Yesterday was a tough one with the sun and heat combination. Early and really later were the best periods for dry fly fishing. Nymphing was definitely the best bet during the day. The wind definitely did not help anyone out there. Today will be hot and sunny again but at least the wind will only be 5 – 10 mph from the South. If you see bugs during the day and no risers in the pools concentrate on the broken water where they’ll feel more comfortable to rise. Nymph and / or swing wets in that same water.
The lower East Branch, lower Beaverkill, and Mainstem will be too hot to fish today. Please give these rivers a break and fish the cold water areas.
What’s Hatching:
March Brown – #10-2xl – M. vicarium
Gray Fox – #12-2xl – M. vicarium
Sulphur – #16 – 18 – E. dorothea
Green Drake – #8-2xl – E. guttalata
Brown Drake – #10 – E. simulans
Light Cahill – #14 – E. vitreus (male), invaria
Pink Lady – #14 – E. vitreus (female)
Tiny Blue Wing Olive – #20 – 24 – Pseudocloeon sp.
Blue Wing Olives – #16 – 18 – Baetis vagans
Tan Caddis – #16 – 18 – Hydropsyche sp.
Grannom Fly – #14 – 18 – Dark Brachycentrus sp. just a few left
Click on the gauge below for the most recent update:
| West Branch at Stilesville, NY | 521 cfs |
45° |
| West Branch at Hale Eddy, NY | 687 cfs |
50° |
| East Branch at Harvard, NY | 239 cfs | 57° |
| East Branch at Fish’s Eddy, NY | 714 cfs | 64° |
| Mainstem at Lordville, NY | 1,850 cfs | 65° |
| Beaverkill at Cooks Falls, NY | 359 cfs | 63° |
| Cannonsville Reservoir Release | 500 cfs |
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| West Branch at 191 Bridge | N/A | 55° |
| West Branch at Walton (Cannonsville inflow) | 528 cfs |
64° |
| Cannonsville Reservoir Capacity | 99% | |
| Pepacton Reservoir Capacity | 99.9% |
