The runoff is slowly subsiding and the river flows are dropping or at least leveling off.. The West Branch is at a level that is okay for floating. The Eastern drainage and Mainstem still have quite a bit of water coming down but they are dropping. Wading is not an option today. It will mainly be a streamer game unless you get real lucky and find a fish rising in one of the longer slow pools or big eddys. Count on streamer fishing today. Cannonsville, Pepacton, and Neversink Reservoirs are all spilling. The next couple of days look nice so things should continue to settle down. There is some rain in Friday’s forecast but the report changes every time we look.
The West Branch is already fishable by boat
Hatching:
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Blue Quills – #16 – 18 – Paraleptophlebia adoptiva
Tiny Stonefly– #18- Capniidae spp.
Early Brown and Black Stoneflies – #14 -16 – Taeniopteryx spp.
Blue Wing Olives – #16 – 18 – Baetis vagans
Little Black Caddis – #18 – 20 – Chimarra
Click on the gauge below for the most recent update:
| West Branch at Stilesville, NY | 2,560 cfs | 39° |
| West Branch at Hale Eddy, NY | 4,040 cfs | 40° |
| East Branch at Harvard, NY | 11,500 cfs | 40° |
| East Branch at Fish’s Eddy, NY | 16,500 cfs | 50° |
| Mainstem at Lordville, NY | 18,300 cfs | 41° |
| Beaverkill at Cooks Falls, NY | 3,730 cfs | 40° |
| Cannonsville Reservoir Release | 1,499 cfs | |
| West Branch at 191 Bridge | N/A | 40° |
| West Branch at Walton (Cannonsville inflow) | 3,090 cfs | |
| Cannonsville Reservoir Capacity | 101.9% | |
| Pepacton Reservoir Capacity | 100% |
