We had some rain yesterday and a brief thunderstorm this morning. The flows have come up throughout the system but everything looks good this morning. The levels are still good for wading and floating. The West, East, and Mainstem around Hancock all look clear. There is a chance of another brief storm today but the rainfall total in the forecast is only .15″ so we should be fine through the day. The overcast sky and rain have really helped the fishing over the last couple of days. Olives, march browns, cahills, gray fox, sulphurs, and caddis have all been on the menu. The olives have ranged in size from #18 to #26 so definitely carry a lot of those patterns today.
Theo with a nice brown on a dry yesterday. Photo by Steve Shen
Hatching:
Sulphur – #16 – Ephemerella dorothea
Light Cahill – #14 – Ephemerella rotunda
Light Cahill – #14 – Ephemerella invaria
Little BWO – #22 – 26- Pseudocloeon sp.
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 | 290 cfs |
47° |
| West Branch at Hale Eddy, NY | 621 cfs |
50° |
| East Branch at Harvard, NY | 344 cfs | 50° |
| East Branch at Fish’s Eddy, NY | 1,160 cfs |
54° |
| Mainstem at Lordville, NY | 2,050 cfs |
56° |
| Beaverkill at Cooks Falls, NY | 500 cfs | 54° |
| Cannonsville Reservoir Release | 300 cfs |
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| West Branch at 191 Bridge | N/A | 53° |
| West Branch at Walton (Cannonsville inflow) | 1,140 cfs |
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| Cannonsville Reservoir Capacity | 100.1% | |
| Pepacton Reservoir Capacity | 100% |
