We have a few fresh inches of snow on the ground and it’s still coming down lightly this morning. The plows are out cleaning up the roads already but it’s messy. There is no wind this morning so it feels warmer than it has over the past few days. Accuweather is calling for the snowfall to continue until early afternoon. We should have a high air temperature approaching 40 today. The air temperature begins to fall late afternoon and we will hit a low in the teens overnight. If you can’t wait for the warm up beginning Wednesday it looks like another good day to nymph. The wind gusts should stay around 6 – 7 mph which will feel like nothing after the last 5 days.
A few people braved the wind yesterday and were nymphing protected areas. Most of the big pools had white caps which dashed any hopes of decent dryfly fishing. There may be some bugs on the water late this afternoon so bring the dry fly box just in case. The snow, runoff, and dropping afternoon air temps will cause the water temps to drop – especially at the current low levels. If you decide to fish drive carefully and fish slow and methodically.
The Mainstem this morning. We should begin to warm up Wednesday
Hatching:
Blue Quill #16 – 18 – Paraleptophlebia adoptiva
Blue Winged Olives #16 – 18 – Baetis vagans (updated name: Baetis tricaudatus)
Quill Gordons #14 – Epeorus pluralis
Tiny Black Stoneflies #18 – Capniidae sp.
Early Black and Brown Stoneflies #14 – 16 – Taenopteryx & Strophopteryx spp.
| West Branch at Stilesville, NY | 109 cfs |
37° |
| West Branch at Hale Eddy, NY | 287 cfs |
38° |
| East Branch at Harvard, NY | 165 cfs | 37° |
| East Branch at Fish’s Eddy, NY | 626 cfs | 38° |
| Mainstem at Lordville, NY | 1,230 cfs | 41° |
| Beaverkill at Cooks Falls, NY | 333 cfs | N/A |
| Cannonsville Reservoir Release | 150 cfs | |
| West Branch at 191 Bridge | N/A | 37° |
| West Branch at Walton (Cannonsville inflow) | 389 cfs | |
| Cannonsville Reservoir Capacity | 91.4% | |
| Pepacton Reservoir Capacity | 91.7% |
