Yesterday was bug soup with the stars being sulphurs and green drakes. Aside from those two we had decent hatches of march brown, gray fox, and even a few of the #16 hendricksons. Some people found fish rising from 8 am until 6 pm. Overall most people were calling it the best dry fly day of the season so far. It was a great combination of overcast skies, no wind, and cool water. It’s great to see two days in a row of daytime green drakes too.
Today should be decent with a little more sun, some clouds, and manageable winds around 8 mph. The release from Cannonsville has been increased to 200 cfs under the FFMP Plan table 4A. The cold nights have helped the water temperatures. Lordville is 56 degrees this morning and the West Branch under the 191 Bridge is 51 degrees. Cannonsville Reservoir is 96.8% capacity.
Dave with a pretty brown yesterday. Photo by Steve Shen
Hatching:
Sulphur #16-18 – E. dorothea
Green Drake #8-2xl – E. guttulata
PED / Pink Lady #14 – E. vitreus
Tiny Blue Wing Olives #22-26 – Pseudo sp. (now classified as Acentrella sp.)
March Brown #10-2xl – S. vicarium (now classified as Maccaffertioum vicarium)
Gray Fox #12-2xl – S. fuscum (now also classified as Maccaffertioum vicarium)
Hendrickson #16 – E. X species
Tan Caddis #16-18 – Hydrosyche sp.
Apple Caddis #16-18 – Light Brachycentrus sp.
Hendrickson – #14 – E. subvaria (male)
Hendrickson – #12 – E. subvaria (female)
Blue Winged Olives #16 – 18 – Baetis vagans
Little Black Caddis #18 – 20 – Dark Chimarra sp.
| FLOWS AS OF 8:00 AM: | |
| West Branch at Stilesville, NY | 241 cfs @ 41º |
| West Branch at Hale Eddy, NY | 320 cfs @ 48º |
| East Branch at Harvard, NY | 159 cfs @ 49º |
| East Branch at Fish’s Eddy, NY | 496 cfs @ 52º |
| Mainstem at Lordville, NY | 1,010 cfs @ 56º |
| Beaverkill at Cooks Falls, NY | 193 cfs @ N/A |
