The weather is warming up a bit again despite the frost warnings this morning. We should have another day of 70 degrees with sunshine making for a pleasant Fall afternoon. The bright sun has made the fish a little hesitant to rise so nymphing was probably a better option yesterday. Once the sun drops we are seeing decent numbers of olives mixed with our normal array of players. We are still doing better on smaller nymphs since most of the food is small right now. Caddis pupa and wets mimicking the hatching and egg laying caddis out there should be productive. The West Branch still has some color in it but streamers have been more productive in low light conditions.
Dave with a nice WB brown yesterday. Photo by Bruce Miller
Hatching:
Slate Drake #12 – 14 – Isonychia bicolor
Light Cahill – #14 – Summer Sulphurs, Stenocron spp.
Little BWO – #22 – 26- Pseudocloeon sp.
Blue Wing Olives – #18 – Baetis sp.
Olive Sulphur – #18 – 20 – Heptagenia hebe
Little Tan Sedge – #16 – 18 – Glossosoma sp.
Green Caddis – #16 – Ryacophilia sp.
Tan Caddis #16 – 18 – Hydropsyche spp.
Click on the gauge below for the most recent update:
| West Branch at Stilesville, NY | 1,200 cfs |
52° |
| West Branch at Hale Eddy, NY | 1,330 cfs |
51° |
| East Branch at Harvard, NY | 85 cfs | 50° |
| East Branch at Fish’s Eddy, NY | 224 cfs |
55° |
| Mainstem at Lordville, NY | 1,550 cfs |
54° |
| Beaverkill at Cooks Falls, NY | 84 cfs | 54° |
| Cannonsville Reservoir Release | 1,207 cfs |
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| West Branch at 191 Bridge | N/A | 51° |
| West Branch at Walton (Cannonsville inflow) | 59 cfs |
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| Cannonsville Reservoir Capacity | 66.8% | |
| Pepacton Reservoir Capacity | 80.9% |
