This is our last daily post for the season. We will resume again April 1st. In the meantime starting tomorrow we will be posting weekly limited run fly patterns at least through November. Same as last Winter.
It’s a cold 27 degrees this morning but we should warm up to 44 by the afternoon. At least we’ll have some sunshine mixed it today. The runoff is still filtering through the system but the rivers are dropping. The release from Cannonsville is around 150 cfs and the flow at Hale Eddy is just over 500 cfs. Wind will be 5 – 10 mph from the South. We should see some olives in the afternoon once the water temps climb a bit. Otherwise nymphing or small streamers should work well to start the day. It looks like the weather will be back and forth this week but it should fish if you choose the warm days with little wind.
Tonight
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
Tiny Olive – #22 – 26 – Pseudocloeon sp.
Tan Caddis – #18 – 20 – Hydropsyche 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 | 148 cfs |
52° |
| West Branch at Hale Eddy, NY | 526 cfs |
45° |
| East Branch at Harvard, NY | 347 cfs | 42° |
| East Branch at Fish’s Eddy, NY | 1,470 cfs | 43° |
| Mainstem at Lordville, NY | 2,840 cfs | 44° |
| Beaverkill at Cooks Falls, NY | 803 cfs | 40° |
| Cannonsville Reservoir Release | 325 cfs |
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| West Branch at 191 Bridge | N/A | 44° |
| West Branch at Walton (Cannonsville inflow) | 866 cfs |
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| Cannonsville Reservoir Capacity | 41% | |
| Pepacton Reservoir Capacity | 70.1% |
