Well, if you’ve looked at the graph at the bottom, it should be pretty obvious what happened here yesterday. We had one heck of a line of storms roll through during the day, and Oquaga creek looked like the West Branch in size afterwards. We watched a wall of Yoohoo come marching down Home Pool around 5:00 – neat to watch, but it definitely shot down any chance of fishing last night. That being said, while the water is off-color, it is dropping rapidly, and conditions look great for a streamer day, and if it continues to clear, we should see bugs coming off and fish rising. I’d love to see a flush of olives as big as the guy below!
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We should have put a ruler in this photo - this guy was easily a 12-2XL! Photo by: Jeff White
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 | 548 cfs @ 45º |
| West Branch at Hale Eddy,NY | 938 cfs @ 54º |
| East Branch at Harvard, NY | 263 cfs @ 61º |
| East Branch at Fish’s Eddy, NY | 1,280 cfs @ 64º |
| Mainstem at Lordville, NY | 3,100 cfs @ 64º |
| Beaverkill at Cooks Falls, NY | 507 cfs @ N/A |
| Cannonsville Reservoir Level & Release | 88.1% – 500 CFS |
