Delaware River Report / Conditions May 9, 2018

Hendricksons, olives, and apple caddis.  There was an unbelievable amount of bugs out there yesterday.  Some of the fish were eating on top, some of the fish were eating underneath.  Some were easy, some were tough.  It was a fun day to be on the water.  Hendrickson emergers worked well but there were a lot of egg laying caddis around.  Today will be mostly sunny, 72 degrees, with wind around 5 mph.  It’s going to be a beautiful day on the water.  The Beaverkill flow has dropped back to a decent wading level and looks good.  The release from Cannonsville Dam has been dropped to 1190 cfs with only 91 cfs coming over the spillway.  We may see a few thunderstorms tomorrow  bu they are usually wrong about that.  It does mean we should have some decent cloud cover.  The precipitation forecast is only .12″ so it should do much to the flows.

 

Photo by Bruce Miller

Photo by Bruce Miller

Hatching:
Hendrickson  #12 – 14 –  E. subvaria
Blue Quills #16 – 18 – Paraleptophlebia adoptiva
Quill Gordon #14 – Epeorus pluralis
Blue Wing Olives #16 – 18 – Baetis vagans
Little Black Caddis #18 – 20 – Chimarra sp.
Dark Grannom – #14 – 18 – Dark Brachycentrus sp.
Apple Caddis – #16 – 18 – Light Brachycentrus sp.
Early Black Stoneflies #14 – 16 – Taeniopteryx sp.

Click on the gauge below for the most recent update:

West Branch at Stilesville, NY 1,240 cfs 46°
West Branch at Hale Eddy, NY 1,550 cfs 44°
East Branch at Harvard, NY 806 cfs 44°
East Branch at Fish’s Eddy, NY 1,620 cfs 52°
Mainstem at Lordville, NY 3,540 cfs 51°
Beaverkill at Cooks Falls, NY 625 cfs 52°
Cannonsville Reservoir Release 1,190 cfs  Spill = 91 cfs
West Branch at 191 Bridge N/A 45°
West Branch at Walton (Cannonsville inflow) 969 cfs
Cannonsville Reservoir Capacity 100.5%
Pepacton Reservoir Capacity 100.3%
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