Yesterday was chilly and windy. We saw a few snow flakes go by. That made fishing tough but it did pay off for some people. Nymphing was the probably the best strategy for most of the day but the streamer bite picked up in the afternoon. The wind did not help the sporadic dry fly fishing we’ve had over the last few days. Definitely carry your olives and stoneflies. If there is a calm day or a wind break there is a shot at rising fish. We’re coming off a cold night so it will take a while for the water temps to climb today. It looks like a repeat of yesterday with more sunshine. It looks like we have two days left of this cool down and then back to warmer weather beginning Wednesday. The release from Cannonsville has been increased to 600 cfs.We are starting off this season under FFMP Table 4G. There is quite a bit of runoff flowing throughout the system. The next few days look dry so we should see the feeder levels drop. Between the dropping feeder stream flows and the vegetation beginning to drink up some of the ground water we should see the river flows drop slowly throughout the week.
Jeremy with a streamer brown yesterday. Photo by Chris Calabrese
Hatching:
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Tiny Stonefly– #18- Capniidae spp.
Early Brown and Black Stoneflies – #14 -16 – Taeniopteryx spp.
Blue Wing Olives #16 – 18 – Baetis vagans (light hatching)
Click on the gauge below for the most recent update:
| West Branch at Stilesville, NY | 669 cfs | 37° |
| West Branch at Hale Eddy, NY | 1,340 cfs | 40° |
| East Branch at Harvard, NY | 591 cfs | 37° |
| East Branch at Fish’s Eddy, NY | 3,330 cfs | 43° |
| Mainstem at Lordville, NY | 3,160 cfs | 37° |
| Beaverkill at Cooks Falls, NY | 5,980 cfs | 39° |
| Cannonsville Reservoir Release | 600 cfs | |
| West Branch at 191 Bridge | N/A | 37° |
| West Branch at Walton (Cannonsville inflow) | 1,880 cfs | |
| Cannonsville Reservoir Capacity | 96.4% | |
| Pepacton Reservoir Capacity | 95.3% |
