Delaware River Report: April 5, 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 East and West Branch flows continue to drop slowly. Both reservoirs are still spilling so they remain too high for wading. If you’re wading stick to the headwater streams. Floating is fine. Yesterdays sunshine and warm air temp helped the water temps climb to the highest we’ve seen this Spring. There are some little black caddis and stoneflies around in the afternoon. Your best bet is still going to be nymphs and streamers but people have been finding some rising fish in the long slow pools.

Today will be cooler than yesterday hitting 56 degrees. We should have cloud cover with a negligable .04″ of rain. The wind will be back at 10 – 20 mph from the South. The hourly shows mostly 10 mph with some gusts. Hopefully the wind drops in the afternoon.

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, NY1,810 cfs38°
West Branch at Hale Eddy, NY2,200 cfs40°
East Branch at Harvard, NY1,590 cfs41°
East Branch at Fish’s Eddy, NY3,300 cfs44°
Mainstem at Lordville, NY5,650 cfs45°
Beaverkill at Cooks Falls, NY1,280 cfs45°
West Branch at 191 Bridge40°
West Branch at Walton (Cannonsville inflow)1,330 cfs47°
Cannonsville Reservoir Release283 cfs
Cannonsville Reservoir Capacity102.8%
Pepacton Reservoir Capacity101.1%
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