Delaware River Report / Conditions August 28, 2015

The cooler air temperatures during the day and at night combined with the cloud cover kept the water temperatures lower than we’ve seen in a while at Fishs Eddy on the East Branch and down to Lordville on the Mainstem.  The Mainstem at Lordville peaked at 64 degrees and the East Branch at Fishs Eddy peaked at 65.  If the cool weather continues we may get those two rivers back sooner than anticipated.  The West Branch remains pretty much the same as yesterday due to the consistent release of 500 cfs. Today should be mild with a high of 75 degrees dropping to 52 degrees tonight.

 

Bob with a nice West Branch brown this week.  Photo by Jared Makowski

Bob with a nice West Branch brown this week. Photo by Jared Makowski

Hatching:
Slate Drake #12 – Isonychia bicolor
Sulphur #18-20 – E. dorothea
Tricos #22 – 26 – Tricorythodes sp.
Light Cahills #14 – various steno species (invaria, etc)
Golden Drake #12-2xl – Potomanthus distinctus
PED / Pink Lady #14 – E. vitreus
Large Blue Winged Olive #14 – D. cornuta
Tiny Blue Wing Olives #22-26 – Pseudo sp. (now classified as Acentrella sp.)
Charcoal Caddis #14 -16 – dark Brachycentrus sp.
Tan Caddis #16-18 – Hydrosyche sp.
Blue Winged Olives #16 – 18 – Baetis vagans
Flying ants #16-24

Flows and Temps as of 8:00 AM:
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West Branch at Stilesville, NY 494 cfs 45°
West Branch at Hale Eddy, NY 566 cfs
47°
East Branch at Harvard, NY 167 cfs 53°
East Branch at Fish’s Eddy, NY 299 cfs 61°
Mainstem at Lordville, NY 1,000 cfs
61°
Beaverkill at Cooks Falls, NY 131 cfs N/A
Cannonsville Reservoir Release 500 cfs
West Branch at 191 Bridge  N/A 52°
West Branch at Walton (Cannonsville inflow) 182 cfs
Cannonsville Reservoir CapacityDes 69%
Pepacton Reservoir Capacity 86.2%
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