The rain let up by early afternoon leaving us with cloud cover and awesome conditions. Green d drakes, sulphurs, olives, and cahills were all hatching by mid afternoon. There were also a few march browns, gray fox and isonychias out there for good measure. There were a lot of bugs. In some spots it took the fish a while to switch to eating on top but that was probably due to the number of bugs in the water column. That made nymphing and swinging wets effective too. Today we’ll have more sun with the air temp reaching 70 degrees. Wind will be 10 – 20 from the North so try to find an area that’s protected. Hopefully they have that part wrong. River levels are good and water temps have fallen a bit over the last few days.
Richard with a good one yesterday. Bob Lewis photo
Nick with his first Delaware fish. Steve Shen photo
Hatching:
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Sulphur – #16 – 18 – E. dorothea
Light Cahill – #14 – E. vitreus, S. ithaca & canadense, E. rotunda
March Brown – #10- 2xl – Maccaffertium vicarium (Stenonema vicarium)
Gray Fox – 12-2xl – Maccaffertium vicarium (Stenonema fuscum)
Green Drake – # 8 -2xl – E. guttulata
Light Blue Winged Olive – #14 – D. cornuta
Dark Blue Sedge – #14 – Psilotetra sp.
Tan Caddis – #16 – 18 – Hydropsyche sp.
Yellow Sally – #14 – Isoperla sp.
Blue Wing Olives – #16 – 18 – Baetis vagans
Tiny Blue Winged Olives – #22 – 26- Pseudo sp.
Click on the gauge below for the most recent update:
| West Branch at Stilesville, NY | 597 cfs | 45° |
| West Branch at Hale Eddy, NY | 670 cfs | 47° |
| East Branch at Harvard, NY | 320 cfs | 54° |
| East Branch at Fish’s Eddy, NY | 1,320 cfs | 57° |
| Mainstem at Lordville, NY | 2,410 cfs | 58° |
| Beaverkill at Cooks Falls, NY | 715 cfs | 54° |
| Cannonsville Reservoir Release | 500 cfs | |
| West Branch at 191 Bridge | N/A | 52° |
| West Branch at Walton (Cannonsville inflow) | 723 cfs | |
| Cannonsville Reservoir Capacity | 99.1% | |
| Pepacton Reservoir Capacity | 99.9% |
