Delaware River Report / Conditions June 17, 2015

The Cannonsville release has been increased to 400 cfs this morning.  The rivers are dropping and beginning to clear but there is still some color in the water.  There were some bugs out yesterday, a few sulphurs, cahills, and isonychias.  Most of the fish caught yesterday were on streamers but there were some targets.  Nymphing is still best above Oquaga Creek where it is clear and low.  We are looking at warm air temps and sun today but hopefully the storms forecasted to hit us over the next few day work out and continue to fill the reservoirs.

Jim Swift with a nice fish yesterday.  Photo by Samantha Dennis

Jim Swift with a nice fish yesterday. Photo by Samantha Dennis

 

Hatching:
Slate Drake #12-2xl – Isonychia bicolor
Sulphur #16-18 – E. dorothea
Light Cahills #14 – various steno species (invaria, etc)
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 448 cfs 42°
West Branch at Hale Eddy, NY 1,210 cfs 59°
East Branch at Harvard, NY 512 cfs 55°
East Branch at Fish’s Eddy, NY 1,480 cfs 61°
Mainstem at Lordville, NY 3,210 cfs 65°
Beaverkill at Cooks Falls, NY 715 cfs N/A
Cannonsville Reservoir Release 400 cfs
West Branch at 191 Bridge 59°
West Branch at Walton (Cannonsville inflow) 778 cfs
Cannonsville Reservoir Capacity 94.1%
Pepacton Reservoir Capacity 96.1%
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