Will The Release Go To 1,500 CFS Tonight On The WB?

 

Drove up to Cortland Friday to watch my granddaughter's lacrosse team play in the semifinals for the state championship. They played a team from Long Island that is undefeated and ranked number one in the state. The team is still undefeated having beaten our girls 15 - 7.

To Ed Jones - Have to hand it to you, in a mere ten days you have generated more comments on this blog than I have all season. If you want to reconsider your decision to leave, I have a project for you that I'm sure would be interesting and informative to all who read the blog. The DEC shocks sections of the WB several times a year. If you can obtain copies of the data from a recent year or two AND the data from shockings done back in "The Good Old Days", it will make for some interesting comparisons which I would share on the blog. 

Terry Valley - Wants to know when the sulfurs will appear in the afternoons, in good numbers. Historically the Invaria are first to arrive usually by about June 10th, (they were early this year), the hatch increases in numbers peaking around the third week of June and then wanes by the first week in July. The Dorotheas start to show up the first week of July when there is commonly an overlap of the two hatches. The Dorotheas hatch usually continues through all of July and well into August ending when the water beneath the thermocline is exhausted.

This year there is no way of predicting what will happen. Because of the spills in May and June the warmest water in the river has been in Deposit. Bugs that do not usually hatch in big numbers in the coldest water have hatched there this year. The summer sulfur hatch varies in intensity, (they probably all do), from year to year, the silt that built up before the spills probably didn't help, what effect the warm spills will have, remains to be seen. The invaria arrived up stream ahead of schedule. I saw Dorotheas at the gamelands this week. Keep your fingers crossed.

Jim N. - Dave gave me a Proof Ball to try, I didn't like the information that the AI generated app wanted to gather and deleted it. The ball is still sitting in the box it came in. If you, or anyone else wants to try it and report back, just let me know.   

AC - Good to hear from you. I regularly stop in the pull off just up from the men's club where you dad's plaque is affixed to the tree. You and your dad are both a credit to the Delaware River fly-fishing community. I have fond memories of both talking to and fishing with your Dad. Catch some 'bow's and raise a glass for me when you're out on the Missouri.     

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