We had some more rain yesterday afternoon and again overnight but the rivers are beginning to drop this morning. The additional rain has kept the color in the rivers but the West Branch is definitely clearer than it was yesterday afternoon. It is wadeable and clear enough to fish in Stilesville. The forecast is calling for a little additional rain today, right around 1/10th of an inch. Temps are still an issue on the Mainstem, lower East Branch, and were getting warm on the lower West Branch which peaked at 66 degrees yesterday under the 191 Bridge in Hancock. Check the river temps with a thermometer if you fish the lower sections. The best chance of finding risers will be above Oquaga Creek again.
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 | 259 cfs | 43° |
West Branch at Hale Eddy, NY | 1,130 cfs | 59° |
East Branch at Harvard, NY | 659 cfs | 57° |
East Branch at Fish’s Eddy, NY | 1,860 cfs | 63° |
Mainstem at Lordville, NY | 3,910 cfs | 66° |
Beaverkill at Cooks Falls, NY | 991 cfs | N/A |
Cannonsville Reservoir Release | 244 cfs | |
West Branch at 191 Bridge | 63° | |
West Branch at Walton (Cannonsville inflow) | 921 cfs | |
Cannonsville Reservoir Capacity | 92.9% | |
Pepacton Reservoir Capacity | 95.1% |