Flying ants were out yesterday and people were finding fish eating them. While not the biggest ant fall there were enough throughout the river to get fish looking up. towards dark we had the normal tiny olives mixed with a few Isonychias. There are still a few cahills and sulphurs hanging on too. Nymphing was the best bet early with the bright sunshine. Today’s weather looks a lot like yesterday so it should fish the same.
The Beaverkill at Cooks Falls, East Branch at Fishs Eddy, and Mainstem at Lordville all peaked around 68 degrees yesterday. Today they will peak a little higher. It’s time to give these rivers a break again.
Today will be 82 degrees with sun and a few clouds. Wind will be light and variable.
What’s Hatching:
Dark Blue Wing Olive – #16 – 18 – Baetis spp.
Sulphur – #18 – 20 – Ephemerella dorothea
Slate Drake – #12 – 14 – Isonychia bicolor
Light Cahill – #14 – Stenonema ithaca & canadense
Tiny Blue Wing Olive – #22 – 26 – Pseudocloeon sp.
Tan Caddis -#16 – 18 – Hydropsyche sp.
Olive sulphur – #18 – 20 – Heptagenia hebe
Flying Ant – #16 – 20
View the current local weather conditions.
| Click on any gauge for the most recent data: | ||
|---|---|---|
| West Branch at Stilesville, NY | 502 cfs | 45° |
| West Branch at Hale Eddy, NY | 601 cfs | 50° |
| East Branch at Harvard, NY | 232 cfs | 56° |
| East Branch at Fishs Eddy, NY | 665 cfs | 63° |
| Mainstem at Lordville, NY | 1,460 cfs | 64° |
| Beaverkill at Cooks Falls, NY | 267 cfs | 62° |
| West Branch at 191 Bridge | 58° | |
| West Branch at Walton (Cannonsville inflow) | 209 cfs | 64° |
| Cannonsville Reservoir Release | 500 cfs | |
| Cannonsville Reservoir Capacity | 80.4% | |
| Pepacton Reservoir Capacity | 90.3% |
