Delaware River Report / Conditions June 1, 2018

The rain never materialized yesterday but we did have some cloud cover.  The cooler air temperature and clouds helped keep the water temps in check.  There was a light shower overnight but the flows are pretty much unchanged from yesterday morning.  It’s going to be a bit warmer today but we will keep the clouds.  We may see a brief thunderstorm or rain shower in the afternoon. The forecast is calling for less than 1/4″ so most of it will soak into the ground.  The weather will cool back down starting tomorrow.  We all expected to see more bugs than we did yesterday.  Today’s afternoon showers should push the olives.  We’ve found fish eating sulphurs and cahills over the last couple of days so have those flies handy.  March Browns and Gray Fox are on the water so the Green Drakes can’t be too far behind.

 

matching the natural

matching the natural

Hatching:
Sulphur – #16 – E. dorothea
March Brown #10-2xl – Maccaffertium vicarium
Gray Fox #12-2xl –  Maccaffertium vicarium (formerly S. fuscum)
Light Cahill – #14 – 16 – S. ithaca & canadense
Isonychia – #12-2xl – 12 – Isonychia bicolor
Blue Wing Olives #16 – 18 – Baetis vagans
Tiny Blue Wing Olives #20 – 26 – Psuedo sp.
Hendrickson  #16 –  E. subvaria
Little Black Caddis #18 – 20 – Chimarra sp.
Dark Grannom – #14 – 18 – Dark Brachycentrus sp.
Apple Caddis – #16 – 18 – Light Brachycentrus sp.

Click on the gauge below for the most recent update:

West Branch at Stilesville, NY 478 cfs 44°
West Branch at Hale Eddy, NY 595 cfs 48°
East Branch at Harvard, NY 239 cfs 56°
East Branch at Fish’s Eddy, NY 823 cfs 61°
Mainstem at Lordville, NY 1,690 cfs 62°
Beaverkill at Cooks Falls, NY 397 cfs 60°
Cannonsville Reservoir Release 415 cfs  
West Branch at 191 Bridge N/A 56°
West Branch at Walton (Cannonsville inflow) 286 cfs
Cannonsville Reservoir Capacity 99.8%
Pepacton Reservoir Capacity 99.3%
Close