The river was finicky yesterday and the quality of the fishing was totally dependent on where you were. Depending on the section there were apple caddis, tan caddis, small hendricksons, olives, march browns, gray fox, sulphurs, and even some green drakes. It sounds like the best plan yesterday was to keep moving until you found the bugs and fish. Some parts of the system were very slow while others produced decent action for most of the day.
The West Branch is still dropping as the spillover from Cannonsville and the runoff from the tributaries subsides. Weatherunderground is calling for a sunny day with air temps in the mid 70’s. Winds should be under 8 mph and then drop to almost nothing by the afternoon.
some nice fish were found yesterday. Photo by Steve Shen
Hatching:
March Browns – #10-2xl – Maccaffertium vicarium (formerly Stenonema vicarium)
Sulphur – #16-18 – E dorothea
Light Blue Winged Olive – #14 E. cornuta
Hendrickson- #12 – 14 – E. subvaria
Hendrickson #16 – E. X
Tan Caddis – #16 – 20 – Hydropsyche spp.
Dark Brachycentrus sp. – #14 – 18 – Dark Grannom
Light Brachycentrus sp. – #16 – 18 – Apple Caddis
Little Black Caddis #18 – 20 – Chimarra sp.
Blue Winged Olives #16 – 18 – Baetis vagans (updated name: Baetis tricaudatus)
| West Branch at Stilesville, NY | 427 cfs |
51° |
| West Branch at Hale Eddy, NY | 715 cfs |
48° |
| East Branch at Harvard, NY | 226 cfs | 50° |
| East Branch at Fish’s Eddy, NY | 846 cfs | 52° |
| Mainstem at Lordville, NY | 1,990 cfs | 54° |
| Beaverkill at Cooks Falls, NY | 394 cfs | N/A |
| Cannonsville Reservoir Release | 300 cfs | |
| West Branch at 191 Bridge | N/A | 50° |
| West Branch at Walton (Cannonsville inflow) | 418 cfs | |
| Cannonsville Reservoir Capacity | 101.2% | |
| Pepacton Reservoir Capacity | 99.6% |
