We were hit with some heavy rains overnight and the flows throughout the system jumped considerably. This would be fine if they would have slowly ramped down the releases rather cut them off in anticipation of the rain and risk exposing redds and trapping fish. As usual the West Branch came through the storms in the best shape with a flow of 1,250 at Hale Eddy. There is a lot of water coming down the small tributaries so the flow is actually much higher than that on the lower West Branch. If you do fish today pick your wade spots carefully. Generally the West Branch recovers quickly so we should be in fine shape for the weekend. The Beaverkill flow jumped from under 100 cfs to over 5,000 cfs. That water still has not hit the lower East Branch so expect that part of the system to continue to rise during the day. The Beaverkill generally throws a lot of color into the East Branch side after a big rain event. The flow on the Mainstem should also increase during the day as the East Branch flow makes it’s way downstream.
The fog it too thick this morning to take a river picture
Hatching:
Slate Drake #14 – Isonychia bicolor
Olive Sulphur #18 – 20 – Heptagenia hebe
Light Cahills #14 – various steno species (invaria, etc)
Tiny Blue Wing Olives #22-26 – Pseudo sp. (now classified as Acentrella sp.)
Charcoal Caddis #14 -16 – dark Brachycentrus sp.
Tan Caddis #16-18 – Hydrosyche sp.
Blue Winged Olives #16 – 18 – Baetis sp.
| West Branch at Stilesville, NY | 155 cfs |
55° |
| West Branch at Hale Eddy, NY | 1,250 cfs |
53° |
| East Branch at Harvard, NY | 883 cfs | 50° |
| East Branch at Fish’s Eddy, NY | 3,710 cfs | 51° |
| Mainstem at Lordville, NY | 4,050 cfs | 51° |
| Beaverkill at Cooks Falls, NY | 5,530 cfs | N/A |
| Cannonsville Reservoir Release | 150 cfs | |
| West Branch at 191 Bridge | N/A | 52° |
| West Branch at Walton (Cannonsville inflow) | 1,990 cfs | |
| Cannonsville Reservoir Capacity | 47% | |
| Pepacton Reservoir Capacity | 69.8% |
