We’re in for a couple of days of heat before it breaks again so your best bet for daytime hatching will still be close to the dams in the coldest water. Nymphing has worked well in the lower river sections. The runoff has cleared a bit of the algae up near deposit so nymphing has been a little easier up there. Oquaga Creek was still putting some color in the river yesterday but just enough to stain the water and not affect the fishing. Small olives, sulphurs, and caddis were seen on the river yesterday. A few isonychias and golden drakes were in the air too. 87 degrees today with sunshine and a few clouds. We do have a 20% chance of some storms but they’ll probably slide South of us. Wind will be 5 – 10 mph from the West
Donnie with an early one yesterday. Bruce Miller photo
The lower Beaverkill, lower East Branch, and Mainstem temperatures are all peaking over 70 degrees. Give those rivers a break until they cool down.
Hatching:
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Slate Drake – #12-2xl – 12 – Isonychia bicolor
Light Cahill – #14 – Epeorus vitreus, stenocron sp., invaria
Sulphur – #18 – 20 – E. dorothea
Tiny Olive – #22 – 26 – Pseudocloeon sp.
Green Caddis – #16 – Ryacophillia sp.
Tan Caddis – #18 – 20 – Hydropsyche sp.
Dark Blue Wing Olives – #18 – 20 – E. deficiens, lata
Light Blue Wing Olive – 16 -20 – E. attenuata, cornutella
Click on the gauge below for the most recent update:
| West Branch at Stilesville, NY | 470 cfs |
48° |
| West Branch at Hale Eddy, NY | 656 cfs |
53° |
| East Branch at Harvard, NY | 321 cfs | 61° |
| East Branch at Fish’s Eddy, NY | 1,110 cfs | 66° |
| Mainstem at Lordville, NY | 1,940 cfs | 69° |
| Beaverkill at Cooks Falls, NY | 468 cfs | 65° |
| Cannonsville Reservoir Release | 450 cfs |
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| West Branch at 191 Bridge | N/A | 62° |
| West Branch at Walton (Cannonsville inflow) | 385 cfs |
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| Cannonsville Reservoir Capacity | 75.6% | |
| Pepacton Reservoir Capacity | 86.7% |
