The East Branch Delaware River is a tailwater in New York, listed as Trophy / quality trout water by New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC), Bureau of Fisheries.
2 USGS gauges on the water report flow; New York State Department of Environmental Conservation lists 2 species, including brown trout and rainbow trout. 4 guides and 1 shop nearby are listed here; the nearest destination hub is Roscoe & the Catskills.
The East Branch Delaware River at its confluence with the Beaverkill, East Branch, New York. Photo: Daniel Case, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
East Branch Delaware River is a tailwater in New York. Our destination hub Roscoe & the Catskills is 10 mi away in a straight line and lists it among its waters.
Pick one of its USGS gauges and hear from us when the flow moves into or out of its usual range for the date, or crosses a flow you set. We check the public USGS reading every 2 hours and email only when it crosses, at most once every 6 hours. Flow alone is not a fishing forecast or a safety call.
Signed in: one step. Otherwise we email a confirmation link first. Every alert has one-click links to stop it.
Start from the agency's public access map. Nothing on this page grants or implies access: check the agency map, posted signs and landowner permission before you fish.
Nothing on this page grants or implies access.
Gauges, shops and guides within 40 miles
Map of East Branch Delaware River: gauges, shops and guides
Map of East Branch Delaware River with 2 USGS gauges, and shops and guides with an exact address within 40 miles.
Restrooms within 2 miles of East Branch Delaware River in a straight line, nearest first, with what anglers found when they went. The map says a restroom is there, not whether it is clean or open today.
No restroom mapped within 2 mi yet — add one you know.
Campgrounds, fishing access sites and boat ramps often have one that isn't on the map yet.
Restroom locations and map details: © OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database License, read Oct 24, 2026. Ratings, answers and photos are members' own; who shared them is never shown, and every photo is reviewed before it appears. Visits older than 18 months no longer count. Distances are straight-line miles, not driving. Nothing here grants access to private land. Community guidelines.
Catch and releaseThe Beaverkill in autumn rain. Photo: Jack Enright, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Catch and releaseWillowemoc Creek east of Livingston Manor, New York. Photo: Donald B. Siano, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
New York · about 15 mi
Trophy / quality trout waterA foggy morning on the Upper Delaware Scenic and Recreational River. Photo: National Park Service, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Wild Trout WaterRepresentative photo · not Russell BrookThe West Branch Delaware River at the Hale Eddy bridge, Deposit, New York. Photo: Mr. Matté, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Russell Brook.
New York · about 6 mi
Wild Trout WaterRepresentative photo · not Mongaup CreekThe Neversink River at Oakland Valley, New York. Photo: Daniel Case, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped, via Wikimedia Commons Not Mongaup Creek.
New York · about 17 mi
Wild Trout WaterRepresentative photo · not North Branch Callicoon CreekEsopus Creek at Big Indian, New York. Photo: Daniel Case, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not North Branch Callicoon Creek.
New York · about 19 mi
Seasons, limits, special regulations and closures for each reach are on the agency pages below. Read them before you go.
Each comes from the agency's own published list; where the list names a reach it is quoted. A designation applies to the listed reach, not necessarily the whole water. Listed in the finder under trout.
On the Trout Stream Management Plan — Wild-Premier reaches (daily limit 1, any size) list (New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC), Bureau of Fisheries, read 2026-10-20). All waters with this designation
On the Trout Stream Management Plan — Wild-Premier reaches (daily limit 1, any size) list (New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC), Bureau of Fisheries, read 2026-10-20). All waters with this designation
Measured from the NHDPlus High Resolution (flowlines and waterbodies) (U.S. Geological Survey, read 2026-11-04) for this water’s own mapped feature. Rounded figures; they describe the channel, not today’s conditions.
Areas the Protected Areas Database of the United States (PAD-US), public access (U.S. Geological Survey, Gap Analysis Project, read 2026-11-05) lists as owned or held in easement and open to the public, crossed by the mapped channel. Boundaries are mapped, not surveyed. Nothing on this page grants or implies access: check the agency map, posted signs and landowner permission before you fish.
2 of 73.6 mi on public land
Nothing on this page grants or implies access.
From Public Fishing Rights Parking Areas (New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC), via data.ny.gov, read 2026-11-04); each site’s own point lies on the mapped water. Trout as the agency lists them for the site. Nothing on this page grants or implies access: check the agency map, posted signs and landowner permission before you fish.
East Front St · Hancock · stocked: Brown Trout
Green Flats Rd · Hancock · stocked: Brown Trout
County Route 28 · Hancock · stocked: Brown Trout
NY 17 · Hancock · stocked: Brown Trout
NY 30 · Hancock · stocked: Brown Trout
Bump Rd · Hancock · stocked: Brown Trout
NY 30 · Hancock · stocked: Brown Trout
State Highway 30 · Hancock · stocked: Brown Trout
Barker Rd · Colchester · stocked: Brown Trout
NY 30 · Colchester · stocked: Brown Trout
+3 more on the agency’s list
Listings marked Unclaimed are built from open map records and the business's own website: confirm licensing, rates, dates and hours directly.
1 guide name it on their website
Hancock, NY · 10 mi
Drift boat · Beginners & lessons · Beaverkill & Willowemoc
Names this water
Roscoe, NY · 10 mi
Float trips · Beginners & lessons · Upper Delaware & Beaverkill
Nearby
Livingston Manor, NY · 14 mi
Walk-and-wade · Spey & two-handed · Beaverkill & Upper Delaware
Nearby
Phoenicia, NY · 34 mi
Float trips · Beginners & lessons · Esopus Creek
Nearby
The species the agency lists here; presence varies by reach and season.
Listed by the state agency
Species guide
Rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss), illustration by Duane Raver for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Photo: Duane Raver, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Species guide
Brown trout (Salmo trutta), U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service illustration. Photo: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
8 hatches charted for the region, not measured on this water. From Pennsylvania Fish & Boat Commission.
Blue Quill (April) · Hendrickson (April) · Quill Gordon (April) · Green drake (May) · Mayflies (best hatches) (May) · Mayflies, stoneflies and caddisflies (June to September) · and 2 more on the chart
Roscoe sits where the Willowemoc joins the Beaverkill in the western Catskills, with the East and West branches of the Delaware, the Esopus and the Neversink in the surrounding Catskills.
Destination hub · 10 mi away in a straight line
Matched on the fish the agencies list for both waters first, then the same water type, an official designation or flagship listing on both, and a similar mapped size where USGS hydrography covers both.
At most two waters per country. A shared fish is a listing, not a promise: presence varies by reach and season.
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Southern seasons open while ours close.
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Lake or reservoir
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A water page organises discovery. It does not assert public access, legal access, current fish presence, guide availability or fishing conditions.
Flows, gauge statistics and flood stages come from USGS and the National Weather Service when the page is shown. Regulations, stocking, species and season statements link to the agency that publishes them; this page copies only the species names and the quoted sentences. Guide and shop listings come from the Legendary directories. Position: the USGS gauge EAST BRANCH DELAWARE RIVER AT DOWNSVILLE NY. Water type is our own classification.
Catch and releaseThe Beaverkill in autumn rain. Photo: Jack Enright, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Catch and releaseWillowemoc Creek east of Livingston Manor, New York. Photo: Donald B. Siano, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Running well nowA foggy morning on the Upper Delaware Scenic and Recreational River. Photo: National Park Service, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
New York · about 19 mi
Rainbow, brown & brook trout
1,050cfsFlow now · below normal for the date
Wild Trout WaterRepresentative photo · not Russell BrookThe West Branch Delaware River at the Hale Eddy bridge, Deposit, New York. Photo: Mr. Matté, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Russell Brook.
New York · about 6 mi
Wild Trout WaterRepresentative photo · not Mongaup CreekThe Neversink River at Oakland Valley, New York. Photo: Daniel Case, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped, via Wikimedia Commons Not Mongaup Creek.
New York · about 17 mi
Wild Trout WaterRepresentative photo · not North Branch Callicoon CreekEsopus Creek at Big Indian, New York. Photo: Daniel Case, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not North Branch Callicoon Creek.
New York · about 19 mi
Downsville, New York
River cabins · 4.8 mi
Roscoe, New York
Campground · 7.7 mi
Livingston Manor, New York
River cabins · 12 mi
