The storms missed us again yesterday. Instead of clouds and light rain the sun broke through and made fishing on the lower West Branch and Upper Mainstem tough until the evening. There were enough bugs on the water to get the fish interested but not enough to keep them going. Being in the right place at the right time certainly paid off but you needed a lot of patience. In the evening we had a decent mix of sulphurs, stenos, olives, plus a few Golden Drakes thrown in for good measure. The fish kept eating right into dark.The Upper West Branch still has the strong mid-day sulphur hatches. The fish are eating them in the sun but if you can find a shaded pool or wait for cloud cover they will be a little less picky. The West Branch is 55 degrees under the 191 Bridge this morning.
Allen with a nice rainbow from yesterday
Hatching:
Sulphurs #16 -20 E. dorothea
Light Cahill #14 – E. Invaria
Pale Evening Dun #14 Epeorus vitreus
Summer Stenos #12-16 various species
Tan Caddis #16 – 18- Hydrosyche sp.
Tiny Blue Wing Olives #22 – 26 – Pseudocloeon sp.
Dark Blue Winged Olive #16 -20 – E. deficiens, lata, etc.
Light Blue Winged Olive #16 -20 – E. cornutella, etc
Slate Drakes #12-2xl – Isonychia bicolor
Charcoal Caddis #16-18 – Dk Brachycentrus sp.
Golden Drakes – #12-2xl – Potomanthus sp.
| FLOWS AS OF 8:00 AM: | |
| West Branch at Stilesville, NY | 609 cfs @ 46º |
| West Branch at Hale Eddy, NY | 654 cfs @ 48º |
| East Branch at Harvard, NY | 229 cfs @ 56º |
| East Branch at Fish’s Eddy, NY | 542 cfs @ 64º |
| Mainstem at Lordville, NY | 1,300 cfs @ 65º |
| Beaverkill at Cooks Falls, NY | 207 cfs @ N/A |
