Yesterday’s brief, heavy rain didn’t affect the flows. The Beaverkill is starting off the same as yesterday morning while the East Branch, West Branch, and Mainstem all dropped slightly overnight. The only river that had an increase in flow is the West Branch above Cannonsville Reservoir. The best wading is going to be on the Beaverkill and Willowemoc. There are some places on the other rivers that are wadeable in high water – just look for the big pools with gravel bars and wide tailouts. Just be careful. There were some fish landed on dry flies yesterday but not as many as we expected. A lot of came to the net on nymphs and streamers. Everyday we expect these rivers to break wide open with dry fly fishing. It’s been getting better gradually but it has to be close to being great. Water temperatures are looking good and have been holding for a couple of days. We may see a thunderstorm today but the forecasted rain totals are less than 1/4″. The air temp will be in the high 70’s o we will get a little fog on the river if it rains.
Kevin with a brown. Photo by Bruce
Tony with a nice rainbow yesterday. Photo by Steve Shen
Hatching:
Hendrickson #12 – 16 – E. subvaria (Just starting)
Blue Quills #16 – 18 – Paraleptophlebia adoptiva
Quill Gordon #14 – Epeorus pluralis
Blue Wing Olives #16 – 18 – Baetis vagans
Little Black Caddis #18 – 20 – Chimarra sp.
Early Black Stoneflies #14 – 16 – Taeniopteryx sp.
Click on the gauge below for the most recent update:
| West Branch at Stilesville, NY | 1,710 cfs | 43° |
| West Branch at Hale Eddy, NY | 2,070 cfs | 43° |
| East Branch at Harvard, NY | 979 cfs | 46° |
| East Branch at Fish’s Eddy, NY | 1,950 cfs | 52° |
| Mainstem at Lordville, NY | 4,530 cfs | 51° |
| Beaverkill at Cooks Falls, NY | 793 cfs | 54° |
| Cannonsville Reservoir Release | 1,499 cfs | Spill = 232 cfs |
| West Branch at 191 Bridge | N/A | 45° |
| West Branch at Walton (Cannonsville inflow) | 1,400 cfs | |
| Cannonsville Reservoir Capacity | 100.9% | |
| Pepacton Reservoir Capacity | 100.2% |
