Delaware River Report / Conditions June 26, 2011

Apologies on the lack of post yesterday – the intern will be dealt with for shirking his duties. I don’t think the gutters have been cleaned in awhile…..

Yesterday we had cloud cover and rain from morning until evening, without great effect on the West Branch – clear and cool from Deposit all the way to Junction Pool. The East Branch was another story, pumping in chocolate milk at the confluence, bringing the Main Stem up dramatically. This has subsided somewhat, and the Upper Main may be fishable this evening, so far as clarity is concerned.

Wiley Paul with a fish that is threatening to eat Kevan (the photographer). Photo by: Kevan Smaracko

Hatches:

Isonychia bicolor – Iso/Slate Drake #12-2XL and BIGGER!

Ephemerella cornuta – Blue Wing Olive #14

Ephemerella dorothea – Sulphur- #16/18/20

Hydropsyche sp. – Tan Caddis – #16-#18

Ephemerella invaria – Light Cahill – #12

Brachycentrus sp. (Dark Grannom – Charcoal) #16- #18

 

Pseudocloeon – Little BWO’s- #22-#26

FLOWS:
West Branch at Stilesville, NY 510 cfs @ 43º
West Branch at Hale Eddy,NY 590 cfs @ 48º
East Branch at Harvard, NY 420 cfs @ 56º
East Branch at Fish’s Eddy, NY 2,460 cfs @ 59º
Mainstem at Lordville, NY 4,010 cfs @ 61º
Beaverkill at Cooks Falls, NY 1,650 cfs @ N/A
Cannonsville Reservoir Level & Release 94.4% – 500 CFS
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