The West Branch has dropped back to the level we’ve been used to all summer with Hale at 664 cfs, good for both wading and drifting. The lower East Branch and Mainstem remain warm with Fish’s Eddy starting at 66 degrees and Lordville at 68 degrees, look elsewhere for trout. Weather Underground is calling for a chance of scattered thunderstorms in the morning and afternoon with winds blowing 10 to 15 mph. Nymphing should be productive during the day with hatches starting up in the afternoon. Sulphurs and Olives have been our main hatches, with some Cahills thrown into the mix.
Bruce found a nice brown on Sunday. Photo by Bob Lewis
Hatching:
Slate Drake – 12-2xl- Isonychia bicolor
Sulphur – #16-20 – E dorothea
Light Cahill – #14 – 16 – S. ithaca & canadense
Golden Drake – #12-2xl – Potomanthus
Trico – 22 – 26 – Tricorythodes sp.
Tiny Blue Winged Olive – #22 – 26 – Psuedocloeon spp.
Blue Winged Olive – #18 – 20 – E. lata
Light Blue Winged Olive – #16 – 20 E. attenuatta
Tan Caddis – #16 – 20 – Hydropsyche spp.
Dark Brachycentrus sp. – #14 – 18 – Dark Grannom
Little Black Caddis #18 – 20 – Chimarra sp.
Blue Winged Olives #16 – 18 – Baetis vagans (updated name: Baetis tricaudatus)
| West Branch at Stilesville, NY | 510 cfs |
46° |
| West Branch at Hale Eddy, NY | 664 cfs |
52° |
| East Branch at Harvard, NY | 314 cfs | 61° |
| East Branch at Fish’s Eddy, NY | 1080 cfs | 66° |
| Mainstem at Lordville, NY | 1830 cfs | 68° |
| Beaverkill at Cooks Falls, NY | 611 cfs | N/A |
| Cannonsville Reservoir Release | 500 cfs | |
| West Branch at 191 Bridge | N/A | 59° |
| West Branch at Walton (Cannonsville inflow) | 196 cfs | |
| Cannonsville Reservoir Capacity | 74.6% | |
| Pepacton Reservoir Capacity | 84.2% |
