Despite the sun yesterday people did find rising fish. The fly of the evening ended up being a #14 cahill. There were small sulphurs, small olives, and a few golden drakes but the fish were happy eating the cahills. It’s nice to finally see some fish eat flies bigger than a #20. Today loos good with low winds around 3 mph with some clouds moving in during the day. We may even get some rain tomorrow afternoon. The cooler nights have kicked in and we should be in for cooler daytime temperatures through the weekend. While the mainstem is still to warm for trout the smallmouth fishing has been decent on small minnow patterns and crayfish imitations.
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 | 486 cfs |
48° |
| West Branch at Hale Eddy, NY | 585 cfs |
51° |
| East Branch at Harvard, NY | 176 cfs | 58° |
| East Branch at Fish’s Eddy, NY | 312 cfs | 66° |
| Mainstem at Lordville, NY | 740 cfs | 68° |
| Beaverkill at Cooks Falls, NY | 128 cfs | N/A |
| Cannonsville Reservoir Release | 500 cfs | |
| West Branch at 191 Bridge | N/A | 58° |
| West Branch at Walton (Cannonsville inflow) | 67 cfs | |
| Cannonsville Reservoir Capacity | 70.2% | |
| Pepacton Reservoir Capacity | 80.3% |
