Author: Jeff White
Delaware River Report / Conditions June 3, 2019
Yesterday was a bit of a struggle at times but overall the rivers seemed to fish well – especially in the evening after the rain. Caddis, cahills, gray fox, march browns, and sulphurs all floated past us. A few fish were steady but there were a lot of random eaters that you had to pick out and cover a number of times to get them to eat. Caddis and sulphur patterns produced the most fish for us but we did find a few willing to take the bigger bugs. A band of heavy rain came through in the evening but it was short lived and the rivers look fine this morning. We’re still at the best wading levels we’ve seen since last July plus we’re a decent floating level too. There’s no rain in the forecast for today but we should have cooler air temps reaching 56 degrees. There may be some wind gusts mid afternoon but they should drop back in the evening.
Hatching:
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Sulphur – #16 – 18 – E. dorothea
Dark Hendrickson – #16 – E. X (male & female) – mostly spinners
March Brown – #10- 2xl – Maccaffertium vicarium (Stenonema vicarium)
Gray Fox – 12-2xl – Maccaffertium vicarium (Stenonema fuscum)
Dark Blue Sedge – #14 – Psilotetra sp.
Tan Caddis – #16 – 18 – Hydropsyche sp.
Yellow Sally – #14 – Isoperla sp.
Blue Wing Olives – #16 – 18 – Baetis vagans
Tiny Blue Winged Olives – #22 – 26- Pseudo sp.
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West Branch at Stilesville, NY | 605 cfs | 46° |
West Branch at Hale Eddy, NY | 944 cfs | 49° |
East Branch at Harvard, NY | 239 cfs | 52° |
East Branch at Fish’s Eddy, NY | 1,120 cfs | 56° |
Mainstem at Lordville, NY | 2,540 cfs | 57° |
Beaverkill at Cooks Falls, NY | 488 cfs | 56° |
Cannonsville Reservoir Release | 500 cfs | |
West Branch at 191 Bridge | N/A | 53° |
West Branch at Walton (Cannonsville inflow) | 524 cfs | |
Cannonsville Reservoir Capacity | 100.4% | |
Pepacton Reservoir Capacity | 99% |
Delaware River Report / Conditions June 2, 2019
The rain held off until dark last night leaving us with a mix of clouds and sun all day. There were fewer bugs out than Friday but there were enough to keep the fish happy and eating. Most people did well with some really nice fish landed. Dry flies, nymphs, and wet flies all put fish in the net. It was a great way to start off June. The rain did little to the river flows and things look good this morning. The rivers are at decent levels for floating and wading. Today’s weather looks similar to yesterday with some scattered thunderstorms moving through but not dropping a lot of rain. We should see a little over 1/4″ of rain, wind 5 – 10 from the South, and an air temp near 70 degrees. A good fishing day.
Hatching:
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Sulphur – #16 – 18 – E. dorothea
Dark Hendrickson – #16 – E. X (male & female) – mostly spinners
March Brown – #10- 2xl – Maccaffertium vicarium (Stenonema vicarium)
Gray Fox – 12-2xl – Maccaffertium vicarium (Stenonema fuscum)
Dark Blue Sedge – #14 – Psilotetra sp.
Tan Caddis – #16 – 18 – Hydropsyche sp.
Yellow Sally – #14 – Isoperla sp.
Blue Wing Olives – #16 – 18 – Baetis vagans
Tiny Blue Winged Olives – #22 – 26- Pseudo sp.
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West Branch at Stilesville, NY | 629 cfs | 48° |
West Branch at Hale Eddy, NY | 905 cfs | 51° |
East Branch at Harvard, NY | 239 cfs | 54° |
East Branch at Fish’s Eddy, NY | 1,120 cfs | 60° |
Mainstem at Lordville, NY | 2,550 cfs | 60° |
Beaverkill at Cooks Falls, NY | 484 cfs | 59° |
Cannonsville Reservoir Release | 500 cfs | |
West Branch at 191 Bridge | N/A | 56° |
West Branch at Walton (Cannonsville inflow) | 410 cfs | |
Cannonsville Reservoir Capacity | 100.4% | |
Pepacton Reservoir Capacity | 99% |
Delaware River Report / Conditions June 1, 2019
It sounds like it was hard to pick a bad piece of water yesterday and everyone out there did well and caught fish. There were more clouds out there than originally forecasted and that definitely helped. Lots of caddis during the day just about everywhere. Some sections had decent gray fox hatching with some sulphurs while other areas had small hendrickson spinners and a few cahills. There are even some tiny olives hatching now. The fish should start eating those more in the lower flows. Today looks like another good day with cloud cover this morning and a chance of the thunderstorms in the afternoon. Total precipitation during the day should be around .25″ so they are not calling for real heavy storms. We may see the same amount fall overnight. If Wunderground is accurate the rivers will come through just fine with maybe a small bump in flows. We are still at great levels for floating and wading on most of the System.
Hatching:
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Sulphur – #16 – 18 – E. dorothea
Dark Hendrickson – #16 – E. X (male & female) – mostly spinners
March Brown – #10- 2xl – Maccaffertium vicarium (Stenonema vicarium)
Gray Fox – 12-2xl – Maccaffertium vicarium (Stenonema fuscum)
Apple Caddis – #16 – 18 – Brachycentrus sp. – waning
Dark Blue Sedge – #14 – Psilotetra sp.
Tan Caddis – #16 – 18 – Hydropsyche sp.
Yellow Sally – #14 – Isoperla sp.
Blue Wing Olives – #16 – 18 – Baetis vagans
Tiny Blue Winged Olives – #22 – 26- Pseudo sp.
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West Branch at Stilesville, NY | 661 cfs | 50° |
West Branch at Hale Eddy, NY | 965 cfs | 50° |
East Branch at Harvard, NY | 229 cfs | 54° |
East Branch at Fish’s Eddy, NY | 1,210 cfs | 59° |
Mainstem at Lordville, NY | 2,790 cfs | 59° |
Beaverkill at Cooks Falls, NY | 543 cfs | 57° |
Cannonsville Reservoir Release | 500 cfs | |
West Branch at 191 Bridge | N/A | 55° |
West Branch at Walton (Cannonsville inflow) | 440 cfs | |
Cannonsville Reservoir Capacity | 100.2% | |
Pepacton Reservoir Capacity | 99% |
Delaware River Report / Conditions May 31, 2019
Everyone seemed to find good hatching and good fish yesterday. The hatches varied depending on what section you were on but there were decent numbers of caddis, hendrickson spinners, march browns, and fishable numbers of gray fox and sulphurs. The rain held off until after dark. The total precip was not much and the rivers look fine this morning. There are a lot of wade opportunities on the system now and we are still floating. We’ll have sunshine with an air temp around 70 degrees today. Wind will be 5 – 10 mph from the North. Sounds like another good day to be on the water.
Hatching:
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Sulphur – #16 – 18 – E. dorothea
Dark Hendrickson – #16 – E. X (male & female) – mostly spinners
March Brown – #10- 2xl – Maccaffertium vicarium (Stenonema vicarium)
Gray Fox – 12-2xl – Maccaffertium vicarium (Stenonema fuscum)
Apple Caddis – #16 – 18 – Brachycentrus sp. – waning
Dark Blue Sedge – #14 – Psilotetra sp.
Tan Caddis – #16 – 18 – Hydropsyche sp.
Yellow Sally – #14 – Isoperla sp.
Blue Wing Olives – #16 – 18 – Baetis vagans
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West Branch at Stilesville, NY | 661 cfs | 49° |
West Branch at Hale Eddy, NY | 1,230 cfs | 50° |
East Branch at Harvard, NY | 269 cfs | 52° |
East Branch at Fish’s Eddy, NY | 1,380 cfs | 56° |
Mainstem at Lordville, NY | 3,200 cfs | 56° |
Beaverkill at Cooks Falls, NY | 671 cfs | 56° |
Cannonsville Reservoir Release | 500 cfs | |
West Branch at 191 Bridge | N/A | 53° |
West Branch at Walton (Cannonsville inflow) | 580 cfs | |
Cannonsville Reservoir Capacity | 100.2% | |
Pepacton Reservoir Capacity | 99% |
Delaware River Report / Conditions May 30, 2019
We had more rain yesterday but rather than short lived heavy rain we saw a more steady light rain in the afternoon. The West Branch flow is starting off this morning pretty much where it was yesterday morning at 1,200 cfs. That should fall slowly throughout the day. The Beaverkill flow jumped up to 900 cfs but is already dropping this morning. We have some rain in today’s forecast but the total precipitation should be around 1/10th” during the day and about the same amount overnight. Wind will be 5 – 10 from the South. Looks like a good day to be on the water. Caddis have been the main fish food over the last couple of days but we are seeing the end of the small hendricksons and the beginning of the gray foxes and march browns. We’ve seen a few sulphurs so definitely have that box with you.
Hatching:
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Sulphur – #16 – 18 – E. dorothea
Dark Hendrickson – #16 – E. X (male & female)
March Brown – #10- 2xl – Maccaffertium vicarium (Stenonema vicarium)
Gray Fox – 12-2xl – Maccaffertium vicarium (Stenonema fuscum)
Apple Caddis – #16 – 18 – Brachycentrus sp.
Dark Grannom – #16 – Dark Brachycentrus sp.
Tan Caddis – #16 – 18 – Hydropsyche sp.
Blue Wing Olives – #16 – 18 – Baetis vagans
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West Branch at Stilesville, NY | 874 cfs | 48° |
West Branch at Hale Eddy, NY | 1,230 cfs | 47° |
East Branch at Harvard, NY | 318 cfs | 51° |
East Branch at Fish’s Eddy, NY | 1,720 cfs | 57° |
Mainstem at Lordville, NY | 3,750 cfs | 56° |
Beaverkill at Cooks Falls, NY | 935 cfs | 56° |
Cannonsville Reservoir Release | 772 cfs | |
West Branch at 191 Bridge | N/A | 52° |
West Branch at Walton (Cannonsville inflow) | 554 cfs | |
Cannonsville Reservoir Capacity | 100.2% | |
Pepacton Reservoir Capacity | 99% |
Delaware River Report / Conditions May 29, 2019
We were hit with a few bands of rain yesterday. The first one in the morning really had no affect on the rivers. The one in the evening lasted much longer and dropped a lot more rain. The rivers are up ad there is some color in the West Branch. It is fishable this morning. The rain ended early enough that the feeders are beginning to clear this morning and it looks okay out there. The runoff is still filtering down the Mainnstem but the upper rivers have crested and are beginning to fall. The upper East Branch at Harvard is around 300 cfs and is a fine level for wading. Hale Eddy is 1,280 cfs so there are still wade opportunities over here too. If the bugs hatch the fish will eat on top over here. Nymphing worked well yesterday even when the rivers were rising.
Hatching:
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Dark Hendrickson – #16 – E. X (male & female)
March Brown – #10- 2xl – Maccaffertium vicarium (Stenonema vicarium)
Gray Fox – 12-2xl – Maccaffertium vicarium (Stenonema fuscum)
Apple Caddis – #16 – 18 – Brachycentrus sp.
Dark Grannom – #16 – Dark Brachycentrus sp.
Tan Caddis – #16 – 18 – Hydropsyche sp.
Blue Wing Olives – #16 – 18 – Baetis vagans
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West Branch at Stilesville, NY | 860 cfs | 47° |
West Branch at Hale Eddy, NY | 1,280 cfs | 48° |
East Branch at Harvard, NY | 314 cfs | 50° |
East Branch at Fish’s Eddy, NY | 1,470 cfs | 54° |
Mainstem at Lordville, NY | 3,250 cfs | 55° |
Beaverkill at Cooks Falls, NY | 725 cfs | 54° |
Cannonsville Reservoir Release | 772 cfs | |
West Branch at 191 Bridge | N/A | 53° |
West Branch at Walton (Cannonsville inflow) | 738 cfs | |
Cannonsville Reservoir Capacity | 101.8% | |
Pepacton Reservoir Capacity | 99.1% |
Delaware River Report / Conditions May 28, 2019
The dry fly action was a little slower yesterday with the bright sun but fish were landed. Overall nymphing produced more fish. There were some caddis on the water mixed with small hendricksons, gray fox, and a couple of march browns. We did see a couple of sulphurs so have that box ready this week. Today looks like better fishing weather with clouds and some heavy mist this already this morning. We may see some localized thunderstorms this afternoon with heavier rain so check the radar. All of the rivers in the system are at decent wade levels this morning. We haven’t seen that since last July. Floating is still good on the lower EB, WB, and Mainstem.
Hatching:
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Dark Hendrickson – #16 – E. X (male & female)
March Brown – #10- 2xl – Maccaffertium vicarium (Stenonema vicarium)
Gray Fox – 12-2xl – Maccaffertium vicarium (Stenonema fuscum)
Apple Caddis – #16 – 18 – Brachycentrus sp.
Dark Grannom – #16 – Dark Brachycentrus sp.
Tan Caddis – #16 – 18 – Hydropsyche sp.
Blue Wing Olives – #16 – 18 – Baetis vagans
Little Black Caddis – #18 – 20 – Chimarra
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West Branch at Stilesville, NY | 669 cfs | 47° |
West Branch at Hale Eddy, NY | 853 cfs | 48° |
East Branch at Harvard, NY | 281 cfs | 53° |
East Branch at Fish’s Eddy, NY | 1,050 cfs | 59° |
Mainstem at Lordville, NY | 2,190 cfs | 60° |
Beaverkill at Cooks Falls, NY | 434 cfs | 58° |
Cannonsville Reservoir Release | 571 cfs | |
West Branch at 191 Bridge | N/A | 54° |
West Branch at Walton (Cannonsville inflow) | 569 cfs | |
Cannonsville Reservoir Capacity | 101.8% | |
Pepacton Reservoir Capacity | 99.1% |
Delaware River Report / Conditions May 27, 2019
It sounds like most people had a great day yesterday. Another day with lots of caddis, small hendricksons, and march brown / gray fox. We had a very beif storm come through in the afternoon and the fishing really seemed to pick up after that. We didn’t get too much rain and all of the rivers in the system are falling. There are now really good wade opportunities on all the rivers and floating is still fine on most of them. We may see a little more sunshine today with the air temp reaching the low 70’s. Wind 8 -10 mph from the North. It looks like a great day to be on the water.
Hatching:
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Dark Hendrickson – #16 – E. X (male & female)
Dark Hendrickson – #14 – E. subvaria (male)
Light Hendrickson – #12 -14 – E. subvaria (female)
March Brown – #10- 2xl – Maccaffertium vicarium (Stenonema vicarium)
Gray Fox – 12-2xl – Maccaffertium vicarium (Stenonema fuscum)
Apple Caddis – #16 – 18 – Brachycentrus sp.
Dark Grannom – #16 – Dark Brachycentrus sp.
Tan Caddis – #16 – 18 – Hydropsyche sp.
Blue Wing Olives – #16 – 18 – Baetis vagans
Little Black Caddis – #18 – 20 – Chimarra
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West Branch at Stilesville, NY | 701 cfs | 48° |
West Branch at Hale Eddy, NY | 958 cfs | 48° |
East Branch at Harvard, NY | 303 cfs | 52° |
East Branch at Fish’s Eddy, NY | 1,160 cfs | 57° |
Mainstem at Lordville, NY | 2,570 cfs | 58° |
Beaverkill at Cooks Falls, NY | 477 cfs | 57° |
Cannonsville Reservoir Release | 571 cfs | |
West Branch at 191 Bridge | N/A | 53° |
West Branch at Walton (Cannonsville inflow) | 698 cfs | |
Cannonsville Reservoir Capacity | 101.8% | |
Pepacton Reservoir Capacity | 99.1% |
Delaware River Report / Conditions May 26, 2019
We heard great bug reports from most river sections. Lots of caddis, a few hendricksons still, plus the gray fox / march browns. There are a quite a few different caddis species out there so bring your whole box. The size #16 hendricksons have picked up and we have seen fish actually eat the gray foxes. The wind was an issue for some but overall the rivers seemed to fish well for most people. We has some storms move in after dark but the rivers seem to be in fine shape this morning. The flows bumped slightly but everything looks clear and normal this morning. There are wade opportunities on all of the rivers this morning. Floating is still fine on the lower EB, WB and Mainstem. The Cannonsville release has been cut back to 571 cfs.
Hatching:
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Dark Hendrickson – #16 – E. X (male & female)
Dark Hendrickson – #14 – E. subvaria (male)
Light Hendrickson – #12 -14 – E. subvaria (female)
March Brown – #10- 2xl – Maccaffertium vicarium (Stenonema vicarium)
Gray Fox – 12-2xl – Maccaffertium vicarium (Stenonema fuscum)
Apple Caddis – #16 – 18 – Brachycentrus sp.
Dark Grannom – #16 – Dark Brachycentrus sp.
Tan Caddis – #16 – 18 – Hydropsyche sp.
Blue Wing Olives – #16 – 18 – Baetis vagans
Little Black Caddis – #18 – 20 – Chimarra
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West Branch at Stilesville, NY | 701 cfs | 48° |
West Branch at Hale Eddy, NY | 1,150 cfs | 48° |
East Branch at Harvard, NY | 330 cfs | 51° |
East Branch at Fish’s Eddy, NY | 1,250 cfs | 56° |
Mainstem at Lordville, NY | 2,660 cfs | 56° |
Beaverkill at Cooks Falls, NY | 531 cfs | 56° |
Cannonsville Reservoir Release | 571 cfs | |
West Branch at 191 Bridge | N/A | 52° |
West Branch at Walton (Cannonsville inflow) | 833 cfs | |
Cannonsville Reservoir Capacity | 101.8% | |
Pepacton Reservoir Capacity | 99.1% |
Delaware River Report / Conditions May 25, 2019
While the wind was blowing at times overall yesterday fished well. Caddis, hendricksons, and a few gray fox / march browns were on the water. When the wind was up nymphing worked well. There was a lull in the afternoon and then the caddis and just a few hendrickson spinners showed up as the sun dropped behind the hills. The releases from both Cannonsville and Pepacton have been dropped so there are more wade opportunities this morning than we’ve seen all Spring. Thee is still enough water to float too. Cannonsville is spilling a minimal amount and Pepacton has stopped coming over the top. Today looks good with the air temp hitting close to 70 degrees and some showers mostly after dark. The total precip should be around 1/4″. Wind will be 10 – 15 from the South. Hopefully we get some breaks in the wind like yesterday.
Hatching:
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Dark Hendrickson – #14 – E. subvaria (male)
Light Hendrickson – #12 -14 – E. subvaria (female)
March Brown – #10- 2xl – Maccaffertium vicarium (Stenonema vicarium)
Gray Fox – 12-2xl – Maccaffertium vicarium (Stenonema fuscum)
Apple Caddis – #16 – 18 – Brachycentrus sp.
Dark Grannom – #16 – Dark Brachycentrus sp.
Tan Caddis – #16 – 18 – Hydropsyche sp.
Blue Wing Olives – #16 – 18 – Baetis vagans
Little Black Caddis – #18 – 20 – Chimarra
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West Branch at Stilesville, NY | 1,030 cfs | 49° |
West Branch at Hale Eddy, NY | 1,380 cfs | 46° |
East Branch at Harvard, NY | 484 cfs | 46° |
East Branch at Fish’s Eddy, NY | 1,450 cfs | 52° |
Mainstem at Lordville, NY | 3,340 cfs | 52° |
Beaverkill at Cooks Falls, NY | 547 cfs | 51° |
Cannonsville Reservoir Release | 818 cfs | |
West Branch at 191 Bridge | N/A | 48° |
West Branch at Walton (Cannonsville inflow) | 833 cfs | |
Cannonsville Reservoir Capacity | 101.8% | |
Pepacton Reservoir Capacity | 99.1% |
Delaware River Report / Conditions May 24, 2019
We had some good thunderstorms yesterday but the rivers held together and fished well. There were hendricksons, caddis, and just a few gray fox hatching – plus some spinners. It wasn’t blanket hatching but it was enough to make the fish happy. There was a lull in the afternoon when the bright sun popped out but things picked up again as the sun dropped behind the hills. Today looks good with a cloudy sky and an air temp of 64 degrees. We’ll have winds 10 – 20 mph from the north- that will be the only challenging part. The trees are leafed out so hopefully we’ll find some wind breaks out there. Pepacton has stopped spilling so there there are more areas to wade on the Upper East Branch. The Beaverkill and Willowemoc are still fine. The West Branch is still too high to really move around out there.
Hatching:
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Dark Hendrickson – #14 – E. subvaria (male)
Light Hendrickson – #12 -14 – E. subvaria (female)
March Brown – #10- 2xl – Maccaffertium vicarium (Stenonema vicarium)
Gray Fox – 12-2xl – Maccaffertium vicarium (Stenonema fuscum)
Apple Caddis – #16 – 18 – Brachycentrus sp.
Dark Grannom – #16 – Dark Brachycentrus sp.
Tan Caddis – #16 – 18 – Hydropsyche sp.
Blue Wing Olives – #16 – 18 – Baetis vagans
Little Black Caddis – #18 – 20 – Chimarra
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West Branch at Stilesville, NY | 1,870 cfs | 53° |
West Branch at Hale Eddy, NY | 2,330 cfs | 47° |
East Branch at Harvard, NY | 702 cfs | 49° |
East Branch at Fish’s Eddy, NY | 1,730 cfs | 55° |
Mainstem at Lordville, NY | 4,380 cfs | 53° |
Beaverkill at Cooks Falls, NY | 671 cfs | 55° |
Cannonsville Reservoir Release | 1,499 cfs | |
West Branch at 191 Bridge | N/A | 50° |
West Branch at Walton (Cannonsville inflow) | 963 cfs | |
Cannonsville Reservoir Capacity | 101.5% | |
Pepacton Reservoir Capacity | 99.4% |
Delaware River Report / Conditions May 23, 2019
Yesterday looked like it should have fished well and it did. Caddis were out in good numbers early followed by some hendricksons. Spinners showed up on time and the fish were happy. It was one of the better dry fly days we’ve seen this week (one of the calmest wind days too). We did get hit with a good thunderstorm overnight but the rain hasn’t seemed to affect the West Branch. We’ve dropped a little and it’s pretty clear. We still have a lot of water in the system so the best wading is still on the Beaverkill and Willowemoc.
We have a few thunderstorms in the forecast this afternoon but none are predicted to drop a lot of precipitation on us. If we’re real lucky we just see good cloud cover. Wind should be around 10 mph with the air temp hitting the low 70’s. It looks like a good day to be on the water.
Hatching:
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Dark Hendrickson – #14 – E. subvaria (male)
Light Hendrickson – #12 -14 – E. subvaria (female)
March Brown – #10- 2xl – Maccaffertium vicarium (Stenonema vicarium)
Gray Fox – 12-2xl – Maccaffertium vicarium (Stenonema fuscum)
Apple Caddis – #16 – 18 – Brachycentrus sp.
Dark Grannom – #16 – Dark Brachycentrus sp.
Tan Caddis – #16 – 18 – Hydropsyche sp.
Blue Wing Olives – #16 – 18 – Baetis vagans
Little Black Caddis – #18 – 20 – Chimarra
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West Branch at Stilesville, NY | 2,080 cfs | 56° |
West Branch at Hale Eddy, NY | 2,550 cfs | 48° |
East Branch at Harvard, NY | 829 cfs | 48° |
East Branch at Fish’s Eddy, NY | 1,780 cfs | 53° |
Mainstem at Lordville, NY | 4,570 cfs | 53° |
Beaverkill at Cooks Falls, NY | 602 cfs | 55° |
Cannonsville Reservoir Release | 1,499 cfs | |
West Branch at 191 Bridge | N/A | 49° |
West Branch at Walton (Cannonsville inflow) | 1,060 cfs | |
Cannonsville Reservoir Capacity | 101.5% | |
Pepacton Reservoir Capacity | 99.8% |