Delaware River Report / Conditions June 17, 2016

The clouds passed through early yesterday and left us with an afternoon of sunshine.  There were sporadic fish eating caddis and few sulphurs were around but the hatching and rising really picked up in the early evening.  Sulphurs and cahills were on the menu with the fish acting happy and eating off the surface.  There have been a few olives in the evening but most of the fish we’re finding are keyed in on sulphur cripples.  Keep and eye out for spinner falls in the evening and in the mornings.  We’ve seen quite a few olive spinners over the rivers before the sun hits the water.
We are entering a warming trend over the next few days with air temperatures reaching the high 80’s. The lower East Branch temps peaked over 70 degrees yesterday and the Mainstem at Lordville peaked around 69 degrees so both of those rivers are too hot to fish.  With the additional heat coming definitely check the water temperatures before fishing.

 

Water temperatures at Hale Eddy are in great shape

Water temperatures at Hale Eddy are in great shape

Hatching:
Slate Drake – 12-2xl- Isonychia bicolor
Pink Lady – #14 – Epeorus vitreus
Sulphur – #16-18 – E dorothea
Light Cahill – #14 – 16 – S. ithaca & canadense
Tiny Blue Winged Olive – #22 – 26 – Psuedocloeon spp.
Blue Winged Olive – #18 – 20 – E. lata
Light Blue Winged Olive – #16 – 20 E. attenuatta
Tan Caddis – #16 – 20 – Hydropsyche spp.
Dark Brachycentrus sp. – #14 – 18 – Dark Grannom
Little Black Caddis #18 – 20 – Chimarra sp.
Blue Winged Olives #16 – 18 – Baetis vagans (updated name: Baetis tricaudatus)

West Branch at Stilesville, NY 486 cfs
43°
West Branch at Hale Eddy, NY 570 cfs
49°
East Branch at Harvard, NY 173 cfs 58°
East Branch at Fish’s Eddy, NY 356 cfs 64°
Mainstem at Lordville, NY 994 cfs 64°
Beaverkill at Cooks Falls, NY 157 cfs N/A
Cannonsville Reservoir Release 497 cfs
West Branch at 191 Bridge  N/A 56°
West Branch at Walton (Cannonsville inflow) 140 cfs
Cannonsville Reservoir Capacity 93.4%
Pepacton Reservoir Capacity 96.2%

 

 

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