The release from Cannonsville has been dropped to under 200 cfs this morning. The runoff is meeting the downstream flow targets for now. This is one of those situations that the Flexible Flow Management Plan needs to be a little more flexible to protect the river. Luckily temps shouldn’t be an issue on the upper river sections and we have some light rain falling this morning. Once the runoff passes Montague, Nj we should see a bump in the release again. So it will still fish. We’ve mostly been fishing tiny olives and some caddis in the evening.
Ed with a good start to October. Bruce Miller photo
There is some color in the West Branch from the release. The cloudiness will increase if they raise the release. It happens every Fall when the reservoir begins to turn over.
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Slate Drake – #12 – 14 – Isonychia bicolor
Olive Sulphur – #18 -20 – Heptagenia hebe
Tiny Olive – #22 – 26 – Pseudocloeon sp.
Tan Caddis – #18 – 20 – Hydropsyche sp.
Ginger Caddis – #14 – 16 Limnephilis sp.
Dark Blue Wing Olives – #18 – 20 – E. deficiens, lata
Flying Ants # 16 – 20
Click on the gauge below for the most recent update:
| West Branch at Stilesville, NY | 184 cfs |
49° |
| West Branch at Hale Eddy, NY | 223 cfs |
53° |
| East Branch at Harvard, NY | 153 cfs | 53° |
| East Branch at Fish’s Eddy, NY | 677 cfs | 56° |
| Mainstem at Lordville, NY | 1,180 cfs | 56° |
| Beaverkill at Cooks Falls, NY | 430 cfs | 58° |
| Cannonsville Reservoir Release | 300 cfs |
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| West Branch at 191 Bridge | N/A | 54° |
| West Branch at Walton (Cannonsville inflow) | 314 cfs |
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| Cannonsville Reservoir Capacity | 56.2% | |
| Pepacton Reservoir Capacity | 76.7% |
