The flows dropped throughout the system yesterday but the best wading is still on the Beaverkill and Willowemoc Rivers. The West Branch at Stilesville seems to be steady at 1,480 cfs. It looks like it’s just leveling out. That gauge usually reads 50 – 100 cfs less than the actual release. Yesterday fished the way we expected with a mix of streamers and dry flies. Isonychias, olive, sulphurs, and even a few cahills were out there. Water temps stayed decent on all the rivers yesterday opening up a lot of choices. It sounded like people caught some fish no matter where they went. We warm up today with a high of 82 degrees, sunshine, and wind 5 – 10 mph from the South.
What’s Hatching:
Sulphur – #18 – 20 – E. dorothea
Light Cahill – #14 – E. invaria
Slate Drake – #12-2xl – 12 – Isonychia bicolor
Tiny Blue Wing Olive – #20 – 24 – Pseudocloeon sp.
Blue Wing Olives – #16 – 20 – D. deficiens, lata
Light Blue Wing Olives – #16 – 20 – E. cornutella, attenuata
Tan Caddis – #16 – 18 – Hydropsyche sp.
Click on the gauge below for the most recent update:
West Branch at Stilesville, NY | 1,480 cfs |
53° |
West Branch at Hale Eddy, NY | 2,070 cfs |
52° |
East Branch at Harvard, NY | 1,090 cfs | 51° |
East Branch at Fish’s Eddy, NY | 1,830 cfs | 57° |
Mainstem at Lordville, NY | 4,640 cfs | 58° |
Beaverkill at Cooks Falls, NY | 660 cfs | 61° |
Cannonsville Reservoir Release | 1,499 cfs |
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West Branch at 191 Bridge | N/A | 53° |
West Branch at Walton (Cannonsville inflow) | 957 cfs |
62° |
Cannonsville Reservoir Capacity | 100.6% | |
Pepacton Reservoir Capacity | 100.1% |