The river / weather decided to aggravate us last night, with the clouds burning off late, the bright sun put most of the bugs we had been seeing throughout the day down, making for a tough evening of fishing. Today calls for ‘partly cloudy,’ which can mean anything, as we have discovered as of late – but during periods of clouds (and in the morning, you can expect to see olives hatching, and towards the middle of the afternoon upriver, the “standard” sulphur hatch should be in full swing.
Hatches:
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 | 529 cfs @ 47º |
| West Branch at Hale Eddy,NY | 585 cfs @ 54º |
| East Branch at Harvard, NY | 194 cfs @ 62º |
| East Branch at Fish’s Eddy, NY | 501 cfs @ 68º |
| Mainstem at Lordville, NY | 1,470 cfs @ 66º |
| Beaverkill at Cooks Falls, NY | 211 cfs @ N/A |
| Cannonsville Reservoir Level & Release | 88.1% – 500 CFS |
