Delaware River Report / Conditions October 16, 2021

Yesterday felt like late August with 80 degrees and a mix of sun and clouds.  People did find fish on a mix of streamers and a few dry flies in the afternoon.  Still mostly olives with a few Heptagenia and Isonychias in spots.  Today will be totally different with a high of 70 degrees and wind 10 – 20 mph from the South.  Wunderground iscalling for a 95% chance of rain up to 1/2″ today. That forecast keeps changing so keep and eye on the radar.  Hopefully the storms slide South of us.

Joseph with a good fish yesterday.  Bruce Miller photo

Joseph with a good fish yesterday. Bruce Miller photo

What’s Hatching:
Olive Sulphur – #18 – 20 – Heptagenia hebe
Light Cahill – #14 – Stenocron spp. , 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 863 cfs
56°
West Branch at Hale Eddy, NY 1,030 cfs
57°
East Branch at Harvard, NY 805 cfs 48°
East Branch at Fish’s Eddy, NY 1,410 cfs 54°
Mainstem at Lordville, NY 2,540 cfs 59°
Beaverkill at Cooks Falls, NY 430 cfs 60°
Cannonsville Reservoir Release 860 cfs
West Branch at 191 Bridge N/A 62°
West Branch at Walton (Cannonsville inflow) 350 cfs
62°
Cannonsville Reservoir Capacity 84.3%
Pepacton Reservoir Capacity 89.6%

 

 

 

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