Delaware River Report / Conditions September 26, 2016

The release from Cannonsville is 521 cfs this morning.  The cold nights have really helped the water temperatures on the lower East Branch and Mainstem and everything looks good this morning.  The weather looks great today with clouds, air temperatures in the high 60’s, and some light rain tonight.  Winds will gust around 10 mph.  Isonychias and olives are the main hatches now with a few light cahills still around.  The fall caddis hatches seem to be coming on offering some fishing when the get stuck on the water.

 

Hatching:
Slate Drake – 12-2xl- 14- Isonychia bicolor
Sulphur – #16-20 – E. dorothea
Light Cahill – #14 – 16
Tiny Blue Winged Olive – #22 – 26 – Psuedocloeon spp.
Blue Winged Olive – #18 – 20 – E. lata
Light Blue Winged Olive – #16 – 20 E. attenuatta
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 510 cfs
52°
West Branch at Hale Eddy, NY 606 cfs
53°
East Branch at Harvard, NY 122 cfs 53°
East Branch at Fish’s Eddy, NY 182 cfs
56°
Mainstem at Lordville, NY 802 cfs
57°
Beaverkill at Cooks Falls, NY 67 cfs N/A
Cannonsville Reservoir Release 521 cfs
West Branch at 191 Bridge  N/A 53°
West Branch at Walton (Cannonsville inflow) 98 cfs
Cannonsville Reservoir Capacity 52.1%
Pepacton Reservoir Capacity 74.7%
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