According the recording the release from Cannonsville remains 74 cfs this morning. Nymphing was effective yesterday and the dry fly fishing improved by late afternoon. We had a decent flush of blue quills, little black caddis, and a few hendricksons mixed in for good measure. The warmer air temps and sunshine forecasted for the next few days should force the bug hatching to increase. The topwater action has been a little later in the day than we’re used to but with the increasing water temperatures the timing should move up. There is some sporadic caddis action in the mornings. The West Branch under the 191 Bridge is 52 degrees this morning and peaked at 56 yesterday afternoon. Cannonsville Reservoir was 100.5% capacity with a spill of 65 cfs this morning.
Larry with a Mainstem Brown. Photo by Jim Swift
Hatching:
Hendrickson – #14 – E. subvaria (male)
Hendrickson – #12 – E. subvaria (female)
Blue Quill – #16 – Paralep. adoptiva
Quill Gordon #14 – Epeorus pluralis
Blue Winged Olives #16 – 18 – Baetis vagans
Little Black Caddis #18 – 20 – Dark Chimarra sp.
Little Black Stoneflies #14 – 18 – Capnidae sp. and Taeniopteryx sp.
| FLOWS AS OF 8:00 AM: | |
| West Branch at Stilesville, NY | 157 cfs @ 44º |
| West Branch at Hale Eddy, NY | 327 cfs @ 50º |
| East Branch at Harvard, NY | 127 cfs @ 48º |
| East Branch at Fish’s Eddy, NY | 885 cfs @ 51º |
| Mainstem at Lordville, NY | 1,680 cfs @ 53º |
| Beaverkill at Cooks Falls, NY | 477 cfs @ N/A |
