The cool weather has given the rivers some relief. While most of the rain missed us we did receive some mostly on the East Branch drainage again. The rivers have come up a little and are beginning to fall back this morning. Today’s forecast is calling for air temps in the 60’s, cloud cover, with a little light rain. It looks like a decent fishing day.
Yesterday the olives hatched well in the morning and again in the afternoon. Lots of small olives size # 20 -24. We did have hatches of cahills, isonychias, sulphurs, and the dark caddis for a while too. The sulphurs really came into their own at dark so don’t leave the river too early. All in all it was a good day to be on the river.
Mike with a nice one yesterday. Photo by Steve Shen
Hatching:
Slate Drake #12-2xl – Isonychia bicolor
Sulphur #16-18 – E. dorothea
Green Drake #8-2xl – E. guttulata waning -mostly spinners
PED / Pink Lady #14 – E. vitreus
Tiny Blue Wing Olives #22-26 – Pseudo sp. (now classified as Acentrella sp.)
March Brown #10-2xl – S. vicarium (now classified as Maccaffertioum vicarium) waning -mostly spinners
Gray Fox #12-2xl – S. fuscum (now also classified as Maccaffertioum vicarium) waning -mostly spinners
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 | 41° |
| West Branch at Hale Eddy, NY | 306 cfs | 50° |
| East Branch at Harvard, NY | 159 cfs | 51° |
| East Branch at Fish’s Eddy, NY | 990 cfs | 58° |
| Mainstem at Lordville, NY | 1,480 cfs | 61° |
| Beaverkill at Cooks Falls, NY | 620 cfs | N/A |
| Cannonsville Reservoir Release | 221 cfs | |
| West Branch at 191 Bridge | 54° | |
| West Branch at Walton (Cannonsville inflow) | 195 cfs | |
| Cannonsville Reservoir Capacity | 94% | |
| Pepacton Reservoir Capacity | 95% |
