The release from Cannonsville is being scaled back this morning and should settle in around 700 cfs around noon. We should receive a little over 1/4″ of rain today and the runoff should help meet the downstream flow targets. That means the lower West Branch should drop slowly through the afternoon. The cloud cover and rain should push up the pseudo hatch to a little earlier in the day compared to what we’ve seen lately. There are some isonychias and heptagenias hatching so definitely carry those patterns. The hatching doesn’t seem to be river wide so don’t hesitate to move and check other areas if you’re not seeing any hatching activity by mid-afternoon. Dark streamers are working okay on the West Branch. The East Branch and Mainstem are still the better bets for nymphing with their comparatively low flows and clearer water.
Bret on the river yesterday. Photo by Jared Makowski
Hatching:
Slate Drake #14 – Isonychia bicolor
Olive Sulphur #18 – 20 – Heptagenia hebe
Light Cahills #14 – various steno species (invaria, etc)
Tiny Blue Wing Olives #22-26 – Pseudo sp. (now classified as Acentrella sp.)
Charcoal Caddis #14 -16 – dark Brachycentrus sp.
Tan Caddis #16-18 – Hydrosyche sp.
Blue Winged Olives #16 – 18 – Baetis sp.
| West Branch at Stilesville, NY | 910 cfs |
59° |
| West Branch at Hale Eddy, NY | 1,030 cfs |
57° |
| East Branch at Harvard, NY | 120 cfs | 51° |
| East Branch at Fish’s Eddy, NY | 243 cfs | 55° |
| Mainstem at Lordville, NY | 1,440 cfs | 58° |
| Beaverkill at Cooks Falls, NY | 112 cfs | N/A |
| Cannonsville Reservoir Release | cfs | |
| West Branch at 191 Bridge | N/A | 58° |
| West Branch at Walton (Cannonsville inflow) | 128 cfs | |
| Cannonsville Reservoir Capacity | 55.3% | |
| Pepacton Reservoir Capacity | 74.1% |
