Delaware River Report: July 15, 2023

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

8:30 am update. The lower West is more off color now than it was at 6 am. The off color water should push through and begin to clear this afternoon

We were hit with some thunderstorms overnight and the river flows are up there morning. The West Branch at Hale Eddy has peaked and is already dropping. We’re are flowing at 1,240 cfs at Hale so there are some wade opportunities but the best wading will be above Oquaga Creek. The flow at Stilesville only bumped 7 cfs to 488 cfs and should be clear. There are mid day sulphurs and small olives in Deposit. The mid to lower West should fish well with streamers early. We should still get some evening sulphurs and Isonychias as the sun drops.

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 be 85 degrees with a mostly cloudy sky. Wind will be light and variable.

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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