Well it seems our dream of NYC DEP slowing ramping down decreases in releases is dead. The release from Cannonsville is 392 leaving the flow at Hale Eddy 477 cfs. The current total storage for New York City’s water supply system is 81.6%. Normal storage level for September 9th is 75.1% Despite the dry weather I believe they could have spared a little extra water to ramp us down gradually. Despite the lip service some things never change.
We did receive some rain overnight but most of it was soaked into the ground. Accuweather is calling for rain over the next few days. Hopefully they are correct. Hatches were sparse yesterday as the water dropped. We did see decent olives and small sulphurs towards dark.
Kind of an aggressive drop
Hatching:
Slate Drake #12 – Isonychia bicolor
Sulphur #18-20 – E. dorothea
Tricos #22 – 26 – Tricorythodes sp.
Light Cahills #14 – various steno species (invaria, etc)
Tiny Blue Wing Olives #22-26 – Pseudo sp. (now classified as Acentrella sp.)
Charcoal Caddis #14 -16 – dark Brachycentrus sp.
Tan Caddis #16-18 – Hydrosyche sp.
Blue Winged Olives #16 – 18 – Baetis sp.
Flying ants #16-24
| West Branch at Stilesville, NY | 361 cfs | 50° |
| West Branch at Hale Eddy, NY | 477 cfs |
53° |
| East Branch at Harvard, NY | 159 cfs | 56° |
| East Branch at Fish’s Eddy, NY | 221 cfs | 67° |
| Mainstem at Lordville, NY | 886 cfs |
65° |
| Beaverkill at Cooks Falls, NY | 81 cfs | N/A |
| Cannonsville Reservoir Release | 392 cfs | |
| West Branch at 191 Bridge | N/A | 58° |
| West Branch at Walton (Cannonsville inflow) | 65 cfs | |
| Cannonsville Reservoir Capacity | 64.7% | |
| Pepacton Reservoir Capacity | 81.5% |
