Happy 4th of July!
We woke up this morning to overcast skies with a little light rain falling. It looks like it should be a good fishing day. While the flows are still high, the rivers are dropping slowly and clearing. Floating is still the best option on the West Branch, East Branch, and Mainstem. Wading is an option on sections of the Beaverkill and Willowemoc. We are seeing some fish rise to sulphurs and olives with th eoccassional isonychia but streamers are still producing the most fish.
Accuweather is calling for a 1/4″ of rain today, air temps in the low 70s and almost no wind.
Josh with a nice brown yesterday. Photo by Bruce Miller
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 | 2,700 cfs | 64° |
| West Branch at Hale Eddy, NY | 3,100 cfs | 58° |
| East Branch at Harvard, NY | 981 cfs | 51° |
| East Branch at Fish’s Eddy, NY | 1,970 cfs | 57° |
| Mainstem at Lordville, NY | 8,840 cfs | 58° |
| Beaverkill at Cooks Falls, NY | 638 cfs | N/A |
| Cannonsville Reservoir Release | 1,499 cfs | |
| West Branch at 191 Bridge | N/A | 55° |
| West Branch at Walton (Cannonsville inflow) | 1,080 cfs | |
| Cannonsville Reservoir Capacity | 102% | |
| Pepacton Reservoir Capacity | 100.1% |
