East Branch Delaware River

The East Branch is close to 75 miles long. The tailwater portion, which is where the cold water is, starts in Downsville and flows 17 miles where it meets the Beaverkill in the hamlet of East Branch; this section is known as the Upper East Branch. The Junction of these two rivers is known as the “Jaws” and it forms the East Branch, or Lower East, where it becomes a much larger river and changes in character from its placid upper stretch.

It flows another 15 miles to where it meets the West Branch of the Delaware River. Wild trout can be found its entire length below the dam with a healthy population of both Rainbow and Brown Trout. Public access can be found along both stretches. Like all the rivers in the “Charmed Circle” (the area encompassing all the famed Catskill’s waters), the East Branch has remarkably diverse bug life.

It is on the lower stretch of the EB where the camp kids get to seine aquatic insects and learn how to identify them.  Paul Weamer’s, “Fly Fishing Guide To the Upper Delaware River”, is a great resource for the Upper Delaware River fishery.