We had quite a bit of sun yesterday but there were some olives in the afternoon that offered some dry fly fishing. Fish were also landed on streamers and nymphs. We should have more clouds today that should help the fishing start a little earlier. The rivers are still high and the best wading is still on the Beaverkill / Willowemoc Rivers. the West Branch at Stilesville is still 1,400 cfs. There is that Fall tint to the river that we seem to get every year but it hasn’t stopped the fish from rising.
What’s Hatching:
Olive Sulphur – #18 – 20 – Heptagenia hebe
Light Cahill – #14 – Stenocron spp. , E. invaria
Slate Drake – #12-2xl – 12 – Isonychia bicolor
Tiny Blue Wing Olive – #20 – 24 – Pseudocloeon sp.
Blue Wing Olives – #16 – 20 – D. deficiens, lata
Light Blue Wing Olives – #16 – 20 – E. cornutella, attenuata
Tan Caddis – #16 – 18 – Hydropsyche sp.
Click on the gauge below for the most recent update:
West Branch at Stilesville, NY | 1,400 cfs |
53° |
West Branch at Hale Eddy, NY | 1,650 cfs |
54° |
East Branch at Harvard, NY | 823 cfs | 47° |
East Branch at Fish’s Eddy, NY | 1,432 cfs | 55° |
Mainstem at Lordville, NY | 3,110 cfs | 58° |
Beaverkill at Cooks Falls, NY | 466 cfs | 60° |
Cannonsville Reservoir Release | 1,399 cfs |
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West Branch at 191 Bridge | N/A | 55° |
West Branch at Walton (Cannonsville inflow) | 410 cfs |
61° |
Cannonsville Reservoir Capacity | 90.2% | |
Pepacton Reservoir Capacity | 93.4% |