People had a good day out there yesterday mostly with flying ants. There were some olives, isos, cahills, and caddis but most people were talking about the ants. Bigger fish showed and were happy on top mid afternoon. The light rain and cloud cover definitely helped. We’ll have a lot more sunshine today. Wind will be 5 – 10 mph from the South and the air temp will reach 70 degrees. The lower release cleared the river a little bit and it looks like there are fewer weeds making nymphing or even throwing streamers good options early.
It appears NYC DEP is going to continue their historical yo yo releases. The release from Cannonsville was dropped yesterday and then increased again. The flow at Stilesville is 761 cfs this morning. This is likely due to the Montague flow target. The releases from Lake Wallenpaupack should be low this week so the release from Cannonsville was increased. There is a whitewater release tomorrow from the Mongaup River so they decided they could save a few drops of water by dropping our release for a few hours.
Fred Nelson with a good dry fly eater yesterday. Ted Smith photo
Hatching:
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Olive Sulphur – Hept. hebe – #18 – 20
Slate Drake – #12 – 14 – Isonychia bicolor
Tan Caddis – #16 – 18 – Hydropsyche sp.
Dark Blue Wing Olives – #16 – 20 – E. lata, deficiens
Tiny Blue Winged Olives – #22 – 26- Pseudo sp.
Trico – #22 – 26 – Tricorythodes sp.
Golden Drake – #10-2xl – Potamanthus sp.
Great Brown Stonefly – #6-2xl – 10-2xl – Pene capita
Little Tan Sedge – #16 – 18 – Glossosoma sp.
Yellow Sally – #14 – Isoperla sp.
Click on the gauge below for the most recent update:
| West Branch at Stilesville, NY | 761 cfs | 52° |
| West Branch at Hale Eddy, NY | 834 cfs | 53° |
| East Branch at Harvard, NY | 182 cfs | 54° |
| East Branch at Fish’s Eddy, NY | 241 cfs | 60° |
| Mainstem at Lordville, NY | 1,030 cfs | 60° |
| Beaverkill at Cooks Falls, NY | 109 cfs | 62° |
| Cannonsville Reservoir Release | 753 cfs | |
| West Branch at 191 Bridge | N/A | 56° |
| West Branch at Walton (Cannonsville inflow) | 64 cfs |
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| Cannonsville Reservoir Capacity | 61% | |
| Pepacton Reservoir Capacity | 77.5% |
