Delaware River Report: July 16, 2024

The release from Cannonsville is 700 cfs until further notice. That could change in an hour or who knows so click on the Stilesville gauge link below for the latest flows. Generally they have been dropping it back to 500 cfs at 9 am but they did not specify that today. We had some brief but decent thunderstorm last evening but all the rain soaked into the ground. It didn’t bump the river flows and the West Branch looks good out front at 6:30 this morning. So normal Summer program it is. Midday sulphurs and olives in the upper river sections. There will be some Isonychias and cahills too. Nymphing or swinging wets will be the best bet on the mid to lower West until the sun drops. Blind casting Isonychia or cahill dry flies in the riffles could pay off.

Today will be 89 degrees with clouds and sun this morning and some some possible afternoon thunderstorms. Wind will be 10 – 15 mph from the South.

The Beaverkill at Cooks Falls, the East Branch at Fishs Eddy, and the Mainstem water temps are all too hot to fish this morning. It’s time to give these rivers a break.

What’s Hatching:
Dark Blue Wing Olive – #16 – 18 – Baetis spp.
Sulphur – #16 – 20 – Ephemerella dorothea
Slate Drake – 12-2xl – 12 – Isonychia bicolor
Light Cahill – #14 – Stenonema ithaca & canadense
Light Blue Wing Olive – #18 – 20 – Ephemerella attenuata, cornutella
Tiny Blue Wing Olive – #22 – 26 – Pseudocloeon sp.
Tan Caddis -#16 – 18 – Hydropsyche sp.

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