We definitely love clouds! They made for a spectacular day out on the river yesterday, with the bugs popping and the fish eating! There was definitely a smorgasbord with Isos, hebes, dortheas, psuedos, and a couple other olives thrown in for good measure. Towards the end of the day we had a very nice sulphur spinner fall, and the fish were up and sipping, until the fog rolled in around 8PM or so. Today we are looking at rain and t-storms throughout the day, which is good from a cloud-cover standpoint, but we will likely see heavy fog intermittently on the river as well – definitely not good for visibility. Water levels should remain pretty steady, and of course we will update you if anything changes!
Not all spinners are rusty! This blurry photo was taken on the shop this morning. Photo: Bart Larmouth
What’s Hatching:
Ephemerella dorthea – Sulphurs – #16 & #18
Epeorus vitreus – PED / Pink Lady – #14
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 | 486 cfs @ 46º |
| West Branch at Hale Eddy, NY | 575 cfs @ 48º |
| East Branch at Harvard, NY | 185 cfs @ 54º |
| East Branch at Fish’s Eddy, NY | 258 cfs @ 62º |
| Mainstem at Lordville, NY | 1,040 cfs @ 60º |
| Beaverkill at Cooks Falls, NY | 116 cfs @ N/A |
| Cannonsville Reservoir Level & Release | 87.1% – 500 CFS release |
