JOE.T
Dry Flies Only
I just wanted to clear up an isuue that was brought up back in the spring.
Back in the spring Brachycentrus asked if ppl was going to impact the Delaware in a negative way.
PPL-is a power company.
My response than was no.
Based on the information I had and what some thought,it should not have affected the flows in a negative way.
Well since then some of us have come to find out this was not the case.
This past sumer I am sure most of you who have fished the DelAware for some time now where wondering why the avg flows where 225 cfs?(west branch)
Its because ppl was releasing water daily and because of that the Montaque line of 1750 was met by ppl and the water from the cannonsville was not needed any more to do this.
Back in 1954 a federal decree was set forth that 1750 cfs was needed to insure that the salt water frm the chesapeeke bay would not make it past a ceratin point on the Delaware.
In years past the Cannonsville resevoir via the West branch kept the Montaque level at 1750 cfs and that why we had much higher flows during the summer.
225 cfs just does not cut it and will not protect the upper main stem at all.
This is a serious issue.
Flows this past summer on the main stem and west branch where the worst seen by everyone IN OVER THIRTY YEARS.
I will update as things progress.
Back in the spring Brachycentrus asked if ppl was going to impact the Delaware in a negative way.
PPL-is a power company.
My response than was no.
Based on the information I had and what some thought,it should not have affected the flows in a negative way.
Well since then some of us have come to find out this was not the case.
This past sumer I am sure most of you who have fished the DelAware for some time now where wondering why the avg flows where 225 cfs?(west branch)
Its because ppl was releasing water daily and because of that the Montaque line of 1750 was met by ppl and the water from the cannonsville was not needed any more to do this.
Back in 1954 a federal decree was set forth that 1750 cfs was needed to insure that the salt water frm the chesapeeke bay would not make it past a ceratin point on the Delaware.
In years past the Cannonsville resevoir via the West branch kept the Montaque level at 1750 cfs and that why we had much higher flows during the summer.
225 cfs just does not cut it and will not protect the upper main stem at all.
This is a serious issue.
Flows this past summer on the main stem and west branch where the worst seen by everyone IN OVER THIRTY YEARS.
I will update as things progress.