Delaware River Report / Conditions July 24, 2021

The flows dropped throughout the system yesterday but the best wading is still on the Beaverkill and Willowemoc Rivers.  The West Branch at Stilesville seems to be steady at 1,480 cfs.  It looks like it’s just leveling out. That gauge usually reads 50 – 100 cfs less than the actual release.  Yesterday fished the way we expected with a mix of streamers and dry flies.  Isonychias, olive, sulphurs, and even a few cahills were out there.  Water temps stayed decent on all the rivers yesterday opening up a lot of choices.  It sounded like people caught some fish no matter where they went.  We warm up today with a high of 82 degrees, sunshine, and wind 5 – 10 mph from the South.

 

Peter with a nice one yesterday.  Tim Glynn photo

Peter with a nice one yesterday. Tim Glynn photo

Gary found some fish yesterday.  Bruce Miller photo

Gary found some fish yesterday. Bruce Miller photo

What’s Hatching:
Sulphur – #18 – 20 – E. dorothea
Light Cahill – #14 – E. invaria
Slate Drake – #12-2xl – 12 – Isonychia bicolor
Tiny Blue Wing Olive – #20 – 24 – Pseudocloeon sp.
Blue Wing Olives – #16 – 20 – D. deficiens, lata
Light Blue Wing Olives – #16 – 20 – E. cornutella, attenuata
Tan Caddis – #16 – 18 – Hydropsyche sp.

Click on the gauge below for the most recent update:

West Branch at Stilesville, NY 1,480 cfs
53°
West Branch at Hale Eddy, NY 2,070 cfs
52°
East Branch at Harvard, NY 1,090 cfs 51°
East Branch at Fish’s Eddy, NY 1,830 cfs 57°
Mainstem at Lordville, NY 4,640 cfs 58°
Beaverkill at Cooks Falls, NY 660 cfs 61°
Cannonsville Reservoir Release 1,499 cfs
West Branch at 191 Bridge N/A 53°
West Branch at Walton (Cannonsville inflow) 957 cfs
62°
Cannonsville Reservoir Capacity 100.6%
Pepacton Reservoir Capacity 100.1%

 

 

 

 

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