Delaware River Report: April 4, 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 big rivers continue to drop slowly but remain to high to wade. The headwater streams and the Willowemoc are much better and safer choices if you’re not floating. We had decent sunshine yesterday afternoon and a warm night so the water temps are starting of a few degrees warmer today. The were a lot of little black caddis in the air yesterday afternoon so you can get lucky on dries in the long slow pools. Nymphing and streamers are still your best bet at these flows. The dry fly action will get better once the flows drop to normal levels.

Today should be absolutely beautiful hitting 70 degrees with sunshine. wind will be the lowest we’ve seen in a while at only 5 – 10 mph from the South. Ovenight temps will stay in the 50’s with a negligible .05″ of rain.

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, NY1,530 cfs38°
West Branch at Hale Eddy, NY2,430 cfs39°
East Branch at Harvard, NY1,860 cfs40°
East Branch at Fish’s Eddy, NY3,650 cfs41°
Mainstem at Lordville, NY6,310 cfs42°
Beaverkill at Cooks Falls, NY1,290 cfs41°
West Branch at 191 Bridge40°
West Branch at Walton (Cannonsville inflow)1,530 cfs44°
Cannonsville Reservoir Release283 cfs
Cannonsville Reservoir Capacity102.6%
Pepacton Reservoir Capacity101.4%
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