Yesterday looked good on paper but it didn’t produce the great dry fly action we were hoping for. People did find fish and it was actually decent for April 13th but we expected better after Friday’s fishing. It could have been the increased flows or the periods of bright sunshine. Today is a new day. The weather forecast has been changing a lot but looks pretty good right now. We’ll have some wind but most of the rain should fall later in the day. We should have decent clouds by mid morning. The river flows are up again this morning so wading will be tough. There were a few people out there yesterday wading the edges. The release from Cannonsville has been increased to 1,499 cfs so be careful. This could be a streamer / nymph day but there is a shot of finding some fish eating dries in the longer, slow pools.
Peter makes the blog again with this one from yesterday. Bruce Miller photo
Hatching:
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Blue Quills – #16 – 18 – Paraleptophlebia adoptiva
Tiny Stonefly– #18- Capniidae spp.
Early Brown and Black Stoneflies – #14 -16 – Taeniopteryx spp.
Blue Wing Olives – #16 – 18 – Baetis vagans
Little Black Caddis – #18 – 20 – Chimarra
Click on the gauge below for the most recent update:
| West Branch at Stilesville, NY | 1,570 cfs | 39° |
| West Branch at Hale Eddy, NY | 1,940 cfs | 41° |
| East Branch at Harvard, NY | 1,280 cfs | 41° |
| East Branch at Fish’s Eddy, NY | 2,380 cfs | 46° |
| Mainstem at Lordville, NY | 5,600 cfs | 48° |
| Beaverkill at Cooks Falls, NY | 1,620 cfs | 45° |
| Cannonsville Reservoir Release | 1,499 cfs | |
| West Branch at 191 Bridge | N/A | 42° |
| West Branch at Walton (Cannonsville inflow) | 887 cfs | |
| Cannonsville Reservoir Capacity | 99.5% | |
| Pepacton Reservoir Capacity | 99.9% |
