Delaware River Report / Conditions October 25, 2015

We saw decent olives on the water by mid afternoon yesterday.  There were fish rising on both the Mainstem and the West Branch for a few hours.  The rain didn’t come until after dark and has pretty much ended now.  Caddis were also out flying around with a few ending up on the water.  The wind was a bit of an issue at times but the fish ate between gusts.  We should have cloud cover for most of the morning with some sun breaking through in the afternoon.  Air temperatures should hit the mid 50’s with wind gusts staying below 10 mph.  The release from Cannonsville Reservoir has been raised slightly to 874 cfs.

Hatching:
Slate Drake #14 – Isonychia bicolor
Olive Sulphur #18 – 20 – Heptagenia hebe
Light Cahills #14 – various steno species (invaria, etc)
Tiny Blue Wing Olives #22-26 – Pseudo sp. (now classified as Acentrella sp.)
Charcoal Caddis #14 -16 – dark Brachycentrus sp.
Tan Caddis #16-18 – Hydrosyche sp.
Blue Winged Olives #16 – 18 – Baetis sp.

West Branch at Stilesville, NY 910 cfs
57°
West Branch at Hale Eddy, NY 1,020 cfs
56°
East Branch at Harvard, NY 132 cfs 45°
East Branch at Fish’s Eddy, NY 229 cfs 46°
Mainstem at Lordville, NY 1,160 cfs 51°
Beaverkill at Cooks Falls, NY 96 cfs N/A
Cannonsville Reservoir Release 874 cfs
West Branch at 191 Bridge  N/A 52°
West Branch at Walton (Cannonsville inflow) 119 cfs
Cannonsville Reservoir Capacity 49%
Pepacton Reservoir Capacity 71.2%
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