Today looks like a mirror image of yesterday- hot. We did have a few more clouds than expected and the cold water of the West Branch certainly helped the humidity while we were fishing. We should get a few thunderstorms today but they look scattered with just a small amount o precipitation in each one. Hopefully the clouds push in early giving us a break from the sun and kicking off the hatches a little earlier.
Samll sulphurs and olives are still the go to flies followed by isonychias and cahills. There have been some tricos on the bigger pools mid morning once the fog burns off. When you do find fish risng double check the surface of the water. We have seen very small flying ants that are tough to see unless you are right down to the water’s surface.
Patrick working past the bright sun. Photo by Bob Lewis
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
Flying ants #16-24
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 | 148 cfs | 58° |
| East Branch at Fish’s Eddy, NY | 258 cfs | 70° |
| Mainstem at Lordville, NY | 944 cfs |
68° |
| Beaverkill at Cooks Falls, NY | 108 cfs | N/A |
| Cannonsville Reservoir Release | 500 cfs | |
| West Branch at 191 Bridge | N/A | 55° |
| West Branch at Walton (Cannonsville inflow) | 129 cfs | |
| Cannonsville Reservoir CapacityDes | 71.1% | |
| Pepacton Reservoir Capacity | 92.4% |
