Delaware River, West Branch - NY

Fishing Outlook & Conditions

West Branch Angler's Tip of the Week

9/18, Flows are currently at 684 and dropping at Hale Eddy after some rain we received over the weekend! This is a great flow for wade and boat anglers. This wet summer has been very good for our local rivers. This has presented some awesome fishing opportunity. Stained water gets fish really fired up. Keep the streamer, and big bug stick handy! There still has been ample opportunity to fool fish on the surface. For bugs, on the West Branch, Blue Winged Olives is your primary hatch. Hebe's, Flying Ant's, ISO's, Cahill's, and Caddis around as well. There has been opportunities at a midday hatches on the right days, typically rainy overcast days with the hatch kicking off around 3. The last 15 minutes of light, "15 minutes of fury" as we like to call it has been very consistent with a fish eating a good mix of BWO's, Sulphur's, ISO's, Cahills, and other various spent insects. A good tip for the anglers looking to fish dries into the darkness: put on something you can see, you can get away with any pattern when the light is very low.

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