We woke up to some rain this morning. The amount of precipitation in today’s forecast has been decreased and it looks like we should end up with around 1/4″. If they are accurate we may see a minor bum in flows but nothing dramatic and the rivers should stay clear and easy to wade. It definitely feels and looks like a blue wing olive day so have those patterns in #16 – 26. People are catching fish on March Browns both by finding fish eating them and using them as searching patterns. The sulphurs have been an evening hatch and keeping us on the water late. Caddis have still been the mainstay on the river with a lot of different species hatching. There’s a healthy mix of bugs out there. Nymphing has improved in the lower flows with small flies working best.
Hatching:
Sulphur – #16 – Ephemerella dorothea
Light Cahill – #14 – Ephemerella rotunda
Light Cahill – #14 – Ephemerella invaria
Little BWO – #22 – 26- Pseudocloeon sp.
Hendrickson – #16 – Ephemerella X– (a few still around the West Branch)
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.
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 | 261 cfs |
45° |
| West Branch at Hale Eddy, NY | 415 cfs |
51° |
| East Branch at Harvard, NY | 173 cfs | 54° |
| East Branch at Fish’s Eddy, NY | 716 cfs |
58° |
| Mainstem at Lordville, NY | 1,270 cfs |
60° |
| Beaverkill at Cooks Falls, NY | 339 cfs | 57° |
| Cannonsville Reservoir Release | 303 cfs |
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| West Branch at 191 Bridge | N/A | 56° |
| West Branch at Walton (Cannonsville inflow) | 302 cfs |
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| Cannonsville Reservoir Capacity | 100.6% | |
| Pepacton Reservoir Capacity | 99.9% |
