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Hi All, Starting to get worried for the near future. The current version of the FFMP release plan ends on May 31st. The past few years, the program has been extended each year on a temporary basis. This year appears to be different. The parties (NY, NJ, PA, DE and NYC) to the 1954 Supreme...

River still ripping. The WB over 3500 cfs. The good news is boats floating by have reported lots of bugs and pretty good fishing. Jim

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Hi All, Should be an interesting weekend. Weather looks ideal. Lots of water and bugs getting started, so it will be interesting to see how the fishermen approach the weekend. Use a streamer for your "one bug" or hope for some good hatches and go with a dry or emerger. OF course a nymph...

Hey Mud, Not sure how I missed your post about the alewife imitation. Sounds like what I was thinking about. Let us know how you do. Jim

NYC DEP ran a crazy test of their valve system today. Dropped the WB release from 1500 to ZERO for a few hours. Stilesville dropped to about 130 cfs for a couple of hours and Hale Eddy down to 400. There was still a bit of spill and stream flow to keep the river relatively wet. Just not sure...

Hi, River finally looking like a river again. Well back within its banks, but not yet wadeable. A few boats floating by the house and a couple appeared to be targeting the occasional riser!!! Still lots of alewives around, the fish are literally stuffed to the gills with alewives. I...

Hi, The WB is back in its banks. There are alewives everywhere, lots here in Balls Eddy!! There was alewife about every 2 square feet on the grass after the water receded and that was after the dogs have dined on a few of them!!! Jim

Hi All, So here is peak flow so far at the house. Hale Eddy measuring about 8000 cfs. Expect the Hale Eddy flow to level out (down to about 7000 now) for a few days as the tribs recede and the spill increases. Then the Hale Eddy flows will slowly go down. With this much spill it is a...

Well, here we go! All the reservoirs are spilling. Cannonsville spill is becoming more significant and the spill will continue to rise for a few days. Luckily the rain looks about over and the tribs should start dropping soon. River is coming up on the grass at the house tonight. Alewives...

Hi All, I don't think I would wait a month and a half for the Hendricksons. Probably more like 3 to 4 weeks. Jim

Hi Joe, I agree it is too early to predict the water future. But, you know with me there is always at least one but. 2002 did nearly refill, but it did not spill. The thing that puts the rivers in a bad way is the requirement that keeps the rivers in drought designation longer than the rest...

Hi, Midges are everywhere, but I have never seen a hatch like this one. I literally had to stop and clean off the windshield! Jim

Hi, In my opinion NJ says something publically but really wants something else. Publically, they say they want a complete revamp of the entire Delaware system and a new determination of safe yield among other things. They want this to happen before they will even talk about any minor changes...

Hi All, Great turnout at the RFAC meeting yesterday in Hawley. I would estimate a crowd of about 140 people at a meeting that normally gets 4 or 5 people. Nice presentations directly to the decree party members. New York State was not represented. Very disappointing considering much of...

Hi TR, Completely agree with you! NYC continues to play the system and no one is saying anything about it. Also, the flood risk needs to be reassessed at times like this and common sense should prevail. When there is no snow pack and very little inflow, it makes no sense to release 1500 or...

Hi All, So much for spilling before April 1st. John was correct, the reservoirs have gone down since early March. NYC probably regretting agreeing to the aggressive spill mitigation program through the winter. I hate that all the nice cold, clear winter storage is released for spill...

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