------- Good question. Ask Paul Rush, PE of the NYCDEP. He'll be in Narrowsburg at the UDC meeting tonight at 7:00pm. Think New Jersey will issue a press release? Tight lines! ------------

The DRBC Compact. Unanimous only when it isn't. Water release crisis averted (for now). NYC NYS PA DE ------------------- Yes NJ -------------------- No Press release...

------- You needed a boat this year. Look at the attached chart. Since April 1 2017 through today - May 22nd - a total of 52 days - the West Branch at Hale Eddy USGS - was over the 52 year median (orange triangles) 89% of the time. eg: 46 days out of 52 days. Tight lines. TR

--------- A: Everyone is at Balls Eddy. Kind regards and tight lines!

----- Yep. Chairman of the RFAC / DRBC is Hoss at your immediate right. Photo credit: River Reporter of RFAC April 2016 meeting at PPL; Hawley, PA http://www.riverreporter.com/news/4302/2016/04/13/decree-party-principals-listen-audience-questions-comprehension

------- Amen. brother. March Browns on the Long Eddy to Callicoon stretch yesterday and it's April 24th. Yep. March Browns. More at: http://www.catskillmountainflies.com/blog.htm

---------- I would agree that the meeting was well attended, as was the RFAC meeting in late 2015. However, my takeaway, was that nothing has changed in FFMP policy (i.e.; water tables and how time of year and capacity effects releases) for 2016 and it is the same as 2015 from what Bob Mason...

------ USGS chart / Stillesville (WB Del R) for 3/31/16 is attached.

---------- Hello Jim. Was that part of the FFMP plan to release 1,500cfs from Cannonsville throughout February and most of March eventhough there was no snowpack thus no risk of flooding? I can understand a release of that amount IF there was snowpack, but The Plan doesn't take into...

------ Hi John. From FFMP: L1-b March through April - i.e., Cannonsville storage at 90 to 100% (which is where we are now). Release: 400cfs {no FAW} to 700cfs {100mgd FAW} release at Cannonsville depending on FAW 200cfs {no FAW} to 475cfs {100mgd FAW} after May 1st. Releasing a lot of...

-------- FFMP charts are provided for you. As you can see, NYC DEP has been releasing a constant 1,500cfs out of Cannonsville for the past month. Prior to FFMP, they did not. I believe that this is to create a 10% "void" so, yes, we had near four inches of rainfall in February in the...

Good morning. 4 inches of rain fell in the Catskills / Upper Delaware River region yesterday. A few weeks before, we received about 2 inches of rain. There is no snowpack up here and for most of this winter we have had no snowpack. Plenty of rain though. Prior to this rain event in...

FWIW. Here are the snow stats from 2012 from NYC DEP for mid February 2012. No snowpack for the Catskills like 2016. Hatches? April 21 2012: Blue Quill hatching. May 2 2012: March Brown & Sulphurs. Most hardwoods of oak and maple had bloomed on the UDR by the first week of May. We were...

That was the NYC DEP snow survey from a previous year. ------ USGS chart from Walton, NY from the last 90 days shows how Cannonsville refilled rapidly with rainfall in 2015-2016 as opposed to snow which was JC's premise that I agree with. Snow and /or rain is certainly better than no precip...

Good morning. That is correct JC. USGS graph below for the past 90 days at Walton, NY. Tight lines, TR