The lower West is dirtier at 8;45 than it was at 6 am. Hopefully we clear in the afternoon.
We were hit by a couple of rainstorms and most of the river flows are up this morning. The West Branch at Hale Eddy peaked at 1,600 cfs and is now dropping. The flow at Stilesville is a steady 521 cfs so the river is low and clear above Oquaga Creek. There is some color in the lower West but it looks fishable this morning. It will clear up more as the river drops. The Beaverkill and East Branch flows are way up and likely way off color. The Mainstem flow will rise once that water pushed down.
We have an 80% chance of additional thunderstorms today. The storms have been very scattered so it’s hard to predict which ones will hit us and which ones will slide South of us. Check the gauges below for the most up to date flows.
The Lower East Branch, Mainstem, and Beaverkill at Cooks Falls are all starting off over 70 degrees today. It’s time to give those rivers a break and fish cold water areas.
What’s Hatching:
Sulphur – #16 – 20 – E. dorothea
Light Cahill – #14 – 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 | 521 cfs |
46° |
| West Branch at Hale Eddy, NY | 1,570 cfs |
59° |
| East Branch at Harvard, NY | 1,050 cfs | 61° |
| East Branch at Fish’s Eddy, NY | 1,450 cfs | 67° |
| Mainstem at Lordville, NY | 2,460 cfs | 69° |
| Beaverkill at Cooks Falls, NY | 1,590 cfs | 67° |
| Cannonsville Reservoir Release | 500 cfs |
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| West Branch at 191 Bridge | N/A | 62° |
| West Branch at Walton (Cannonsville inflow) | 414 cfs |
69° |
| Cannonsville Reservoir Capacity | 89.6% | |
| Pepacton Reservoir Capacity | 95% |
