Today looks like a bright hot one. Accuweather is calling for sun and a high air temperature of 90 degrees. The 1500 release from Cannonsville will protect the West Branch and upper Mainstem. Both have been fishing well regardless of the weather. The fish will be a little shy with the bright sun so look for shaded banks or hopefully a stray cloud or two will come through in the afternoon. The hatches remain the same with sulphurs, olives, isonychias, and cahills. The amount of each mayfly changes depending on the river section you’re fishing but carry them all. The lower East Branch is too warm to fish with water temperatures starting off at 68 degrees this morning.
Tomorrow’s weather looks a little better for fishing with some stray thunderstorms in the morning and again in the afternoon. Air temps should drop back to the low 80’s.
Hatching:
Slate Drake #12-2xl – 12 – Isonychia bicolor
Sulphur #18-20 – E. dorothea
Light Cahills #14 – various steno species (invaria, etc)
Golden Drake #12-2xl – Potomanthus distinctus
PED / Pink Lady #14 – E. vitreus
Large Blue Winged Olive #14 – D. cornuta
Tiny Blue Wing Olives #22-26 – Pseudo sp. (now classified as Acentrella sp.)
Charcoal Caddis #14 -16 – dark Brachycentrus sp.
Tan Caddis #16-18 – Hydrosyche sp.
Blue Winged Olives #16 – 18 – Baetis vagans
Little Black Caddis #18 – 20 – Dark Chimarra sp.
Flows and Temps as of 8:00 AM:
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Flow | Temp | |
West Branch at Stilesville, NY | 1,520 cfs | 41° |
West Branch at Hale Eddy, NY | 1,590 cfs |
45° |
East Branch at Harvard, NY | 188 cfs | 55° |
East Branch at Fish’s Eddy, NY | 656 cfs | 68° |
Mainstem at Lordville, NY | 2,230 cfs |
59° |
Beaverkill at Cooks Falls, NY | 241 cfs | N/A |
Cannonsville Reservoir Release | 1,499 cfs | |
West Branch at 191 Bridge | N/A | 46° |
West Branch at Walton (Cannonsville inflow) | 167 cfs | |
Cannonsville Reservoir Capacity | 81% | |
Pepacton Reservoir Capacity | 95.2% |