It seemed like we had clouds all around us yesterday except for over the sun. Most of the storms seemed to go north and / or south of us so we ended up with just a few drops of rain on the river. The Cannonsville drainage was hit a little with the inflow rising on the West Branch at Walton to 263 cfs. The hatches still mostly consist of sulphurs and olives, with a few cahills and isonychias mixed in. The hatches seemed a little lighter and later in the day than we’ve been used to seeing. There were a few flying ants on the water yesterday but most of the fish we ran into wanted the small olives. Accuweather is calling for sun and warmer air temperatures today. There is no precipitation the forecast but bring your raincoat just in case a stray thunderstorm pops up.
Note: There are a lot of green weeds floating on the upper West Branch so check your fly often
Theo with a rainbow in yesterday’s sun
Hatching:
Slate Drake #12-2xl – 12 – Isonychia bicolor
Sulphur #18-20 – E. dorothea
Light Cahills #14 – various steno species (invaria, etc)
Golden Drake #12-2xl – Potomanthus distinctus
PED / Pink Lady #14 – E. vitreus
Large Blue Winged Olive #14 – D. cornuta
Tiny Blue Wing Olives #22-26 – Pseudo sp. (now classified as Acentrella sp.)
Charcoal Caddis #14 -16 – dark Brachycentrus sp.
Tan Caddis #16-18 – Hydrosyche sp.
Blue Winged Olives #16 – 18 – Baetis vagans
Flows and Temps as of 8:00 AM:
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| West Branch at Stilesville, NY | 494 cfs | 44° |
| West Branch at Hale Eddy, NY | 561 cfs |
48° |
| East Branch at Harvard, NY | 151 cfs | 59° |
| East Branch at Fish’s Eddy, NY | 279 cfs | 68° |
| Mainstem at Lordville, NY | 984 cfs |
66° |
| Beaverkill at Cooks Falls, NY | 124 cfs | N/A |
| Cannonsville Reservoir Release | 500 cfs | |
| West Branch at 191 Bridge | N/A | 56° |
| West Branch at Walton (Cannonsville inflow) | 263 cfs | |
| Cannonsville Reservoir Capacity | 71.3% | |
| Pepacton Reservoir Capacity | 90.8% |
