The reports from yesterday are a bit mixed but it seems most success came on nymphs. There were a few stoneflies and very few mayflies around in the afternoon. There were fish rising but they were inconsistent making them tough to target. You had to be in the right place at the right time and cast quick to target them. Hare’s ears, copper johns, and pheasant tails in #14 -16 seemed to work well. We still have decent water temperatures this morning with air temps of 70 degrees in the forecast. They are calling for wind gusts around 15 -156 mph in the afternoon so find a bend in the river or some other wind break. Hopefully the wind will blow more stoneflies on the water. The West Branch under the 191 Bridge is 46 degrees this morning.
Larry makes the blog two days in a row! Photo by Samantha Dennis
Hatching:
Little Black Stoneflies #14 – 18 – Capnidae sp. and Taeniopteryx sp.
| FLOWS AS OF 8:00 AM: | |
| West Branch at Stilesville, NY | 93 cfs @ 41º |
| West Branch at Hale Eddy, NY | 452 cfs @ 46º |
| East Branch at Harvard, NY | 337 cfs @ 41º |
| East Branch at Fish’s Eddy, NY | 1,870 cfs @ 45º |
| Mainstem at Lordville, NY | 3,540 cfs @ 46º |
| Beaverkill at Cooks Falls, NY | 1,440 cfs @ N/A |
