Delaware River Report / Conditions May 26, 2015

Time for another break or wade fish the upper West Branch or the Upper East Branch in the pathetically low water being released under the FFMP.  The combination of low flows, warm air temperatures, and sun has caught up with us again.  The Lordville gauge showed a peak yesterday around 69 degrees.  We still feel that gauge measures cooler than the actual river temperature.  Callicoon peaked over 70 degrees, Fishs Eddy was 69 degrees, and the West Branch under the 191 Bridge hit 67 degrees.  All of the rivers in the system are starting off with higher morning temperatures today.  The forecast is calling for air temperatures in the 80’s with the possibility of a thunderstorm this afternoon.  It should be sunny for most of the day which will drive the water temps up again.  It looks like the lower West, East, and the Mainstem will hit 70 today.
Accuweather has not been too accurate this season predicting rainfall so we’ll have to wait and see.  They are calling for a small amount of rain tonight with a half inch coming scattered throughout the day tomorrow.  If the rain misses us we are hoping for a directed release for the Montague flow target by the weekend.

Back to temperature graphs.  The Lordville gauge seems to read cooler than actual temps.

Hatching:
Slate Drake #12-2xl – Isonychia bicolor
Sulphur #16-18 – E. dorothea
Green Drake #8-2xl – E. guttulata
PED / Pink Lady #14 – E. vitreus
Tiny Blue Wing Olives #22-26 – Pseudo sp. (now classified as Acentrella sp.)
March Brown #10-2xl – S. vicarium (now classified as Maccaffertioum vicarium)
Gray Fox #12-2xl – S. fuscum (now also classified as Maccaffertioum vicarium)
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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