Delaware River Report / Conditions April 9, 2016

The river flows are dropping back but still remain high this morning.  Stilesville is the best spot for wading based on the USGS graphs.  The forecasted snow missed us last night but we still may see a couple of snow showers today.  The overnight air temperatures were cold and the rivers all dropped back a couple of degrees.  Nymphing and streamers will be the most productive methods today but you may find a rising fish or two in the slow pools by late afternoon.  The reservoirs have come up a little in storage and should continue to fill.  Walton is still coming in at over 2000 cfs this morning.  We are looking at one more cold night and then we begin a warming trend tomorrow.  It will finally feel like Spring again by mid-week.

 

Bob Lewis sent us some artsy river photos from the fall.  This one he titled "Church"

Bob Lewis sent us some artsy river photos from the fall. This one he titled “Church”

Hatching:
Blue Quill #16 – 18 – Paraleptophlebia adoptiva
Blue Winged Olives #16 – 18 – Baetis vagans (updated name: Baetis tricaudatus)
Quill Gordons #14 – Epeorus pluralis
Tiny Black Stoneflies #18 – Capniidae sp.
Early Black and Brown Stoneflies #14 – 16 – Taenopteryx & Strophopteryx spp.

West Branch at Stilesville, NY 108 cfs
38°
West Branch at Hale Eddy, NY 944 cfs
39°
East Branch at Harvard, NY 793 cfs 38°
East Branch at Fish’s Eddy, NY 2,150 cfs 38°
Mainstem at Lordville, NY 5,570 cfs 39°
Beaverkill at Cooks Falls, NY 1,170 cfs N/A
Cannonsville Reservoir Release 110 cfs
West Branch at 191 Bridge  N/A 38°
West Branch at Walton (Cannonsville inflow) 2,090 cfs
Cannonsville Reservoir Capacity 93.5%
Pepacton Reservoir Capacity 92.8%
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