Delaware River Report / Conditions June 24, 2016

The release from Cannonsville Reservoir is 560 cfs this morning.  We are still under Table 4G of the FFMP so the extra water is likely being released to meet downstream flow targets.  Hatching was decent yesterday with sulphurs coming off in decent numbers on some sections of river.  The cloud cover made the fish comfortable and we had decent surface activity.
We are still getting some cool nights with air temperatures in the 50’s with daytime temps in the 80’s.  We have sunshine for the next couple of days.  Winds look low through the weekend with the highest gusts only reaching 8 mph on Sunday afternoon.  Nymphing has been productive in the mornings before the hatches start.  Shaded areas have been fishing well as have isonychias blind casted in the riffles.  The increased release may add more algae to the water at first but a lot of that should filter down in the next 24 hours.

 

The increased release is likely for downstream flow targets

The increased release is likely for downstream flow targets

Hatching:
Slate Drake – 12-2xl- Isonychia bicolor
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 557 cfs
43°
West Branch at Hale Eddy, NY 611 cfs
46°
East Branch at Harvard, NY 153 cfs 57°
East Branch at Fish’s Eddy, NY 249 cfs 64°
Mainstem at Lordville, NY 857 cfs 65°
Beaverkill at Cooks Falls, NY 110 cfs N/A
Cannonsville Reservoir Release 560 cfs
West Branch at 191 Bridge  N/A 53°
West Branch at Walton (Cannonsville inflow) 85 cfs
Cannonsville Reservoir Capacity 89.9%
Pepacton Reservoir Capacity 94.7%
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