Delaware River Report / Conditions May 13, 2015

Last night’s cool weather has provided us some thermal relief.  The West Branch under the 191 Bridge in Hancock is starting off at 58 degrees this morning.  The cool weather today and frost warnings tonight should help immensely.  We do need to keep an eye on the forecast for the rest of the week.  The air temps will creep up into the 60’s by Friday with some sun.  Additional releases from the reservoirs are still needed to protect the system from thermal stress.  The low water exposes too many rocks that are heated up by the sun.  Bright sun can heat the rivers up faster than hot air temperatures.

The West Branch has fishable temperatures this morning but the Mainstem is still on the edge.  The Lordville gage is registering 65 degrees this morning.  We feel this gage registers a few degrees cooler than the actual temperatures so please check the water with your thermometer before fishing.  That should apply to fishing anywhere on the system still as the water temps can climb quickly during sunny periods.

Right now the entire system is a wade game.  The flow at Lordville is only 731 which is too low to take a boat down.

 

Hatching:
Hendrickson #16 – E. X species
Apple Caddis #16-18 – Light Brachycentrus sp.
Hendrickson – #14 – E. subvaria (male)
Hendrickson – #12 – E. subvaria (female)
Blue Quill – #16 – Paralep. adoptiva
Quill Gordon #14 – Epeorus pluralis
Blue Winged Olives #16 – 18 – Baetis vagans
Little Black Caddis #18 – 20 – Dark Chimarra sp.

FLOWS AS OF 8:00 AM:
West Branch at Stilesville, NY 174 cfs @ 41º
West Branch at Hale Eddy, NY 226 cfs @ 54º
East Branch at Harvard, NY 125 cfs @ 57º
East Branch at Fish’s Eddy, NY 430 cfs @ 61º
Mainstem at Lordville, NY 731 cfs @ 65º
Beaverkill at Cooks Falls, NY 211 cfs @ N/A
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