Delaware River Report / Conditions April 26, 2015

After the last few weeks a day at 53 degrees with sunshine makes it feel like July out on the river!  Yesterday’s warmup certainly made the fish more active and pushed some of the bugs to hatch.  We saw early stoneflies, little black caddis, and some blue winged olives hatching yesterday with a few fish starting to eat off the surface.  The surface activity should continue to improve with the weather this week so the blue quills can’t be too far behind.  Nymphing was still the most effective method yesterday and yesterday was definitely the best day so far this season.  Today’s air temperature should hit 55 degrees,  sun, with winds around 7 mph.  The river system is warmer this morning than yesterday so our water temperatures should peak higher today.  After starting off around 38 degrees yesterday morning the West Branch under the 191 Bridge peaked at 49 degrees by the late afternoon.  Today we are starting off at 44 degrees.  Cannonsville reservoir is spilling 36 cfs this morning which is great news to help counter the pathetic release of 74 cfs under table 4A of the FFMP.  The spill should continue with an inflow from Walton of 830 cfs this morning.

 

Jason with a rainbow from yesterday.  Photo by Stev eShen

Jason with a rainbow from yesterday. Photo by Steve Shen

Keith with a brown yesterday. Photo by Bruce Miller

Keith with a brown yesterday. Photo by Bruce Miller

Hatching:

Blue Winged Olives #16 – 18 – Baetis vagans

Little Black Caddis #18 – 20 – Dark Chimarra sp.

Little Black Stoneflies #14 – 18 – Capnidae sp. and Taeniopteryx sp.

FLOWS AS OF 8:00 AM:
West Branch at Stilesville, NY 114 cfs @ 41º
West Branch at Hale Eddy, NY 460 cfs @ 43º
East Branch at Harvard, NY 246 cfs @ 40º
East Branch at Fish’s Eddy, NY 1,310 cfs @ 43º
Mainstem at Lordville, NY 2,750 cfs @ 44º
Beaverkill at Cooks Falls, NY 820 cfs @ N/A
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