We are waking up to a light rain this morning that is a welcome change from the normal sunshine. The forecast is calling for light showers off and on all day which should help the fishing by keeping the bugs on the water longer and making the fish a little less spooky. The are calling for close to two inches total over the next two days but most of it should soak into the ground. Yesterday saw decent sulphurs in the Upper West Branch and some evening activity on the lower West Branch an Upper Mainstem. Most of the river system is a healthy mix of sulphurs, stenos, small olives, with a few isonychias. Over the last couple of days the water temps on the Mainstem at Lordville have peaked in the high 60’s and the Lower East Branch at Fish’s Eddy has peaked over 70 degrees. The West Branch under the 191 Bridge is 56 degrees this morning.
Home Pool rainbow in the sun. Photo by Dave
Hatching:
Sulphurs #16 -20 E. dorothea
Light Cahill #14 – E. Invaria
Pale Evening Dun #14 Epeorus vitreus
Summer Stenos #12-16 various species
Tan Caddis #16 – 18- Hydrosyche sp.
Tiny Blue Wing Olives #22 – 26 – Pseudocloeon sp.
Dark Blue Winged Olive #16 -20 – E. deficiens, lata, etc.
Light Blue Winged Olive #16 -20 – E. cornutella, etc
Slate Drakes #12-2xl – Isonychia bicolor
Charcoal Caddis #16-18 – Dk Brachycentrus sp.
Golden Drakes – #12-2xl – Potomanthus sp.
| FLOWS AS OF 8:00 AM: | |
| West Branch at Stilesville, NY | 620 cfs @ 47º |
| West Branch at Hale Eddy, NY | 648 cfs @ 49º |
| East Branch at Harvard, NY | 197 cfs @ 57º |
| East Branch at Fish’s Eddy, NY | 413 cfs @ 66º |
| Mainstem at Lordville, NY | 1,140 cfs @ 65º |
| Beaverkill at Cooks Falls, NY | 144 cfs @ N/A |
