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Daily Catskill Fly Fishing Report
Beaverkill River, Willowemoc Creek, Delaware River system.

schultzy's sculpin


Thursday May 3, 2012 
 8:42 AM

Chance of rain off and on today.  Thunderstorms last night brought rivers up a little and added some color to some of them.  The Willowemoc was dirty this morning but still fishable.  Flows are manageable and these are good streamer conditions around Roscoe.
 
 
 
 LOCAL CATSKILL STREAM CONDITIONS:
 Please refer to the provided USGS links for current flow rates.
Chart posted at 8:47 AM on Thursday, May 3rd
 
RIVER

FLOW (CFS)

WATER TEMPERATURE

 
USGS DATA LINK
BEAVERKILL RIVER
(at Cook's Falls)

572

  49° *

BEAVERKILL RIVER

WILLOWEMOC CREEK
(no gauge)

 343*

  49° *

NO GAUGE AVAILABLE

EAST BRANCH, DELAWARE RIVER
(at Harvard)
 
222
 
49°

EAST BRANCH, DELAWARE RIVER

WEST BRANCH, DELAWARE RIVER
(at Hale Eddy)
 
503

48°

WEST BRANCH, DELAWARE RIVER

DELAWARE RIVER
(at Lordsville)
1,920

52°

DELAWARE RIVER

* denotes estimates because there is no gauge data available
 

Tip of the Week - Last night's storms brought rivers up a little, and added some color in spots.  Flows are still manageable and the Willowemoc and Beaverkill tend to clear quickly.  Be prepared to try a variety of techniques on the river.  Nymphs and Streamers have been catching fish, and fish feeding up top can be sporadic (more opportunistic risers than steady risers) since we are still kind of in between "big bug" hatches.


The Beaverkill & Willowemoc Rivers -The Willow had some color to it this morning, but it wasn't horrible.   Hendricksons are mostly over but some fish are still responding to them and I have still seen spinners.  Caddis are going strong and Olives and March Browns are starting to pick up a bit.  You could also run into some scattered Blue Quills or Stoneflies out there.  I would focus on fishing streamers today, although if the rain holds off then more dry fly opportunities could happen this afternoon.


The East Branch of the Delaware River - Hatches have been good but water levels were quite low before the rain, making fish wary and difficult at times.  Hendricksons, Caddis, Olives, and a few Blue Quills have been hatching recently.  The size and condition of the trout being caught in the EB has been good this year. 


The West Branch of the Delaware & Delaware River- The West Branch and Main Stem have been seeing some great hatches over the past weeks. Hendricksons, Blue Quills, Stoneflies, Caddis and Olives have all been seen throughout the system, and March Browns & Sulphurs are becoming a bigger factor on the Main Stem (especially in the lower stretches) and working their way up upriver.
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