Delaware River Report: July 31, 2023

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

The West Branch is flow is dropping back to normal levels and the clarity is good this morning. Hale Eddy is 900 cfs so there are more wade opportunities. So back to normal July conditions. The best shot at daytime dry fly activity will be closer to the dams in the coldest water. Small sulphurs and olives. The lower West will be better for nymphing and streamers because there is less algae on those stretches. The cooler air temps have helped drop the water temps. That may push the hatches on the lower West a little earlier in the evening compared to what we have been seeing.

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 cooler again hitting 75 degrees. mixed clouds this morning with a chance of scattered afternoon thunderstorms. Wind will be 10 – 15 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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