Delaware River Report / Conditions October 17, 2016

The release from Cannonsville is 1,140 cfs this morning.  The East Branch is still low.  Water temperatures are up a bit on the West Branch.  The release is now coming from a warmer level in the reservoir and we are coming off a much warmer night.  Temps still look good overall throughout the system.  The fish were eating streamers well yesterday.  There is that chalky color to the West Branch from the release that makes the fish fell more comfortable during the daylight.  We are in for quite a warm up over the next few days with air temperatures in the 70’s.  We’ll have clouds today and maybe a little light rain.  It looks like another good fishing day ahead of us.

 

Tim and Peter with a double yesterday.  Photo by Bruce Miller

Tim and Peter with a double yesterday. Photo by Bruce Miller

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
Blue Winged Olives #16 – 18 – Baetis vagans (updated name: Baetis tricaudatus)

West Branch at Stilesville, NY 1,090 cfs
58°
West Branch at Hale Eddy, NY 1,200 cfs
59°
East Branch at Harvard, NY 108 cfs 51°
East Branch at Fish’s Eddy, NY 177 cfs
53°
Mainstem at Lordville, NY 1,280 cfs
58°
Beaverkill at Cooks Falls, NY 56 cfs N/A
Cannonsville Reservoir Release 1,140 cfs
West Branch at 191 Bridge  N/A 58°
West Branch at Walton (Cannonsville inflow) 50 cfs
Cannonsville Reservoir Capacity 41.3%
Pepacton Reservoir Capacity 68.3%
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