Cannonsville Reservoir is spilling just a little this morning and is at 100.2% capacity. The West Branch remains wadeable and in good shape. The gauge at Stilesville show a flow of 293 cfs and is slowly rising. The release is still 224 cfs this morning. Most fish were caught on caddis (apple #18 & tan #18), but there were still hendricksons and march browns hatching in different sections of river. The weather looks great for hendrickson spinners but we haven’t seen huge swarms yet. Hopefully today is the day.
Today looks like a mirror image of yesterday with sun and low winds. We should see some rain tomorrow- the amount forecasted totally depends on which weather channel you watch. Most have us around 1/4″ which shouldn’t affect the system much.
Nickey Bulleit with a cool brown that recovered from a serious injury. Photo by Steve Shen
Hatching:
March Browns – #10-2xl – Maccaffertium vicarium (formerly Stenonema vicarium)
Hendrickson- #12 – 14 – E. subvaria
Hendrickson #16 – E. X
Blue Quill #16 – 18 – Paraleptophlebia adoptiva
Dark Brachycentrus sp. – #14 – 18 – Dark Grannom
Light Brachycentrus sp. – #16 – 18 – Apple Caddis
Little Black Caddis #18 – 20 – Chimarra sp.
Blue Winged Olives #16 – 18 – Baetis vagans (updated name: Baetis tricaudatus)
Quill Gordons #14 – Epeorus pluralis – almost gone – you’ll still find a few here and there
| West Branch at Stilesville, NY | 293 cfs |
42° |
| West Branch at Hale Eddy, NY | 552 cfs |
49° |
| East Branch at Harvard, NY | 256 cfs | 50° |
| East Branch at Fish’s Eddy, NY | 1,060 cfs | 52° |
| Mainstem at Lordville, NY | 2,170 cfs | 53° |
| Beaverkill at Cooks Falls, NY | 564 cfs | N/A |
| Cannonsville Reservoir Release | 224 cfs | |
| West Branch at 191 Bridge | N/A | 52° |
| West Branch at Walton (Cannonsville inflow) | 458 cfs | |
| Cannonsville Reservoir Capacity | 100.2% | |
| Pepacton Reservoir Capacity | 99.9% |
