Delaware River Report: August 26, 2023

The rivers are dropping and we’re at decent levels for floating and wading. If you’re wading choose your spots and be careful. Some of the river sections are still a bit high but manageable. Yesterday’s storms slid around us. We had decent numbers of flying ants coming out of the ground yesterday afternoon and the overcast sky helped definitely helped the fishing. Olives and Isonychias are around along with the last of the sulphurs.

Today will be 77 degrees with cloud cover in the morning changing to partly cloudy in the afternoon. There is a very slight chance of a light rain shower. Wind will be 5 – 10 mph from the North.

Bill with a nice one yesterday. Mike Brewer photo
Eric with a decent fish yesterday. Mike Brewer photo
Pat found some fish. John Loughlin photo

What’s Hatching:
Sulphur – #16 – 20 – E. dorothea
Slate Drake – 12-2xl – 12 – Isonychia bicolor
Dark Blue Wing Olive – #18 – 20 – deficiens, lata
Tiny Blue Wing Olive – #22 – 26 – Pseudocleon sp.
Light Cahill – #14 – Stenocron spp.
Olive Caddis – #16 – 18 – Ryacophilia sp.
Tan Caddis – #16 – 18 – Hydropsyche sp.
Dark Blue Wing Olive – #16 – 18 – Baetis spp.

View the current local weather conditions.

Click on any gauge for the most recent data:
West Branch at Stilesville, NY564 cfs49°
West Branch at Hale Eddy, NY958 cfs52°
East Branch at Harvard, NY451 cfs53°
East Branch at Fishs Eddy, NY1,350 cfs58°
Mainstem at Lordville, NY3,140 cfs61°
Beaverkill at Cooks Falls, NY629 cfs61°
West Branch at 191 Bridge58°
West Branch at Walton (Cannonsville inflow)435 cfs62°
Cannonsville Reservoir Release550 cfs
Cannonsville Reservoir Capacity85.1%
Pepacton Reservoir Capacity96.2%
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