Delaware River Report: September 20, 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 we’ll trade more sunshine for less wind. That’s not bad with the cooler air temps. We should still see olives and a few Isonychia in the late afternoon. Some river sections are seeing a few Heptagenia. Nymphing or wets would be a good option early but stick below Hale Eddy. We’re still dealing with some algae up top. Streamers are moving some fish early and late in the day.

Today will be 70 degrees with abundant sunshine. Wind will be 5 – 10 mph from the North.

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, NY432 cfs51°
West Branch at Hale Eddy, NY676 cfs52°
East Branch at Harvard, NY330 cfs49°
East Branch at Fishs Eddy, NY804 cfs53°
Mainstem at Lordville, NY1,850 cfs57°
Beaverkill at Cooks Falls, NY330 cfs56°
West Branch at 191 Bridge56°
West Branch at Walton (Cannonsville inflow)222 cfs56°
Cannonsville Reservoir Release475 cfs
Cannonsville Reservoir Capacity83.1%
Pepacton Reservoir Capacity90.8%
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