Despite the heavy downpours yesterday the West Branch remains in decent shape. Stilesville hasn’t budged so that is a great wading option today. The flow at Hale Eddy peaked around 800 cfs and is now falling- not too bad at all. We have some color in the lower WB but it is fishable and should continue to clear throughout the day. If you are wading keep in mind the flow will be higher as you get below Hale Eddy due to all of the feeder streams adding a decent amount of water. Both before and during the storm we were seeing decent olives coming off and some of the steadiest risers I’ve seen in weeks. The hatching lasted a few hours until the flow really started to climb. Most of us found some rising fish, got off the river early, and had a nice dinner earlier than normal- which isn’t too bad a life. The Beaverkill, East Branch, and Mainstem took the brunt of the storm and are not wadeable at this time- stick to the upper West Branch.
The Upper West is in great shape- hardly a bump!
Hatching:
Sulphurs #16 -20 E. dorothea
Light Cahill #14 – E. Invaria
Pale Evening Dun #14 Epeorus vitreus
Tan Caddis #16 – 18- Hydrosyche sp.
Tiny Blue Wing Olives #22 – 26 – Pseudocloeon sp.
Slate Drakes #12-2xl – Isonychia bicolor
Charcoal Caddis #16-18 – Dk Brachycentrus sp.
| FLOWS AS OF 8:00 AM: | |
| West Branch at Stilesville, NY | 502 cfs @ 45º |
| West Branch at Hale Eddy, NY | 773 cfs @ 50º |
| East Branch at Harvard, NY | 3,6109 cfs @ 58º |
| East Branch at Fish’s Eddy, NY | 8,940 cfs @ 60º |
| Mainstem at Lordville, NY | 16,800 cfs @ 63º |
| Beaverkill at Cooks Falls, NY | 2,740 cfs @ N/A |
