The Upper Delaware Wild and Scenic Creek is still low this morning with a flow of 406 cfs at Lordville. The release from Cannonsville has been raised to 244 cfs this morning so we will se a very, very small bump in flows on the West Branch and Mainstem. Very small. We will have to live with this until they stop dropping the level of Lake Wallenpaupack. Luckily we have had some very cool nights with a little frost so water temperatures are in great shape. The wind made dry fly fishing tough yesterday but some fish were caught on top. Blind fishing isonychias in the riffles seemed to be the best bet for surface action. Nymphing and swinging wets are still the most effective methods. We are seeing decent numbers of heptagenia and caddis mixed in with the olives. The wind forecast looks better today with gusts staying under 10 mph.
Dan with a dry fly caught rainbow yesterday. Photo by Jared Makowski
Hatching:
Slate Drake – #12 – 14- Isonychia bicolor
Olive Sulphur – #18 – 20– Heptagenia hebe
Tiny Blue Winged Olive – #22 – 26 – Psuedocloeon spp.
Blue Winged Olive – #18 – 20 – E. lata
Tan Caddis – #16 – 20 – Hydropsyche spp.
Dark Brachycentrus sp. – #14 – 18 – Dark Grannom
Little Black Caddis #18 – 20 – Chimarra sp.
Blue Winged Olives #16 – 18 – Baetis vagans (updated name: Baetis tricaudatus)
| West Branch at Stilesville, NY | 200 cfs |
54° |
| West Branch at Hale Eddy, NY | 264 cfs |
51° |
| East Branch at Harvard, NY | 108 cfs | 46° |
| East Branch at Fish’s Eddy, NY | 182 cfs |
49° |
| Mainstem at Lordville, NY | 406 cfs |
52° |
| Beaverkill at Cooks Falls, NY | 59 cfs | N/A |
| Cannonsville Reservoir Release | 244 cfs |
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| West Branch at 191 Bridge | N/A | 49° |
| West Branch at Walton (Cannonsville inflow) | 57 cfs |
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| Cannonsville Reservoir Capacity | 45.3% | |
| Pepacton Reservoir Capacity | 71.2% |
