Delaware River Report: August 17, 2022

The release from Cannonsville is steady at just over 1,000 cfs. This looks like a release to meet teh Montague Flow Target so we should see this stay until there is either a release downstream from another dam or we get some rain. There are still spots to wade at this level. Click on the gauge links below for the latest flow data. Some vegetation may get knocked loose but the amount should lessen as the day goes on. Yesterday fished well with nymphs early. We had decent olives in the afternoon mixed with some sulphurs, cahills, and a few Isonychias. Today will much cooler hitting 73 degrees with a chance of some showers. Total rainfall should be a negligible .08″. Wind will be 5 – 10 mph from the North.

The East Branch at Fishs Eddy and the Beaverkill at Cooks Falls both peaked over 70 degrees yesterday. Give these sections a break until we get cooler temps.

Nate landed some good fish yesterday. Mike D’Accurzio photo
John Loughlin with a nice one yesterday

What’s Hatching:
Slate Drake – 12-2xl – 12- Isonychia bicolor
Sulphur – #16 – 20 – E. dorothea
Light Cahill – #14 – E. vitreus (male), E. invaria, Stenacron spp.
Dark Blue Wing Olive – #18 – 20 – deficiens, lata
Tiny Blue Wing Olive – #22 – 26 – Pseudocloeon sp.
Yellow Sally Stonefly – #14 – Isoperla spp.
Tan Spotted Sedge #16 – 18 – Hydropsyche sp.

View the current local weather conditions.

Click on any gauge for the most recent data:
West Branch at Stilesville, NY1,120 cfs47°
West Branch at Hale Eddy, NY1,170 cfs48°
East Branch at Harvard, NY140 cfs59°
East Branch at Fish’s Eddy, NY208 cfs65°
Mainstem at Lordville, NY1,530 cfs60°
Beaverkill at Cooks Falls, NY66 cfs67°
West Branch at 191 Bridge50°
West Branch at Walton (Cannonsville inflow)35 cfs60°
Cannonsville Reservoir Release1,150 cfs
Cannonsville Reservoir Capacity59.6%
Pepacton Reservoir Capacity76.3%
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