Despite the nice cloud cover and showers yesterday afternoon, the bugs just didn’t quite appear as we expected them to. Just another great example of Mother Nature showing us that we don’t have her figured out! There were some big stenos (size 12-2XL) towards evening, but that was pretty much the extent of it. The streamer bite was pretty good, and I will have some good photos of a big fish taken last night for you tomorrow! Today, they are calling for a full mix of sun, clouds and rain, so we can expect to see definite changes in the air pressure throughout the day which will likely push the bugs to pop early – and the cloud cover should keep them going all day long! Be ready and have a great day out there!
Even I can get the job done now and then! Photo: Jim Swift
What’s Hatching:
Ephemerella dorthea – Sulphurs – #16 & #18
Isonychia bicolor – Iso – Slate Drake – #12-2XL
Chimarra species – Charcoal Caddis – #16 & #18
Stenonema species – Various Light Cahills – #14
Pseudocloeon species – BWO – #22 – sporadic
Heptagenia hebe – Olive Sulphurs – #16 – starting
Current Flow Conditions:
| FLOWS AS OF 8:00 AM: | |
| West Branch at Stilesville, NY | 494 cfs @ 45º |
| West Branch at Hale Eddy, NY | 632 cfs @ 49º |
| East Branch at Harvard, NY | 209 cfs @ 58º |
| East Branch at Fish’s Eddy, NY | 379 cfs @ 66º |
| Mainstem at Lordville, NY | 1,350 cfs @ 64º |
| Beaverkill at Cooks Falls, NY | 178 cfs @ N/A |
| Cannonsville Reservoir Level & Release | 89.9% – 500 CFS release |
