There is a little light rain falling this morning but not enough to bump the flows. Rain total should be around .06″. The cloud cover is great though. Wind will be 5 – 10 from the West. We may see some scattered thunderstorms but most of them miss us. It looks like another comfortable day to be on the water – way better than the bright sun and 90 degree days we were dealing with a week ago. The fishing should be the same though with the best shot at dry flies being closest to the dams in the coldest water. The best shot below Hale Eddy will be early in the morning and again after the sun drops. People have been picking up some fish on nymphs during the day.
Lucy and Mark found some smallmouth downriver yesterday. Samantha Dennis photo
Despite the cooler temps and cloud cover the lower Beaverkill, lower East Branch, and Mainstem temperatures all peaked over 70 degrees yesterday.
Give those rivers a break until they cool down.
Hatching:
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Slate Drake – #12-2xl – 12 – Isonychia bicolor
Light Cahill – #14 – Epeorus vitreus, stenocron sp., invaria
Sulphur – #16 – 18 – E. dorothea
Tiny Olive – #22 – 26 – Pseudocloeon sp.
Green Caddis – #16 – Ryacophillia sp.
Tan Caddis – #18 – 20 – Hydropsyche sp.
Dark Blue Wing Olives – #18 – 20 – E. deficiens, lata
Light Blue Wing Olive – 16 -20 – E. attenuata, cornutella
Click on the gauge below for the most recent update:
| West Branch at Stilesville, NY | 534 cfs | 47° |
| West Branch at Hale Eddy, NY | 547 cfs | 52° |
| East Branch at Harvard, NY | 182 cfs | 61° |
| East Branch at Fish’s Eddy, NY | 441 cfs | 67° |
| Mainstem at Lordville, NY | 1,060 cfs | 68° |
| Beaverkill at Cooks Falls, NY | 201 cfs | 66° |
| Cannonsville Reservoir Release | 540 cfs |
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| West Branch at 191 Bridge | N/A | 60° |
| West Branch at Walton (Cannonsville inflow) | 61 cfs |
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| Cannonsville Reservoir Capacity | 82.8% | |
| Pepacton Reservoir Capacity | 90.5% |
