Delaware River Report: July 30, 2023

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

Deposit was hit with quite a bit of rain yesterday and Oquaga Creek is blown out. Oquaga peaked at 2,000 cfs but is now dropping back. The West Branch at Hale Eddy flow has already fallen to 1,400 cfs but it is off color. The best bet today is to fish above Oquaga. The flows didn’t bump much above the creek and the river should be in fine shap. Small sulphurs and olives. The lower West may clear enough to be decent for streamers this afternoon.

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 much cooler peaking at 72 degrees. We’ll see clouds early with more sunshine in the afternoon. Wind will be 5 – 10 mph from the North.

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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