Happy Easter Sunday. Wunderground hit the forecast yesterday. We started off nice and then had steady rain in the afternoon. The rain bumped up the Beaverkill flow slightly but it remains wadeable this morning and is already falling. The West Branch, East Branch, and Mainstem flows didn’t change much from the rain. They are still too high for wading but are dropping slowly. Yesterday was a good streamer day. We’re still seeing alewives in the river and the fish are definitely well fed. They are some fish eating stoneflies, caddis, and a few olives on top but that’s been more of a bonus so far. The dry fly fishing will improve as the flows drop and water temps rise this week. We’ll be a little cooler today with the air temp hitting 43 degrees with a mix of clouds and sun. The wind continues for us at 10 – 20 mph from the North.
What’s Hatching:
Little Black Stonefly – #18 – Capniidae sp.
Little Black and Brown Stonefly – #14 – 16 – Taeniopteryx fasciata & Brachytera sp.
Dark Blue Wing Olive– #16 – 18 – Baetis vagans
Little Black Caddis – #18 – 20 – Chimarra sp.
Click on the gauge below for the most recent update:
| West Branch at Stilesville, NY | 1,830 cfs | 40° |
| West Branch at Hale Eddy, NY | 2,400 cfs | 40° |
| East Branch at Harvard, NY | 1,420 cfs | 40° |
| East Branch at Fish’s Eddy, NY | 2,810 cfs | 42° |
| Mainstem at Lordville, NY | 5,740 cfs | 42° |
| Beaverkill at Cooks Falls, NY | 853 cfs | 43° |
| West Branch at 191 Bridge | 39° | |
| West Branch at Walton (Cannonsville inflow) | 1,250 cfs | 44° |
| Cannonsville Reservoir Release | 1,499 cfs | |
| Cannonsville Reservoir Capacity | 102.5% | |
| Pepacton Reservoir Capacity | 100.8% |
