Delaware River Report: September 17, 2023

Chris Calabrese is being honored by the Catskill Fly Fishing Center for his conservation efforts as co-founder of Get Trashed in the Catskills. Come support Chris at the Emerging Anglers Dinner Saturday September 23, 2023 at the Beaverkill Valley Inn. https://cffcm.com/eventscalendar/2023/9/23/emerging-anglers-dinner To learn more about the Get Trashed River Clean Up Click Here

Chris Calabrese

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

Today looks like a great day to be on the water with light wind, cloud cover, and even some light rain. Definitely have your small olive box with some Isonychia and Heptagenia patterns Nymphing and streamers could be a good bet in these conditions too. There is algae up in Deposit so stay below Hale Eddy if you’re fishing underneath. Last night was another cool one so water temps look great this morning.

Today will be 67 degrees with clouds in the morning and rain developing in the afternoon. Total rainfall should be .08″ during the day with an additional .35″ overnight. Wind will be light and variable.

Jim Swift with his second fish on the fly! making the blog twice in one weekend!

What’s Hatching:
Sulphur – # 20 – E. dorothea
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, NY426 cfs51°
West Branch at Hale Eddy, NY676 cfs51°
East Branch at Harvard, NY326 cfs50°
East Branch at Fishs Eddy, NY763 cfs54°
Mainstem at Lordville, NY1,810 cfs58°
Beaverkill at Cooks Falls, NY305 cfs57°
West Branch at 191 Bridge56°
West Branch at Walton (Cannonsville inflow)164 cfs58°
Cannonsville Reservoir Release475 cfs
Cannonsville Reservoir Capacity83.4%
Pepacton Reservoir Capacity92.2%
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