The bright sun held some of the hatching back but when the bugs finally came the fish were rising. We’re still fishing a decent mix of sulphurs, blue winged olives, cahills, isonychias, and the occasional golden drake. The cahill hatch has been decent over the last couple of days. They are not coming off real heavy but there are enough of them to get the fish rising. It’s been nice to throw a #14 fly for a change. If they reject the big flies go right back to the #20 – 24 flies. We’re in for another sunny day with no chance of rain. The winds will be real low staying below 5 mph. We’re expecting the river to fish exactly like it did yesterday.
Jared with one in the net yesterday
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 | 478 cfs |
48° |
| West Branch at Hale Eddy, NY | 590 cfs |
52° |
| East Branch at Harvard, NY | 194 cfs | 58° |
| East Branch at Fish’s Eddy, NY | 387 cfs | 66° |
| Mainstem at Lordville, NY | 867 cfs | 67° |
| Beaverkill at Cooks Falls, NY | 164 cfs | N/A |
| Cannonsville Reservoir Release | 500 cfs | |
| West Branch at 191 Bridge | N/A | 59° |
| West Branch at Walton (Cannonsville inflow) | 93 cfs | |
| Cannonsville Reservoir Capacity | 71.2% | |
| Pepacton Reservoir Capacity | 81.2% |
