Delaware River Report: October 3, 2023

We will be closed Saturday October 7 to attend Bob Lewis’s memorial service. We will reopen Sunday morning at 8 am.

Bob Lewis’s memorial information:
Saturday, October 7, 2023 at 11:00 a.m. at St. John the Evangelist Church, 66 Oxford Rd., New Hartford. https://www.eannacefuneralhome.com/obituaries/Robert-Lewis-112/#!/Obituary

The flow at Hale Eddy is 327 cfs. The West Branch is in great shape for wading but floating is better on the lower East Branch and Mainstem. We’ll have bright sun and warm air once the morning fog burns off. So it should fish similar to yesterday. Nymphs and wets are the best bets early with the better dry fly shots coming later in the afternoon. Some sections may see some caddis activity in the sun. It still mostly olives, Hetagenia, and Isonychias.

Today will be 80 degrees with fog early turning to sunshine. Wind will be light and variable.

Peter Glynn accessorizing his hat yesterday. Tim Glynn photo

What’s Hatching:
Olive Sulphur – # 18 – 20 – Heptagenia hebe
Slate Drake – # 12 – 14 – Isonychia bicolor
Dark Blue Wing Olive – #18 – 20 – deficiens, lata
Tiny Blue Wing Olive – #22 – 26 – Pseudocleon sp.
Olive Caddis – #16 – 18 – Ryacophilia sp.
Tan Caddis – #16 – 18 – Hydropsyche sp.
Dark Blue Wing Olive – #16 – 18 – Baetis spp.

View the current local weather conditions.

Click on any gauge for the most recent data:
West Branch at Stilesville, NY189 cfs53°
West Branch at Hale Eddy, NY327 cfs57°
East Branch at Harvard, NY148 cfs54°
East Branch at Fishs Eddy, NY662 cfs57°
Mainstem at Lordville, NY1,340 cfs61°
Beaverkill at Cooks Falls, NY372 cfs57°
West Branch at 191 Bridge58°
West Branch at Walton (Cannonsville inflow)191 cfs59°
Cannonsville Reservoir Release175 cfs
Cannonsville Reservoir Capacity82.9%
Pepacton Reservoir Capacity87.8%
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