During yesterday’s mid day bright sun nymphing, wets, and streamers were the best bet. Enough sporadic fish were eating on top to make it worth keeping an eye out but sticking underneath was your best bet until the evening. Once the sun started to drop it was all about the olives. There were some heptagenia, some isos, some caddis, and even a few yellow sallies but mostly the water was covered in small olives. The flow at Stilesville is steady at 719 cfs. We should have the same sunshine as yesterday with a warmer air temp hitting 76 degrees. Wind should not be a factor.
Jim with a good fish yesterday afternoon. Bruce Miller 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.
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 | 719 cfs | 53° |
| West Branch at Hale Eddy, NY | 847 cfs | 52° |
| East Branch at Harvard, NY | 137 cfs | 53° |
| East Branch at Fish’s Eddy, NY | 146 cfs | 58° |
| Mainstem at Lordville, NY | 991 cfs | 58° |
| Beaverkill at Cooks Falls, NY | 76 cfs | 56° |
| Cannonsville Reservoir Release | 687 cfs | |
| West Branch at 191 Bridge | N/A | 55° |
| West Branch at Walton (Cannonsville inflow) | 44 cfs |
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| Cannonsville Reservoir Capacity | 56% | |
| Pepacton Reservoir Capacity | 75.1% |
