Delaware River Report / Conditions October 13, 2016

The release from Cannonsville has been bumped up slightly to 381 cfs this morning.  Hopefully Lake Wallenpaupack is getting low enough they will cut the discharge to the Lackawaxen river and use a combination of Pepacton and Cannonsville to meet the downstream flow targets.  We still have a decent chance to for some showers today but the amount of precipitation looks lower than originally predicted.  Weatherunderground is now calling for .04″ rather than 1/4″.  Some of the rain may be in isolated cells so hopefully one sits on us for a while.  Winds will be around 10 mph today with cloud cover.  We are still seeing most of the fish eating under the surface but some river sections had decent heptagenia hatches yesterday mixed with the olives.

 

Hopefully these crazy releases from Lake Wallenpaupack end soon

Hopefully these crazy releases from Lake Wallenpaupack end soon

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 322 cfs
55°
West Branch at Hale Eddy, NY 419 cfs
54°
East Branch at Harvard, NY 108 cfs 50°
East Branch at Fish’s Eddy, NY 180 cfs
53°
Mainstem at Lordville, NY 531 cfs
54°
Beaverkill at Cooks Falls, NY 56 cfs N/A
Cannonsville Reservoir Release 381 cfs
West Branch at 191 Bridge  N/A 54°
West Branch at Walton (Cannonsville inflow) 52 cfs
Cannonsville Reservoir Capacity 42.8%
Pepacton Reservoir Capacity 69.4%
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