All the river levels are good and water temperatures are looking great this morning. We have some sun shining which should help get the mid-day caddis active. Hopefully some end up on the water offering a chance of earlier dry fly fishing. There are a few hendricksons holding on in the upper sections and March Browns are moving up the system. the sulphur hatch should get better towards the weekend so don’t get off the river early. The nymphing has picked up with the lower water levels and the fish are eating smaller nymphs that match the olives and sulphurs hatching. We may see some rain over the next few days but the ground should absorb most of the precipitation. The weather people seem to be changing the forecast every few hours and it seems like they are wrong most of the time anyway. They definitely called the last two storms wrong and they missed us completely.
Louis with a wide bodied rainbow yesterday. Photo by Bruce Miller
Hatching:
Sulphur – #16 – Ephemerella dorothea
Hendrickson – #16 – Ephemerella X
Blue Quill – #16 – Paraleptophlebia. adaptiva
March Brown – #10 -2xl – Maccaffertium vicarium
Gray Fox – #12-2xl – Maccaffertium vicarium (Stenonema fuscum)
Blue Wing Olives – #18 – Baetis sp.
Dark Grannom – #14 – 18 – Brachycentrus spp.
Apple Green Caddis #16 – 20 – Light Brachycentrus sp.
Tan Caddis #16 – 18 – Hydropsyche spp.
Little Black Caddis – #18-20 – Chimarra sp.
Click on the gauge below for the most recent update:
| West Branch at Stilesville, NY | 569 cfs |
53° |
| West Branch at Hale Eddy, NY | 704 cfs |
52° |
| East Branch at Harvard, NY | 206 cfs | 52° |
| East Branch at Fish’s Eddy, NY | 826 cfs |
55° |
| Mainstem at Lordville, NY | 1,720 cfs |
57° |
| Beaverkill at Cooks Falls, NY | 359 cfs | 54° |
| Cannonsville Reservoir Release | 251 cfs |
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| West Branch at 191 Bridge | N/A | 55° |
| West Branch at Walton (Cannonsville inflow) | 470 cfs |
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| Cannonsville Reservoir Capacity | 101% | |
| Pepacton Reservoir Capacity | 100% |
