Delaware River Report: July 28, 2022

Yesterday felt like a normal summer day with mid day dry fly action closer to the dams and some on the lower West early and late in the day. Small sulphurs, cahills, and olives made up most of the hatch. Most people are fishing the small sulphurs. Today will star off cloudy. There are some potential thunderstorms in the afternoon but hopefully they slide around us like normal. 86 degrees with wind 5 – 10 mph from the South.

The East Branch at Fishs Eddy, the Beaverkill at Cooks Falls, and the Mainstem at Lordville all peaked over 70 degrees yesterday. Give these sections a break until we get cooler temps.

What’s Hatching:
Slate Drake – 12-2xl – 12- Isonychia bicolor
Sulphur – #16 – 20 – E. dorothea
Light Cahill – #14 – E. vitreus (male), E. invaria, Stenacron spp.
Dark Blue Wing Olive – #18 – 20 – deficiens, lata
Tiny Blue Wing Olive – #22 – 26 – Pseudocloeon sp.
Yellow Sally Stonefly – #14 – Isoperla spp.
Tan Spotted Sedge #16 – 18 – Hydropsyche sp.

View the current local weather conditions.

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West Branch at Stilesville, NY487 cfs46°
West Branch at Hale Eddy, NY525 cfs48°
East Branch at Harvard, NY165 cfs60°
East Branch at Fish’s Eddy, NY254 cfs68°
Mainstem at Lordville, NY1,000 cfs68°
Beaverkill at Cooks Falls, NY107 cfs70°
West Branch at 191 Bridge58°
West Branch at Walton (Cannonsville inflow)64 cfs68°
Cannonsville Reservoir Release500 cfs
Cannonsville Reservoir Capacity71.1%
Pepacton Reservoir Capacity83.4%
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