Delaware River Report / Conditions August 31, 2015

It looks like the release from Cannonsville has been raised to 600 cfs. I expected a change in the other direction on September 1st so this is a nice surprise to wake up to this morning.  Hale Eddy should continue to climb a little more this morning and level out by lunch time.  The flow at Stilesville is level at 598 cfs.  If that changes during the day we’ll follow up with a mid-day report.  The West Branch is still at a great level for wading and floating.
Flying ants were the fly of the day yesterday.  We started getting reports of fish eating ants throughout the system around 11 am and it continued through the afternoon.  We are still seeing sporadic small sulphurs, a couple of isonychias, and just a handful of cahills.  The afternoon olives have been the most predictable hatch on the system.
Moderate winds, mostly sun, and air temperatures in the mid 80’s

Jared Makowski found a nice one feeding on top yesterday afternoon

Jared Makowski found a nice one feeding on top yesterday afternoon

Hatching:
Slate Drake #12 – Isonychia bicolor
Sulphur #18-20 – E. dorothea
Tricos #22 – 26 – Tricorythodes sp.
Light Cahills #14 – various steno species (invaria, etc)
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 sp.
Flying ants #16-24

West Branch at Stilesville, NY 598 cfs 46°
West Branch at Hale Eddy, NY 676 cfs
49°
East Branch at Harvard, NY 159 cfs 55°
East Branch at Fish’s Eddy, NY 270 cfs 65°
Mainstem at Lordville, NY 964 cfs
64°
Beaverkill at Cooks Falls, NY 110 cfs N/A
Cannonsville Reservoir Release 500 cfs
West Branch at 191 Bridge  N/A 55°
West Branch at Walton (Cannonsville inflow) 124 cfs
Cannonsville Reservoir Capacity 68.8%
Pepacton Reservoir Capacity 85.8%
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