Delaware River Report / Conditions June 15, 2011

It felt like fall yesterday, and the river responded appropriately. Hatches of dortheas, stenos, pseudos and isonychias occurred almost all day, with the fish keying in on isos and the sulphurs. We are expecting more ‘normal’ weather today – warm temps, bright sun and clouds, which should warm the water a bit, but not too drastically, and put us back in our normal June program of strong morning and evening hatches with mid-day hatching when the sun hides itself. Flows are great for both the boater and the wader!

Interns shouldn't catch fish like this. David Burgher with a great WB brown. Photo by: Steve Shen

Hatches:

Isonychia bicolor – Iso/Slate Drake #12-2XL and BIGGER!

Ephemerella cornuta – Blue Wing Olive #14

Hydropsyche sp. – Tan Caddis – #16-#18

Emphemerella invaria – Light Cahill – #12

Brachycentrus sp. (Dark Grannom – Charcoal) #16- #18

Ephemerella dorothea – Sulphur- #16/18/20

Pseudocloeon – Little BWO’s- #22-#26

FLOWS:
West Branch at Stilesville, NY 502 cfs @ 43º
West Branch at Hale Eddy,NY
744 cfs @ 47º
East Branch at Harvard, NY 242 cfs @ 53º
East Branch at Fish’s Eddy, NY 899 cfs @ 57º
Mainstem at Lordville, NY
2,220 cfs @ 57º
Beaverkill at Cooks Falls, NY 511 cfs @ N/A
Cannonsville Reservoir Level & Release 97.4% – 500 CFS

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