Yesterday’s combination of clouds, light mist, cool air, and decent flows led to some of the heaviest hatching we’ve seen this season. Some sections of the system had great sulphur hatches mixed with some isonychias, while other sections had decent hatches of cahills and caddis. We also saw decent numbers of olives that lasted from mid afternoon into the evening. For a while there were almost too many bugs hatching, making your fly get lost in the mix. Definitely carry cripple sulphurs and small olives. If the fish are eating sulphurs just under the surface try a pheasant tail wet fly in #18 -20.
We are going to have more sun today with light winds and a chance of a small passing shower. The water temps are looking good this morning throughout most of the system.
Jared with a nice brown from yesterday. Photo by David Burgher
Hatching:
Slate Drake #12-2xl – Isonychia bicolor
Sulphur #18-20 – 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 | 448 cfs | 42° |
| West Branch at Hale Eddy, NY | 791 cfs | 50° |
| East Branch at Harvard, NY | 382 cfs | 54° |
| East Branch at Fish’s Eddy, NY | 1,330 cfs | 59° |
| Mainstem at Lordville, NY | 2,230 cfs | 60° |
| Beaverkill at Cooks Falls, NY | 539 cfs | N/A |
| Cannonsville Reservoir Release | 400 cfs | |
| West Branch at 191 Bridge | 55° | |
| West Branch at Walton (Cannonsville inflow) | 622 cfs | |
| Cannonsville Reservoir Capacity | 95.3% | |
| Pepacton Reservoir Capacity | 96.8% |
