Delaware River Report / Conditions May 12, 2021

We’re on a warming trend and the air temp should be peaking close to 70 degrees by the weekend.  Today we’ll hit 60 degrees with some clouds and sun.  Wind will be 10 – 20 from the North.  So today sounds a lot like yesterday.  Nymphing and streamers have been bringing fish to the net early.  the hatches have been mainly mid afternoon with hendricksons still on some stretches and march brown / gray fox on others.  Caddis are on throughout the river system.  The flows are dropping slowly and the best wading is still on the Beaverkill / Willowemoc.

 

What’s Hatching:
March Brown – #10-2xl – M. vicarium
Dark Hendrickson – #14 – E. subvaria (male)
Light Hendrickson – #12 – E. Subvaria (female)
Blue Quill – #16 – 18 – Paraleptophlebia adoptiva
Blue Wing Olives – #16 – 18 – Baetis vagans
Apple Caddis – #16 – 18 – Light Brachycentrus sp.
Grannom Fly – #14 – 18 – Dark Brachycentrus sp.
Little Black Caddis – #18 – 20 – Chimarra sp.

Click on the gauge below for the most recent update:

West Branch at Stilesville, NY 2,120 cfs
48°
West Branch at Hale Eddy, NY 2,820 cfs
45°
East Branch at Harvard, NY 1,490 cfs 43°
East Branch at Fish’s Eddy, NY 2,450 cfs 46°
Mainstem at Lordville, NY 6,450 cfs 47°
Beaverkill at Cooks Falls, NY 969 cfs 45°
Cannonsville Reservoir Release 600 cfs
West Branch at 191 Bridge N/A 47°
West Branch at Walton (Cannonsville inflow) 1,180 cfs
47°
Cannonsville Reservoir Capacity 102.3%
Pepacton Reservoir Capacity 100.5%
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