Yesterday was another hot, tough day until a stray thunderstorm finally hit us mid afternoon. After the rain the olives came off in good numbers and some fish were looking up. Hopefully that’s the last over 90 degree bright sunny day we see for a long time. Today should be 77 degrees with a mix of clouds and sun. The overnight low will be 53 degrees. Hopefully the low air temps and cloud cover help cool some of the rivers down. The mid day sulphurs should offer some early fishing in Deposit. Mid to low West Branch should fish well with nymphs early and then a mix of olives, cahills, and a few Isonychias in the evening. If we do get hit by a stray storm get out there as soon as it passes.
Ed jumped the gun by 24 hours and picked the first bag of West Branch garbage yesterday!
Today. Be here and do the rivers some good.
The Beaverkill at Cooks Falls, East Branch at Fishs Eddy, and Upper Mainstem all peaked over 70 degrees yesterday. Those rivers are done for a while.
What’s Hatching:
Sulphur – #18 – 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 | 557 cfs |
49° |
| West Branch at Hale Eddy, NY | 695 cfs |
53° |
| East Branch at Harvard, NY | 379 cfs | 58° |
| East Branch at Fish’s Eddy, NY | 596 cfs | 66° |
| Mainstem at Lordville, NY | 1,570 cfs | 70° |
| Beaverkill at Cooks Falls, NY | 162 cfs | 72° |
| Cannonsville Reservoir Release | 650 cfs |
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| West Branch at 191 Bridge | N/A | 60° |
| West Branch at Walton (Cannonsville inflow) | 214 cfs |
73° |
| Cannonsville Reservoir Capacity | 92.8% | |
| Pepacton Reservoir Capacity | 95.7% |
