The best word to describe the West Branch over the last few weeks is consistent. Consistent releases, flows, and hatches. The flows haven’t changed much even when we’ve had rain, and we are still mainly fishing olives and sulphurs with a few cahills and isonychias. A few tricos in the mornings and flying ants in the afternoons. Air temperatures should stay in the 70’s today with a mix of clouds and sun. Nymphing in the morning has been working well. Mid-afternoon start to look for rising fish along shaded banks. Although we haven’t seen great numbers of them we are still picking up fish blind casting isonychias in the riffles.
Ryan with the quick rainbow release on the West Branch. Photo by his father Tony
Hatching:
Slate Drake #12 – Isonychia bicolor
Sulphur #18-20 – E. dorothea
Tricos #22 – 26 – Tricorythodes sp.
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 | 45° |
| West Branch at Hale Eddy, NY | 570 cfs |
48° |
| East Branch at Harvard, NY | 182 cfs | 57° |
| East Branch at Fish’s Eddy, NY | 352 cfs | 65° |
| Mainstem at Lordville, NY | 1,110 cfs |
66° |
| Beaverkill at Cooks Falls, NY | 148 cfs | N/A |
| Cannonsville Reservoir Release | 500 cfs | |
| West Branch at 191 Bridge | N/A | 54° |
| West Branch at Walton (Cannonsville inflow) | 320 cfs | |
| Cannonsville Reservoir CapacityDes | 69.1% | |
| Pepacton Reservoir Capacity | 86.9% |
