Delaware River Report / Conditions October 22, 2021

The air temp dropped and we should peak around 54 degrees.  Not bad for the end of October.  Cloud cover and wind 5 – 10 from the North should make this a decent fishing day.  Most people are starting off with nymphs right now and finding some fish on dries in the afternoon.  The water is still high on the tailwaters so you need slower pools for the fish to really set up on the little bugs.

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
Tan Caddis – #16 – 18 – Hydropsyche sp.

Click on the gauge below for the most recent update:

West Branch at Stilesville, NY 874 cfs
56°
West Branch at Hale Eddy, NY 1,170 cfs
56°
East Branch at Harvard, NY 877 cfs 48°
East Branch at Fish’s Eddy, NY 1,480 cfs 51°
Mainstem at Lordville, NY 2,760 cfs 55°
Beaverkill at Cooks Falls, NY 427 cfs 54°
Cannonsville Reservoir Release 860 cfs
West Branch at 191 Bridge N/A 58°
West Branch at Walton (Cannonsville inflow) 693 cfs
56°
Cannonsville Reservoir Capacity 84.9%
Pepacton Reservoir Capacity 87.1%

 

 

 

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