harvard, NY326 cfs43°
East Branch at Fish’s Eddy, NY1,420 cfs44°
Mainstem at Lordville, NY2,780 cfs43°
Beaverkill at Cooks Falls, NY735 cfs42°
West Branch at 191 Bridge41°
West Branch at Walton (Cannonsville inflow)1,040 cfs44°
Cannonsville Reservoir Release678 cfs
Cannonsville Reservoir Capacity100.1%
Pepacton Reservoir Capacity99.5%
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