Part of the Get Trashed cleanup volunteers. They’re awesome!
The lower West fished best with nymphs yesterday. There were some small fish rising in the evening but not a lot of bugs until after dark. There are some weeds and a bit of color in the lower river from the runoff still so check your rig often. The upper West is your better shot for dry fly fish during the day. That may change if we get the afternoon storms they are calling for. We should see some cloud cover come in by lunch time with .15″ of rain over the course of the afternoon. If the rain does come have your olives ready.
Water temps are hot on the Beaverkill at Cooks Falls, the East Branch at Fishs Eddy, and the Mainstem at Lordville. Give the fish a break in those areas and fish colder water.
Hatching:
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Sulphur – #18 – 20 – E. dorothea
Slate Drake – #12 – 14 – Isonychia bicolor
Tan Caddis – #16 – 18 – Hydropsyche sp.
Dark Blue Wing Olives – #16 – 20 – E. lata, deficiens
Tiny Blue Winged Olives – #22 – 26- Pseudo sp.
Trico – #22 – 26 – Tricorythodes sp.
Golden Drake – #10-2xl – Potamanthus sp.
Great Brown Stonefly – #6-2xl – 10-2xl – Pene capita
Little Tan Sedge – #16 – 18 – Glossosoma sp.
Yellow Sally – #14 – Isoperla sp.
Click on the gauge below for the most recent update:
| West Branch at Stilesville, NY | 510 cfs | 50° |
| West Branch at Hale Eddy, NY | 676 cfs | 53° |
| East Branch at Harvard, NY | 191 cfs | 60° |
| East Branch at Fish’s Eddy, NY | 304 cfs | 70° |
| Mainstem at Lordville, NY | 1,060 cfs | 70° |
| Beaverkill at Cooks Falls, NY | 144 cfs | 70° |
| Cannonsville Reservoir Release | 500 cfs | |
| West Branch at 191 Bridge | N/A | 62° |
| West Branch at Walton (Cannonsville inflow) | 103 cfs |
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| Cannonsville Reservoir Capacity | 75% | |
| Pepacton Reservoir Capacity | 85.1% |
