Whenever you look at the radar, you can be sure of one thing for sure – that RED = BAD. We had it so red it almost went maroon here yesterday afternoon. The good news is that the deluge, wind, and lighting was relatively brief, although quite intense. As you can see from the graph below, we had a SHARP spike on the West Branch, which did yeild a bit of a Yoo-Hoo-esq chocolate slug moving down the river. The good news (also if you look at the graph) is that as quick as it went up, it went down. Just walked down to the river this morning, and we are good and clear again, with a bit of a higher level (good for those of us with boats who like not scraping bottom). The East Branch and Beaverkill appeared to have been spared, so the main stem might fish as well!
Bruce Miller holds Colt Williamson's GREAT Main Stem Brown. Photo by: Rexx Williamson
Hatches:
Black Flying Ants #14-#20
Isonychia bicolor – Iso/Slate Drake #12-2XL
Ephemerella dorothea – Sulphur- #16/18/20
Stenonema sp. – Light Cahill #12-#14
Ephemerella deficiens- Blue Wing Olive #14
Hydropsyche sp. – Tan Caddis – #16-#18
Emphemerella invaria – Light Cahill – #12
Brachycentrus sp. (Dark Grannom – Charcoal) #16- #18
Pseudocloeon – Little BWO’s- #22-#26
| FLOWS: | |
| West Branch at Stilesville, NY | 620 cfs @ 46º |
| West Branch at Hale Eddy,NY | 698 cfs @ 48º |
| East Branch at Harvard, NY | 337 cfs @ 58º |
| East Branch at Fish’s Eddy, NY | 1,240 cfs @ 62º |
| Mainstem at Lordville, NY | 2,460 cfs @ 62º |
| Beaverkill at Cooks Falls, NY | 625 cfs @ N/A |
| Cannonsville Reservoir Level & Release | 85.0% – 500 CFS |
