Delaware River Report / Conditions September 23, 2019

The release from Cannonsville has been increased slightly to 905 cfs this morning.  Today we may see the best fishing weather we’ve seen in a while.  We shouldn’t have any sun and we have a 50% chance of rain.  The rainfall amount should total less than 1/4″.  Wind will be 5 – 10 mph from the South.  We had some olives hatching last night along with some isonychias, ants, caddis, and heptagenia.  It wasn’t heavy but there were enough bugs to get some fish eating on top once the sun dropped a bit.  At dark we had a lot of Isonychia spinners.

 

Art Bartholomew with one in the net over the weekend

Art Bartholomew with one in the net over the weekend

Iso spinners gathering on the West last night

Iso spinners gathering on the West last night

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.
Little Tan Sedge – #16 – 18 – Glossosoma sp.
Yellow Sally – #14 – Isoperla sp.

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West Branch at Stilesville, NY 1,010 cfs 55°
West Branch at Hale Eddy, NY 1,110 cfs 55°
East Branch at Harvard, NY 135 cfs 65°
East Branch at Fish’s Eddy, NY 139 cfs 63°
Mainstem at Lordville, NY 1,100 cfs 62°
Beaverkill at Cooks Falls, NY 72 cfs 64°
Cannonsville Reservoir Release 905 cfs
West Branch at 191 Bridge N/A 59°
West Branch at Walton (Cannonsville inflow) 40 cfs
Cannonsville Reservoir Capacity 55.4%
Pepacton Reservoir Capacity 74.7%
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