Happy Opening Day! As much as I’d love to prank everyone with a photo of a Green Drake, I shall refrain. We did have large hatches of Paraleps and Hendricksons on the West Branch and Main Stem throughout the day, regardless of the cold. The activity has been consistent in one way as well – the Main Stem fish, being in colder water, have been much more sporadic and pickier then their West Branch counterparts, who fed voraciously once the water heated up in the afternoon. More rain is expected today, as well as warmer temperatures than yesterday, so we expect to see the fish get friskier – get here now!
Home Pool this morning. Photo by: Bart Larmouth
Hatches:
Paraleptophlebia adoptiva (Blue Quill) – #16 & #18
Baetis species – #20
Ephemerella subvaria – Hendricksons (down river) – #12 & #14
Chimmarra (little black) Caddis – #18 & #20
| FLOWS AS OF 8:00 AM: | |
| West Branch at Stilesville, NY | 192 cfs @ 40º |
| West Branch at Hale Eddy,NY | 277 cfs @ 42º |
| East Branch at Harvard,NY | 140 cfs @ 41º |
| East Branch at Fish’s Eddy,NY | 861 cfs @ 43º |
| Mainstem at Lordville,NY | 1,410 cfs @ 45º |
| Beaverkill at Cooks Falls,NY | 413 cfs @ N/A |
| Cannonsville Reservoir Level &Release | 91.9% –188 CFS release |
