Delaware River Report / Conditions September 27, 2015

The release on  the West Branch has been stepped down slightly again this morning. The water remains off-color but is clearing slowly and there has been less algae. Streamers continue to be the best bet. If the cloud cover sticks around, that may help get the bugs going today. Look for olives and isos especially as the sun goes down.

jessie with a brown-edit

Jesse with a nice brown. Photo by Jared Makowski.

Hatching:
Slate Drake #12 – Isonychia bicolor
Sulphur #18-20 – E. dorothea
Tricos #22 – 26 – Tricorythodes sp.
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.
Flying ants #16-24

West Branch at Stilesville, NY 1,230 cfs 57°
West Branch at Hale Eddy, NY 1,400 cfs 56°
East Branch at Harvard, NY 103 cfs 54°
East Branch at Fish’s Eddy, NY 139 cfs 59°
Mainstem at Lordville, NY 1,520 cfs 59°
Beaverkill at Cooks Falls, NY 65 cfs N/A
Cannonsville Reservoir Release 1,210 cfs
West Branch at 191 Bridge  N/A 56°
West Branch at Walton (Cannonsville inflow) 47 cfs
Cannonsville Reservoir Capacity 58.2%
Pepacton Reservoir Capacity 76.3%
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