We’ve had some storms hit here and there since yesterday evening but the West Branch is in great shape this morning. We are clear and flow at Hale Eddy has barely bumped. The East side and the West Branch above Cannonsville are up a bit from the rain but everything looks clear. The water temperatures are in great shape on the upper East Branch and the entire West Branch but the lower East and Mainstem are already too warm to fish for trout. Smallmouth fishing should be coming into it’s own down there. The sulphurs are hatching on the upper West Branch by early afternoon through early evening. We’ve been doing well with #18 -20 sulphur cripples and #22 – 26 olives. Nymphing has been good in the morning s or on overcast days when the sun isn’t beating down on the water.
Malcolm finding fish yesterday. Photo by Bob Lewis
Hatching:
Slate Drake – 12-2xl- Isonychia bicolor
Sulphur – #16-20 – E dorothea
Light Cahill – #14 – 16 – S. ithaca & canadense
Tiny Blue Winged Olive – #22 – 26 – Psuedocloeon spp.
Blue Winged Olive – #18 – 20 – E. lata
Light Blue Winged Olive – #16 – 20 E. attenuatta
Tan Caddis – #16 – 20 – Hydropsyche spp.
Dark Brachycentrus sp. – #14 – 18 – Dark Grannom
Little Black Caddis #18 – 20 – Chimarra sp.
Blue Winged Olives #16 – 18 – Baetis vagans (updated name: Baetis tricaudatus)
| West Branch at Stilesville, NY | 510 cfs |
45° |
| West Branch at Hale Eddy, NY | 566 cfs |
48° |
| East Branch at Harvard, NY | 209 cfs | 58° |
| East Branch at Fish’s Eddy, NY | 421 cfs | 67° |
| Mainstem at Lordville, NY | 1,130 cfs | 67° |
| Beaverkill at Cooks Falls, NY | 230 cfs | N/A |
| Cannonsville Reservoir Release | 500 cfs | |
| West Branch at 191 Bridge | N/A | 55° |
| West Branch at Walton (Cannonsville inflow) | 171 cfs | |
| Cannonsville Reservoir Capacity | 83.4% | |
| Pepacton Reservoir Capacity | 88.5% |
