The bright sun and warm temperatures have made the daytime fishing tough. Over the last couple of days a lot of the hatching has been pushed to late evening leaving daytime for nymphing and swinging wet flies. We should have some cloud cover today- hopefully it pushes in early. The weather over the weekend looks better with some rain and clouds. Wind looks negligible with gusts under 10 mph. Keep an eye on the water temperatures on the lower Mainstem over the next couple of days. We’ll get through the next few days feeling like July and we should get some cooler weather by early next week.
Patrick with a shad over the weekend. Photo by Bob Lewis
Hatching:
March Browns – #10-2xl – Maccaffertium vicarium (formerly Stenonema vicarium)
Gray Fox #12-2xl- Maccaffertium vicarium (formerly Stenonema fuscum)
Pink Lady – #14 – Epeorus vitreus
Sulphur – #16-18 – E dorothea
Light Blue Winged Olive – #14 E. cornuta
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 | 232 cfs |
44° |
| West Branch at Hale Eddy, NY | 408 cfs |
53° |
| East Branch at Harvard, NY | 185 cfs | 55° |
| East Branch at Fish’s Eddy, NY | 650 cfs | 58° |
| Mainstem at Lordville, NY | 1,330 cfs | 60° |
| Beaverkill at Cooks Falls, NY | 322 cfs | N/A |
| Cannonsville Reservoir Release | 260 cfs | |
| West Branch at 191 Bridge | N/A | 58° |
| West Branch at Walton (Cannonsville inflow) | 300 cfs | |
| Cannonsville Reservoir Capacity | 100% | |
| Pepacton Reservoir Capacity | 99.1% |
