Winter is slowly losing it’s grip on us, slowly. We had a bit of snow yesterday afternoon but luckily we are looking at warmer temperatures and sunshine today and a much needed warming trend towards the weekend. Most of the system has open water in faster sections and ice on the larger pools. The Beaverkill seems to be the most fishable river right now. Water temps dropped to the low 30’s overnight so it will take a while for the rivers to warm up today. We are seeing some little black stones hatching and a few sporadic fish eating them. Nothing to target yet. The hatching should increase as the river warms up over the next few days. Nymphing and slowly stripping streamers should offer the best opportunity to connect wit a fish.
Jared Makowski found a rainbow willing to eat a streamer yesterday afternoon on the lower West Branch
Hatching:
Little Black Stoneflies #14 – 18 – Capnidae sp. and Taeniopteryx sp.
| FLOWS AS OF 8:00 AM: | |
| West Branch at Stilesville, NY | 85 cfs @ 36º |
| West Branch at Hale Eddy, NY | Ice cfs @ 34º |
| East Branch at Harvard, NY | Ice cfs @ 34º |
| East Branch at Fish’s Eddy, NY | Ice cfs @ 33º |
| Mainstem at Lordville, NY | Ice cfs @ 32.5º |
| Beaverkill at Cooks Falls, NY | Ice cfs @ N/A |
