Delaware River Report: May 22, 2024

Today will be another sunny hot one. Nymphing or swinging wets will be good options early. The evening should bring decent caddis again and the sulphurs towards dark. There will be a mix of cahills, March Browns, and Gray Fox. Those have been a bit sporadic but that can make them good searching patterns. We should get a 10 degree drop in air temp tomorrow with a possible bit of rain overnight.

Both the East Branch at Fishs Eddy and the Mainstem at Lordville hit 69 degrees yesterday so it’s time to give those rivers a break until they cool back down.

Today will be 88 degrees with sunny to partly cloudy skies. There is a slight chance of an afternoon thunderstorm or shower. Wind will be 5 – 10 mph from the South.

What’s Hatching:
Dark Blue Wing Olive – #16 – 18 – Baetis spp.
Dark Hendrickson – #16 – Ephemerella X (male & female)
March Brown – #10-2xl – Maccaffertium vicarium
Gray Fox – #12-2xl – Maccaffertium vicarium (formerly Stenonema fuscum)
Sulphur – #16 – 18 – Ephemerella dorothea
Apple Caddis – #16 – 18 – Brachycentrus sp.
Tan Caddis -#16 – 18 – Hydropsyche sp.

Deadly Edly with a nice one yesterday. Jeremy Shurites photo
Nick is back in town. Steve Shen photo
Alan found some fish yesterday. Mike Daccurzio photo
Chris Brown found some fish last night

View the current local weather conditions.

Click on any gauge for the most recent data:
West Branch at Stilesville, NY426 cfs43°
West Branch at Hale Eddy, NY534 cfs47°
East Branch at Harvard, NY200 cfs57°
East Branch at Fishs Eddy, NY788 cfs62°
Mainstem at Lordville, NY1,680 cfs65°
Beaverkill at Cooks Falls, NY400 cfs61°
West Branch at 191 Bridge57°
West Branch at Walton (Cannonsville inflow) 280 cfs64°
Cannonsville Reservoir Release 450 cfs
Cannonsville Reservoir Capacity96.7%
Pepacton Reservoir Capacity97.8%
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