Delaware River Report / Conditions July 31, 2015

Yesterday’s rain didn’t seem to amount to much besides some fog on the river.  Luckily the clouds stuck around most of the day once the breeze blew the fog away.  The fish were happier without the bright sun and were eating well once the hatches started.  Lower river sections saw lots of olives on the water mixed with cahills and sulphurs.  The upper sections saw the normal hatches of sulphurs and few isonychias.  We did see some fish eat golden drakes but it seems that hatch is waning.
Accuweather is calling for sunshine with air temps in the low 80s.  The water temperatures are holding up well on the Upper Mainstem with the cold release from Cannonsville.  The lower East Branch is starting off at 67 degrees at Fishs Eddy this morning so that will peak over 70 again today.

 

Joe wit a great brown.  Photo by Jared Makowski

Joe wit a great brown. Photo by Jared Makowski

Hatching:
Slate Drake #12-2xl  – 12 – Isonychia bicolor
Sulphur #18-20 – E. dorothea
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
Little Black Caddis #18 – 20 – Dark Chimarra sp.

Flows and Temps as of 8:00 AM:
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Flow Temp
West Branch at Stilesville, NY 1,520 cfs 42°
West Branch at Hale Eddy, NY 1,610 cfs
45°
East Branch at Harvard, NY 179 cfs 55°
East Branch at Fish’s Eddy, NY 521 cfs 67°
Mainstem at Lordville, NY 2,090 cfs
56°
Beaverkill at Cooks Falls, NY 191 cfs N/A
Cannonsville Reservoir Release 1,499 cfs
West Branch at 191 Bridge  N/A 45°
West Branch at Walton (Cannonsville inflow) 341 cfs
Cannonsville Reservoir Capacity 78.3%
Pepacton Reservoir Capacity 94.9%
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