Confusion. That pretty much explains yesterday here – starting around 11AM, we saw an epic hatch of pretty much everything mayfly, and it ran until 3PM – the only problem was that there were very few fish taking advantage of the situation. In the evening, we saw almost NO activity from either the bugs or the fish. Our current theory is a change in pressure that put the fish down (high pressure moved in). Now that it has stabilized, we should hopefully be back into our ‘normal’ pattern! The good news out of yesterday is how many species of Mayfly we still have kicking around – dorthea, invaria, cornuta, deficiens, pseudocloeon, stenocron, ithaca, isos, etc., etc.
Hatches:
Isonychia bicolor – Iso/Slate Drake #12-2XL and BIGGER!
Ephemerella cornuta – Light Blue Wing Olive #14
Ephemerella deficiens – Dark Blue Wing Olive #16
Ephemerella dorothea – Sulphur- #16/18/20
Hydropsyche sp. – Tan Caddis – #16-#18
Ephemerella invaria – Light Cahill – #12
Stenonema stenocron – Light Cahill – #14
Brachycentrus sp. (Dark Grannom – Charcoal) #16- #18
Pseudocloeon – Little BWO’s- #22-#26
| FLOWS: | |
| West Branch at Stilesville, NY | 510 cfs @ 43º |
| West Branch at Hale Eddy,NY | 575 cfs @ 46º |
| East Branch at Harvard, NY | 357 cfs @ 55º |
| East Branch at Fish’s Eddy, NY | 1,700 cfs @ 59º |
| Mainstem at Lordville, NY | 2,930 cfs @ 61º |
| Beaverkill at Cooks Falls, NY | 1,060 cfs @ N/A |
| Cannonsville Reservoir Level & Release | 94.4% – 500 CFS |
