Delaware River Report / Conditions October 14, 2015

Yesterday’s rain showers caused little change to the flows in the system.  The Cannonsville release has been raised slightly and now sits at 753 cfs.  We should have cloud cover for most of the day with a very, very light rain shower in the late afternoon.  Air temperatures should reach the high 50’s with light winds and gusts staying under 9 mph.  Small olives are still the main hatch followed by a few isonychias and heptagenia.  We are seeing a few isonychia spinners in the evening so carry a few just in case.  There are a lot of caddis in the air and in the bushes.  We haven’t seen great numbers of the on the water but swinging caddis pupa could be a decent technique.

The Bob out in the rain yesterday.  Photo by Jared Makowski

The Bob out in the rain yesterday. Photo by Jared Makowski

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 763 cfs
60°
West Branch at Hale Eddy, NY 828 cfs
58°
East Branch at Harvard, NY 122 cfs 48°
East Branch at Fish’s Eddy, NY 235 cfs 52°
Mainstem at Lordville, NY 1,120 cfs 56°
Beaverkill at Cooks Falls, NY 102 cfs N/A
Cannonsville Reservoir Release 752 cfs
West Branch at 191 Bridge  N/A 58°
West Branch at Walton (Cannonsville inflow) 162 cfs
Cannonsville Reservoir Capacity 53.6%
Pepacton Reservoir Capacity 72.7%
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