The Yough - Turning the spigot off and on ?

[Bruno]

Anyone know why the river flows are being strange on the Yough in confluence? They seem to be shutting the water off and on for the last week.

 

[krayfish2]

At first I thought it might have been a malfunctioning gage but I don't think that's the case. It is strange that they're running the high flow for such short periods. Are they working on the gate possibly?

 

[albatross]

Flow from the dam has been dipping to essentially zero leaving only the flow from the Casselman. Flows dipping under 200 CFS below Confluence with normal flows ~1000 CFS. Thanksfully temps have not been an issue. I'm concerned about the impact on the aquatic insects.

 

[Troy]

They are doing the same thing with the Lehigh. I plan on fishing it Saturday and have noticed they did this yesterday and today. Why?

 

[LehighRegular]

They may be doing maintenance to the release gates. At least that is the reason for the Lehigh flows/releases fluctuating.

 

[tomgamber]

Is this an effort to flush or scour debris or veg by dropping and flushing more dramatically? Or perhaps a way to regulate water temps by stopping/slowing releases during warmer parts of the day because it's been warm later in the year? These could be rubbish. I'm just spitballing.

 

[dryflyguy]

It's the Yough!
Weird things happen there all the time

 

[Bruno]

Call Stan

 

[tomgamber]

Oh God, haven't seen that face in awhile. Although I don;t remember him ever not having gray hair. Had to interview that guy every 6 months it seemed like. Slow news days.

 

[Arminacast]

I was fishing there on Wednesday Nov. 2, the first picture is from below the "Yough" bridge facing up stream. I couldn't get a trout to even look at my caddis and /or flash back pheasant tail. I fished here and down river just above Ramcat run. The two other anglers that I talked to didn't have any strikes either. I thought that skating a caddis on the mirror flat water would induce a strike, no luck. I think that the low flow had them spooked.
The second pic is of the Yough from a previous year, I do know that they were working on the gate at that time.

 

[Tuz]

They are doing maintenance on the gates.