Yesterday fished okay with some fish rising to a mix of sulphurs and a few isonychias. Nymphing was still the best daytime option with the rivers falling and clearing. Blind casting cahills and isos in riffles produced some fish. The bright sun made the fish a little shy until the sun dropped. Don’t leave the river too early since most of the dryfly action is coming in the last hour. Sulphur and sulphur spinners are making up most of the fishing during primetime.
The Mainstem at Lordville peaked at 72 degrees yesterday and is starting off at 69 degrees at 5:45 this morning. I would stay off the Mainstem this morning and double check the lower West and East Branches with a thermometer before fishing today. The Upper West and East Branches will have the best temperatures and the most activity during this heat wave.
A nice rainbow landed yesterday. Photo by David Burgher
Mitch sent us this West Branch brown he landed a couple of days ago
Hatching:
Slate Drake #12-2xl – Isonychia bicolor
Sulphur #16-18 – E. dorothea
Light Cahills #14 – various steno species (invaria, etc)
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 | 250 cfs | 42° |
| West Branch at Hale Eddy, NY | 381 cfs | 56° |
| East Branch at Harvard, NY | 206 cfs | 59° |
| East Branch at Fish’s Eddy, NY | 795 cfs | 66° |
| Mainstem at Lordville, NY | 1,340 cfs | 69° |
| Beaverkill at Cooks Falls, NY | 374 cfs | N/A |
| Cannonsville Reservoir Release | 244 cfs | |
| West Branch at 191 Bridge | 58° | |
| West Branch at Walton (Cannonsville inflow) | 170 cfs | |
| Cannonsville Reservoir Capacity | 93.1% | |
| Pepacton Reservoir Capacity | 94.5% |
