Delaware River Report: July 13, 2023

The aqueduct work has been pushed off again. It is now scheduled for Fall of 2024.

The release form Cannonsville is a steady 500 cfs. The rivers are dropping from the rain and the flows have pretty much leveled out. We have some cloud cover this morning with another afternoon of potential thunderstorms. total rainfall should be .15″. We’re seeing the mid day sulphurs and olives in Deposit. It would make sense to have a couple of Isonychias in your box too The bugs have been hatching later on the lower West Branch with a mix of olives, Isonychias, a few sulphurs, and a few cahills. The algae is still bad on the upper river so if you’re nymphing stay below Hale Eddy.

The Beaverkill at Cooks Falls, East Branch at Fishs Eddy, and Mainstem at Lordville will peak over 70 degrees today. It’s time to give these sections a break and fish the colder water.

Today will 86 degrees with some clouds in the morning with possible thunderstorms in the afternoon. Wind will be 10 – 15 mph from the South.

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

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