Yesterday’s winds finally did calm down in the evening to the predicted 2 mph giving us some decent dry fly opportunity late in the day. We saw a mix of olives and small sulphurs on the water with an occasional summer steno floating past. The air temp dropped once the sun fell behind the mountains slowing the fishing down and making us look for fleece. The clouds looked threatening all day but we didn’t receive any additional rain. Today looks sunny with clouds moving in during the evening and some very light showers overnight. Similar o yesterday with fewer clouds. Nymphing has been producing fish on the lower West Branch and Upper Mainstem. Dry fly activity has been decent on the Upper West Branch during the day and the activity moves downstream in the late afternoons. The West Branch under the 191 Bridge in Hancock is 52 degrees this morning.
Rise
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 | 609 cfs @ 46º |
| West Branch at Hale Eddy, NY | 643 cfs @ 47º |
| East Branch at Harvard, NY | 197 cfs @ 52º |
| East Branch at Fish’s Eddy, NY | 417 cfs @ 58º |
| Mainstem at Lordville, NY | 1,230 cfs @ 58º |
| Beaverkill at Cooks Falls, NY | 146 cfs @ N/A |
