Ok. I give up. The towel is officially thrown in. Whatever I thought I knew about trout is obviously rubbish. Bright sun. Hot weather. Normally I would say take a nap. I would be totally wrong. We had fish rising in Home Pool All. Day. Long. Sigh. The Main Stem was tougher, as there was a strong upstream wind, but as it settled in the evening, and the spinners came down. Today is scheduled to be cooler, so I only anticipate better fishing, judging by the INSANE number of spinners on the door last night and this morning. We’ll see what goes down!
Steve Shen with a nice Main Stem Brown from the last windy day (no need for a hat yesterday!). Photo by: Bob Lewis
Hatches:
Ephemerella subvaria – Hendricksons – #12 & #14
Paraleptophlebia adoptiva (Blue Quill) – #16 & #18
Light Brachycentrus Caddis – Apple Green – #16 & #18
Dark Brachycentrus Caddis – Charcoal – #16 & #18
Baetis species – #20
Chimmarra (little black) Caddis – #18 & #20
| FLOWS AS OF 8:00 AM: | |
| West Branch at Stilesville, NY | 172 cfs @ 42º |
| West Branch at Hale Eddy,NY | 255 cfs @ 52º |
| East Branch at Harvard,NY | 110 cfs @ 56º |
| East Branch at Fish’s Eddy,NY | 379 cfs @ 57º |
| Mainstem at Lordville,NY | 878 cfs @ 60º |
| Beaverkill at Cooks Falls,NY | 221 cfs @ N/A |
| Cannonsville Reservoir Level &Release | 90.1% –150 CFS release |
