It was a long cold wait but yesterday we finally had some consistent rising fish. There was an afternoon flush of olives and blue quills with a few little black caddis thrown in for good measure. The bugs and the fish should get more consistent towards the weekend as our warmer weather picks back up. Nymphing was effective for most of the day and dark streamers were still producing some fish when the sun wasn’t hitting the water. Accuweather did not live up to it’s name yesterday and we spent most of the day with clouds and chilly temps. We have some light intermittent showers moving in today. Luckily the small spill over Cannonsville is helping the downstream flows. We need it due to the pathetic 74 cfs release under the FFMP Chart 4A. The West Branch under the 191 Bridge in Hancock is 43 degrees this morning and peaked at 49 degrees yesterday afternoon.
Chris with a nice brown yesterday. Steve Shen photo
Hatching:
Blue Quill – #16 – Paralep. adoptiva
Quill Gordon #14 – Epeorus pluralis
Blue Winged Olives #16 – 18 – Baetis vagans
Little Black Caddis #18 – 20 – Dark Chimarra sp.
Little Black Stoneflies #14 – 18 – Capnidae sp. and Taeniopteryx sp.
| FLOWS AS OF 8:00 AM: | |
| West Branch at Stilesville, NY | 205 cfs @ 39º |
| West Branch at Hale Eddy, NY | 468 cfs @ 43º |
| East Branch at Harvard, NY | 213 cfs @ 42º |
| East Branch at Fish’s Eddy, NY | 1,210 cfs @ 44º |
| Mainstem at Lordville, NY | 2,140 cfs @ 45º |
| Beaverkill at Cooks Falls, NY | 735 cfs @ N/A |
