Delaware River Report / Conditions September 11, 2015

The release from Cannonsville Reservoir is 392 cfs this morning.  We did get some decent rains yesterday but most of it soaked into the ground.   The rivers realized a slight bump from the precipitation but remain clear and fishable.  The water temperatures have dropped a bit due to the rain and cooler night.  We are looking at clearing skies and air temperatures close to 80 degrees.  Yesterday’s rain kicked of the pseudo hatches a little earlier than we’ve seen lately and the fish reacted well during the day.

Chris with a colored up brown yesterday.  Photo by Bruce Miller

Chris with a colored up brown yesterday. Photo by Bruce Miller

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 394 cfs 50°
West Branch at Hale Eddy, NY 511 cfs
52°
East Branch at Harvard, NY 156 cfs 52°
East Branch at Fish’s Eddy, NY 226 cfs 63°
Mainstem at Lordville, NY 895 cfs
63°
Beaverkill at Cooks Falls, NY 95 cfs N/A
Cannonsville Reservoir Release 394 cfs
West Branch at 191 Bridge  N/A 54°
West Branch at Walton (Cannonsville inflow) 88 cfs
Cannonsville Reservoir Capacity 64.4%
Pepacton Reservoir Capacity 81.2%
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