Interesting day on the river Friday. Even with the flow drop, the fish were active in the morning, and we were seeing bugs early, until the wind picked up around lunch time. There were some seriously stiff breezes which made casting fun, but the bugs reappeared in evening (Isos and Pseudos), and the fish were definitely up and on them. Today we are already starting cloudy, and there are rain showers predicted for later in the day and into the evening. The actual amount of precipitation does not look like much, but with calm winds and overcast skies, we could see some excellent hatching activity!
We’re glad to have guide Kevan Smaracko back from Alaska, and here he’s holding his girlfriend Tanya’s great WB Brown from this week! Photo: Bob Lewis
Isonychia bicolor – Iso – Slate Drake – #12-2XL, #12
Stenonema species – Various Light Cahills – #14
Pseudocloeon species – BWO – #22 – sporadic
Ephemerella lata – Dark BWO – #18
Heptagenia hebe – Olive Sulphurs – #16
Current Flow Conditions:
| FLOWS AS OF 8:00 AM: | |
| West Branch at Stilesville, NY | 420 cfs @ 52º |
| West Branch at Hale Eddy, NY | 534 cfs @ 51º |
| East Branch at Harvard, NY | 179 cfs @ 48º |
| East Branch at Fish’s Eddy, NY | 430 cfs @ 52º |
| Mainstem at Lordville, NY | 9840 cfs @ 54º |
| Beaverkill at Cooks Falls, NY | 178 cfs @ N/A |
| Cannonsville Reservoir Level & Release | 73.8% – 615 CFS release |
