Apologies on the late post – the shop is ROCKING this morning!
Even with the wind yesterday, our guides saw some of the most prolific hatching that they had ever witnessed – a full blown green drake hatch on the upper West Branch. The fish had a hard time seeing them until late in the day when the breeze knocked off for the day. The forecast for today is amazing – cloudy & cool with little to no wind – EXACTLY what you want with these kinds of water temps and this level of bug activity. These are the kind of days where we in the shop grind our teeth wishing we could be out on the water! 6:00 can’t come soon enough!
The Robinson brothers with a cool Von Behr-esq brown trout. Photo by: Kevan Smaracko
- Hatches:
Ephemera guttulata – Green Drake – #8-2xl
Ephemera simulans – Brown Drake – #10-2xl
Hydropsyche sp. – Tan Caddis – #16-#18
Emphemerella invaria – Light Cahill – #12
Brachycentrus sp. (Dark Grannom – Charcoal) #16- #18
Stenonema vicarium – March Brown- #10-2xl
Stenonema fuscum – Grey Fox #12-2xl
Ephemerella dorothea – Sulphur- #16/18/20
Pseudocloeon – Little BWO’s- #22-#26
| FLOWS: | |
| West Branch at Stilesville, NY | 557 cfs @ 50º |
| West Branch at Hale Eddy,NY |
918 cfs @ 48º |
| East Branch at Harvard, NY | 330 cfs @ 52º |
| East Branch at Fish’s Eddy, NY | 1,160 cfs @ 55º |
| Mainstem at Lordville, NY |
2,590 cfs @ 57º |
| Beaverkill at Cooks Falls, NY | 547 cfs @ N/A |
| Cannonsville Reservoir Level & Release | 101.0% – 600 CFS |
