Delaware River Report / Conditions September 19, 2019

We’re starting off in the 40’s again and will hit 70 degrees this afternoon.  Sunshine and wind 3 – 4 mph from the South.  The release from Cannonsville has been increased a little to 687 cfs so the flow at Stilesville is 719 cfs.  Not much of a change.  Today pretty much looks like a repeat of yesterday.  Nymphing was the best bet mid day but by late afternoon fish were beginning to show on small olives and heptagenia.  A few caddis and yellow sallies were in the air but mostly mayflies on the water.  Some river sections saw some isonychia spinners towards dark too.  There’s no rain the forecast for the next few days and the feeder streams are really low.  Any rain that comes soon will soak into the ground.

 

Hatching:
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Olive Sulphur – Hept. hebe – #18 – 20
Slate Drake – #12 – 14 – Isonychia bicolor
Tan Caddis – #16 – 18 – Hydropsyche sp.
Dark Blue Wing Olives  – #16 – 20 – E. lata, deficiens
Tiny Blue Winged Olives – #22 – 26- Pseudo sp.
Trico – #22 – 26 – Tricorythodes sp.
Golden Drake – #10-2xl – Potamanthus sp.
Little Tan Sedge – #16 – 18 – Glossosoma sp.
Yellow Sally – #14 – Isoperla sp.

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West Branch at Stilesville, NY 719 cfs 53°
West Branch at Hale Eddy, NY 860 cfs 52°
East Branch at Harvard, NY 140 cfs 53°
East Branch at Fish’s Eddy, NY 152 cfs 58°
Mainstem at Lordville, NY 981 cfs 59°
Beaverkill at Cooks Falls, NY 78 cfs 57°
Cannonsville Reservoir Release 687 cfs
West Branch at 191 Bridge N/A 55°
West Branch at Walton (Cannonsville inflow) 46 cfs
Cannonsville Reservoir Capacity 56.7%
Pepacton Reservoir Capacity 75.4%
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