Brandywine Creek
River in Pennsylvania, read from its USGS gauge, draining about 287 square miles. Figures refresh every fifteen minutes.
Discharge
186
cfs · 46 min ago
Normal for today
181
cfs median, 53 yrs
Water temp
60
°F · 46 min ago
Gage height
1.80
ft
Reading the number
On this date the gauge has averaged 181 cfs over 53 years of record, with the middle half of years falling between 122 and 325 cfs. Today sits inside that band, which is as close to a normal October day as the gauge can tell you.
Regional hatch calendar
What is likely hatching near Brandywine Creek
Brandywine Creek does not have its own verified chart yet. This calendar is combined from the verified charts on Tulpehocken Creek (41 mi), Little Lehigh Creek (50 mi), Lehigh River (67 mi). Treat it as regional timing, and file a report if you see something different here.
| Insect | J | F | M | A | M | J | J | A | S | O | N | D |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blue-Winged Olive | January: absent | February: absent | March: active | April: peak | May: active | June: active | July: active | August: active | September: active | October: peak | November: active | December: absent |
| Caddis | January: absent | February: absent | March: absent | April: peak | May: peak | June: peak | July: active | August: active | September: active | October: active | November: absent | December: absent |
| Light Cahill | January: absent | February: absent | March: absent | April: absent | May: peak | June: peak | July: absent | August: absent | September: absent | October: absent | November: absent | December: absent |
| Little Black Stonefly | January: active | February: peak | March: peak | April: active | May: absent | June: absent | July: absent | August: absent | September: absent | October: absent | November: absent | December: absent |
| Sulphur | January: absent | February: absent | March: absent | April: active | May: peak | June: peak | July: absent | August: absent | September: active | October: active | November: absent | December: absent |
| Trico | January: absent | February: absent | March: absent | April: absent | May: absent | June: absent | July: peak | August: peak | September: active | October: absent | November: absent | December: absent |
| Hendrickson | January: absent | February: absent | March: absent | April: peak | May: active | June: absent | July: absent | August: absent | September: absent | October: absent | November: absent | December: absent |
| Midge | January: peak | February: peak | March: active | April: active | May: active | June: active | July: active | August: active | September: active | October: active | November: peak | December: peak |
| Terrestrials | January: absent | February: absent | March: absent | April: absent | May: absent | June: active | July: active | August: peak | September: active | October: active | November: absent | December: absent |
| Green Drake | January: absent | February: absent | March: absent | April: absent | May: peak | June: active | July: absent | August: absent | September: absent | October: absent | November: absent | December: absent |
| Isonychia | January: absent | February: absent | March: absent | April: absent | May: absent | June: active | July: active | August: active | September: peak | October: active | November: absent | December: absent |
| March Brown | January: absent | February: absent | March: absent | April: absent | May: peak | June: active | July: absent | August: absent | September: absent | October: absent | November: absent | December: absent |
Reports
From anglers on Brandywine Creek
No reports filed here yet. The first one becomes the page’s local knowledge, stamped with the flow at the time. File a report.