Yesterday was a beautiful overcast fishing day and the wind wasn’t howling for a change. Today looks the same at 63 degrees, 5 mph wind from the South, and less than 1/4″ of rain in the forecast. This should be another good olive and isonychia day. The release from Cannonsville was dropped slightly and the flow at Stilesville is 860 cfs. The Mainstem will offer better wade opportunities but the West is doable. Look for fish eating olives in the slower pools and tailouts.
There is some color in the West Branch from the release. The higher the release the more color will be in the river. It happens every Fall when the reservoir begins to turn over.
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Slate Drake – #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
Click on the gauge below for the most recent update:
| West Branch at Stilesville, NY | 860 cfs |
53° |
| West Branch at Hale Eddy, NY | 1,150 cfs |
53° |
| East Branch at Harvard, NY | 96 cfs | 51° |
| East Branch at Fish’s Eddy, NY | 197 cfs | 53° |
| Mainstem at Lordville, NY | 1,330 cfs | 54° |
| Beaverkill at Cooks Falls, NY | 143 cfs | 52° |
| Cannonsville Reservoir Release | 940 cfs |
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| West Branch at 191 Bridge | N/A | 53° |
| West Branch at Walton (Cannonsville inflow) | 113 cfs |
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| Cannonsville Reservoir Capacity | 47% | |
| Pepacton Reservoir Capacity | 72.8% |
