Delaware River Report / Conditions October 12, 2016

The release from Cannonsville has been raised to 326 cfs this morning.  Yesterday fished better with a nice hatch of small olives, caddis, and isonychias.  Nymphing and swinging wets is still the most productive method but there were enough fish feeding on the surface to make it interesting.  Today’s weather looks similar to yesterday with winds under 10 mph, sun, and air temperatures in the mid 60’s.  We have a decent chance of receiving 1/4″ of rain tomorrow but most of that will soak into the ground.

Hatching:
Slate Drake – #12 – 14- Isonychia bicolor
Olive Sulphur – #18 – 20– Heptagenia hebe
Tiny Blue Winged Olive – #22 – 26 – Psuedocloeon spp.
Blue Winged Olive – #18 – 20 – E. lata
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 279 cfs
54°
West Branch at Hale Eddy, NY 348 cfs
53°
East Branch at Harvard, NY 108 cfs 47°
East Branch at Fish’s Eddy, NY 182 cfs
50°
Mainstem at Lordville, NY 446 cfs
54°
Beaverkill at Cooks Falls, NY 56 cfs N/A
Cannonsville Reservoir Release 326 cfs
West Branch at 191 Bridge  N/A 52°
West Branch at Walton (Cannonsville inflow) 54 cfs
Cannonsville Reservoir Capacity 42.8%
Pepacton Reservoir Capacity 69.4%
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