What a swing from the weekend to today – it’s near 40 out, with 40MPH wind gusts forcing you into a ski cap (toboggan for you Canuckistanians out there) if you want to head out. We had good hatches over the weekend, with the Paraleps and Baetis making their presence known river-wide. The fish still seemed pretty keyed in on the stone flies kicking about, but I am sure they will work that out of their system soon enough. There have been SCATTERED sightings of the OCCASIONAL Hendrickson floating around. Please notice the emphasis. They haven’t started yet, and with temperatures dropping below the 20s here tonight, it’s unlikely that they will get started in the next week. So reports you may be hearing about them being full-blown ‘on’ are hotter than the air we had here this weekend.
A Baetis vagans dun with a bit of a crippled wing. Photo by: Jeff White
Hatches:
Tiny Black Stoneflies – very infrequent, #18
Paraleptophlebia adoptiva (Blue Quill) – #16 & #18
Baetis species – #20
Chimmarra Caddis – #18 & #20
| FLOWS AS OF 8:00 AM: | |
| West Branch at Stilesville, NY | 183 cfs @ 43º |
| West Branch at Hale Eddy,NY | 283 cfs @ 49º |
| East Branch at Harvard,NY | 156 cfs @ 49º |
| East Branch at Fish’s Eddy,NY | 940 cfs @ 51º |
| Mainstem at Lordville,NY | 1,490 cfs @ 51º |
| Beaverkill at Cooks Falls,NY | 484 cfs @ N/A |
| Cannonsville Reservoir Level &Release | 91.8% –188 CFS release |
