There were some bugs hatching mid day yesterday but the wind made casting difficult. We definitely had gusts to 30 out there. Things got better around 7 pm when the wind dropped and the caddis came out of the bushes. Today looks much better with winds only around 10 mph, some sun, and and the air temp reaching the high 70’s. We may see some gusts to 15 but it looks like the wind drops back down towards evening. Besides the caddis we are seeing good numbers of green drakes, sulphurs, cahills, and the beginning of the isonychia hatch. The last of the march browns and gray fox are still around too so have those spinners ready.
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
March Brown – #10- 2xl – Maccaffertium vicarium (Stenonema vicarium) – waning
Gray Fox – 12-2xl – Maccaffertium vicarium (Stenonema fuscum) – waning
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 | 632 cfs | 46° |
| East Branch at Harvard, NY | 290 cfs | 52° |
| East Branch at Fish’s Eddy, NY | 1,090 cfs | 56° |
| Mainstem at Lordville, NY | 2,010 cfs | 57° |
| Beaverkill at Cooks Falls, NY | 551 cfs | 54° |
| Cannonsville Reservoir Release | 500 cfs | |
| West Branch at 191 Bridge | N/A | 52° |
| West Branch at Walton (Cannonsville inflow) | 549 cfs | |
| Cannonsville Reservoir Capacity | 99.3% | |
| Pepacton Reservoir Capacity | 99.9% |
