It was hot and sunny on the river yesterday. There were fish to be found even midday in the shade and the cooler water near the dams. Evening fishing is still a good choice to get out of the heat. We have a few thunderstorms in the forecast today and slightly cooler temperatures projected after Saturday. If you’re fishing for trout, check the water temperature before you fish. Bring your summer mix of sulphurs, cahills, isonychias with you. Don’t forget a small olive and caddis pattern as well.
Finding fish in the cold water. Bruce Miller photo
Hatching:
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Sulphur – #16 – 18 – E. dorothea
Slate Drake – #12-2xl – 12 – Isonychia bicolor
Light Cahill – #14 – E. vitreus, S. ithaca & canadense, E. rotunda
Light Blue Winged Olive – #14 – D. cornuta
Dark Blue Sedge – #14 – Psilotetra sp.
Tan Caddis – #16 – 18 – Hydropsyche sp.
Yellow Sally – #14 – Isoperla sp.
Dark Blue Wing Olives – #16 – 20 – E. lata, deficiens
Light Blue Wing Olives – #16 – 20 – E. attenuata
Brown Drake – #10-2xl – E. simulans
Tiny Blue Winged Olives – #22 – 26- Pseudo sp.
Golden Stonefly – #8-2xl – Acroneuria sp.
Great Brown Stonefly – #6-2xl – 10-2xl – Pene capita
Green Caddis – #16 – Ryacophilia sp.
Little Tan Sedge – #16 – 18 – Glossosoma sp.
Click on the gauge below for the most recent update:
| West Branch at Stilesville, NY | 629 cfs | 47° |
| West Branch at Hale Eddy, NY | 643 cfs | 50° |
| East Branch at Harvard, NY | 222 cfs | 57° |
| East Branch at Fish’s Eddy, NY | 603 cfs | 69° |
| Mainstem at Lordville, NY | 1,390 cfs | 69° |
| Beaverkill at Cooks Falls, NY | 277 cfs | 66° |
| Cannonsville Reservoir Release | 549 cfs | |
| West Branch at 191 Bridge | N/A | 60° |
| West Branch at Walton (Cannonsville inflow) | 231 cfs | |
| Cannonsville Reservoir Capacity | 96.3% | |
| Pepacton Reservoir Capacity | 97.4% |
